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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | grey | clouds | gray | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 10-13 | 16-20 | 16-20 | 16-20 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | G 21-24 | G 21-24 | G 24-27 | G 21-24 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-13 | 16-20 | G 21-24 | G 24-27 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-13 | 16-20 | G 21-24 | G 24-27 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 10-13 | 16-20 | G 21-24 | G 24-27 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s Thursday morning, it’s cloudy, and despite that, it’s windy! We’ll see moderate and gusty west wind through Saturday. Models are in complete disagreement on Sunday’s outcome. If you need more certainty for the weekend, the coast is a safer bet! Another option would be to wait until tomorrow and see if models settle on a consensus.
For Thursday, you can expect decreasing clouds during the day as a weak system pushes through. Offshore low pressure will maintain clouds in the west, but will also limit gradient strength. Morning westerlies will be gusty 21-24 between Viento and Mosier. Cloudy Stevenson and areas east of Mosier will start with gusty 10-13. After this system moves through midday, westerlies stabilize at gusty 24-27 from Viento to Arlington with 15-18 west of there and 18-22 at Rufus (less east of there).
Offshore low pressure Friday morning is slowly replaced by higher pressure as a disturbance approaches from the NW. The day starts with light west wind, perfect for fishing. We’ll see a steady build to 21-24 from Stevenson to The Dalles with 10-13 at Rufus and light wind near Arlington. The Euro is a little more optimistic; it’s predicting 24-27 for Stevenson to Avery.
Models predictions start to diverge on Saturday. With clear sky, it does appear that the wind will be strongest between Stevenson and Mosier. We have predictions of 15-18 and 20-23, enough to get you on the water. Sunday’s predictions are all over the map: 10-13 with one and 23-26 for the other. Same on Monday – no consistency.
BONUS: Jones Thursday: 5-10. Friday: 10-13. Saturday: 5-10. Sauvie’s Thursday: 9-12. Friday: 13-16. Saturday: 15-18. Coast (north/central/south). Thursday: nope/zero/5-10, NW swell 5′ at 12 seconds. Friday: 10-15/15-20/25-30, NW 5′ @ 9. Saturday: 15-20/20-25/30+, W 4′ @ 9. Sunday looks windy everywhere on the coast too.
Random Morning Thoughts
Our moods and emotions may appear to be relatively stable, but upon closer inspection, they fluctuate constantly, seemingly outside our control (which raises the issue of who “our” refers to, but that’s a different topic, and a very large one).
One thing we can do to encourage longer-lasting and more frequent pleasant moods is to understand the things that precede mood fluctuations. If we have a clear knowledge of the things that make us feel better, we can do or experience those things more often. The flip side of that would seem to be avoiding the things that make us feel worse, but that is not quite the right approach.
See, when we simply avoid those things, we give them more power; the key is having a deep understanding of why our mood dips in certain circumstances. Awareness allows us to observe unpleasant reactions and self-soothe. For example, if witnessing yelling is deeply upsetting (likely because that happened in childhood), we can have and internal conversation around the fact that the upset is arising out of the past, not the present. That allows for self-compassion instead of a freak-out or a need to run away.
While this may all sound like a lot of work, approaching this self-exploration with a sense of curiosity and fascination can remove the sense of drudgery. You’re curious about other things. Why not be curious about your own experiences? May you find peace. Have an awesome day.
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Cloudy on Thursday with a chance of drizzle. Snow level: 11,000′ rising to 12,000′. Wind: SW 10 early, WNW 15-20 later. Friday looks clear and sunny. FAF: 12,000′ rising to 15,000′ after midnight. Wind: NW 15 early, NW 10 afternoon, WNW 15 overnight. Saturday looks clear. FAF: 15,000′. Wind: WNW 10-15.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s a cloudy Thursday morning, and the clouds will break up some but not disappear completely today. Temps will be near 60 early and in the mid 70’s later. Moderate to strong west wind. No rainbows. Friday starts with low clouds and ends up clear. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and mid 70’s later. Moderate westerlies in the afternoon. No rainbows. Saturday looks clear. Temps will be near 50 early and in the upper 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Trails west of Hood River may also have improved due to recent rain; Lewis River, Plains of Abraham, and Falls Creek come to mind. Trails on private timberland (Hospital Hill, Whoopdee, Underwood, and anything else on Kreps, Stevenson, Weyerhauser, etc.) will remain closed to ALL uses until the end of fire session. Motorized vehicles, chainsaws, campfires, and smoking are banned from public lands in Oregon and Washington.
Group bike rides: Triathlon practice Tuesday, 6pm at West Mayer Park. Wednesday: Post n’ Pinot women’s MTB ride at Dirty Finger, 5:30. Families at Family Man: 6pm Wednesday. Thursday: Mountain View Cycles women’s MTB, 5:30, bottom of Post. Post n’ Pint: race-pace coed ride from Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Free pint of beer after. Friday: Mountain View Cycles MTB ride: 5pm (shop? Bottom of post?). Saturday: Mountain View Cycles road ride: 9am at the shop.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events start with sunrise moving meditation at 6:15 at Trinity Natural Medicine – that’s now 10 minutes before sunrise. There’s free yoga at Flow in Hood River at 8. At 5 tonight, there’s community sailing in Cascade Locks, a shop mountain bike ride at Mountain View Cycles, and volleyball at Lyle High school.
The race-pace post n’ pint ride, giving you a pint of beer, is at 5:30 at Dirty Fingers. At 6 tonight, there’s Families in the Park with Hit Machine, free yoga at White Salmon’s Samadhi, and Tai chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen. Tomorrow morning at 7am is the Kickstand Coffee Run, where a 4 mile jog earns you a free cup of coffee and a donut.
Coming up this weekend, there’s the Riverhawk Run at Sorosis Park in The Dalles Saturday and the Three Corner Rock ultramarathon from Whistle Punk Trailhead to North Bonneville on Saturday, a garden party at Pacific Hermitage Saturday, and a swap meet Sunday morning at Luhr Jensen.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
