Thursday. Wind, rain and rainbows!

September 22, 2016

Thursday. Wind, rain and rainbows!

It’s Thursday morning, and whitecaps are ruffling the river if you know where to look. At 7am, the gradients were .09 (pdx-dls) and .03 (dls-psc). In case you’re curious, river flow at The Dalles this morning was 117kcfs and river temps was 66 degrees. Continued after the chart… Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges…

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Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Iwash (Rooster) Rock	bring	on the	bare	butts!
Steven’s Locks aka Stevenson Cascade Locks	5-10	10-13	13-16	20-23
Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar	20-23	23-26	26-30	23-26
Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena	13-16	20-23	23-26	26-30
Rufus, etc.	13-16	20-23	23-26	26-30
Roosevelt, etc.	13-16	20-23	23-26	26-30

Gorge wind forecast, continued…

The wind will quickly build as the temps warm today, setting up a happy day on the river for fall-fearful kiteboarders and windsurfers. Expect a chilly 20-23 from Viento to Swell this morning with single digits at Steven’s Locks and low teens from Mosier eastward. By late morning or early afternoon, we should be seeing 26-30 from Viento all the way to Arlington. Steven’s Locks will likely top out in the low twenties.

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Friday sees a weather system move in. Rain will fall in the western Gorge. In advance of that system, we’ll see morning westerlies at 12-15 pretty much everywhere from Steven’s Locks to Arlington. As the clouds pile up and the raindrops fall, the wind will die off to light and variable in the afternoon, or perhaps W 5-10.

Saturday sees high pressure build in for a wind direction transition day. Expect W 5-10 to start the day followed by a switch to light and variable or light east wind in the afternoon. Sunday (from this long vantage point), looks like east wind at 20-25.

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast

Jones Thursday: 5-10. Friday: no. Saturday: no. Sauvie’s Thursday: 5-10. Friday: S 10-15. Saturday: 4-7. Coast (north/central/south). Thursday: no/no/no, NW swell 5′ at 9 seconds. Friday: southerlies, W 6′ @ 11 going to 11′ @ 13. Saturday: 5-10/15-20/20-25, W 7′ @ 11.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

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Random Morning Thoughts

No time for reflecting today. I’m spending the time drinking my coffee and staring at the Gorge. Have an awesome day.

Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist (but I could be 51 graduate school credits from now). I am your weather forecaster. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, and consult with your actual therapist about your mental health issues. One other thing: I plan to keep doing this forecast indefinitely, even when I am a therapist.

Gorge Weather Forecast

It’s a lovely mostly-sunny morning here in the Gorge. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and the upper 60’s in the afternoon. Moderate wind early. Strong wind later. No rainbows. Friday looks partly to mostly cloudy with sprinkles or showers. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and the low 60’s in the afternoon. Light wind. 99% chance of rainbows. Saturday and Sunday look sunny with temps in the upper 40’s early and the low 70’s in the afternoon.

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White Sprinter Van of the Day

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Road and Mountain Biking

I went and inspected Post the day before yesterday, and it had already returned to dustiness. That’s how you know fire season isn’t over – the tack doesn’t stick around. It’s probably the same story on the 44 Road, where the dust was deeper, but maybe Gunsight. This is the time of year to start getting in your high elevation rides before they are gone! And remember: Hospital Hill and Whoopdee are still closed due to fire danger. Please don’t trespass.

Upcoming Events

What day is it? Oh, right, it’s Thursday. Tonight is the Post n’ Pint ride, moved to 5pm due to Darkness. There’s community yoga at 6pm at Yoga Samadhi, Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen at 6:30, and Zumba at St. Francis House in Odell at 6:30. Friday morning at 7 is the Kickstand Coffee donut and coffee run, where jogging four miles earns you more calories than you burn off.

I don’t have any outside-the box events on my calendar this weekend, which doesn’t mean there aren’t any. I just haven’t heard about them. So… enjoy the sunny weekend!

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

The Gorge Is My Gym