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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | peaceful | cloudy | naked | beach | |
| Steven’s Locks | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 10-13 | G 13-16 | G 16-19 | G 16-19 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-13 | G 13-16 | G 16-19 | G 16-19 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-13 | G 16-20 | G 20-23 | G 20-23 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 10-13 | G 16-20 | G 20-23 | G 20-23 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s Tuesday morning. Woot woot! An upper low off the coast of BC will stay there today and slowly drop south over the next couple of days. Results: cloudy conditions. Embedded energy around the low will swing over the Gorge, causing gusty, moderate west wind and a chance of afternoon thunder.
Tuesday looks cloudy all day. The western Gorge will see on-and-off sprinkles with actual rain after 5pm. The impulse causing the rain will bump up the afternoon wind. We’ll start the day with gradients of .04 and .05 and westerlies in the 10-15 range. Stevenson will likely remain showery all day with westerlies at 7-12. Viento to Rowena should build to gusty, inconsistent 16-19 this afternoon. Avery to Arlington should end the day with gusty 20-23. River flow is 81,300cfs and temp is 68 degrees.
Wednesday also looks cloudy with sprinkles in the west. The aforementioned upper low will drop south along the coast. Afternoon thunder is a possibility, so keep an eye out for lightning. Models disagree on afternoon wind strength on Wednesday. We start the day with west 7-10 everywhere. In the afternoon, gusty westerlies at 15-18 east of Viento seem possible, although models are suggesting anything from mid-teens to mid-twenties.
Low pressure off the coast Thursday morning limits wind strength early, but an afternoon weather impulse moving through energizes the Gorge. The day starts with 10-15 everywhere. After noon, we’ll have gusty 12-15 from Stevenson to Mosier with gusty 24-27 from Rowena to Arlington. Models are completely at odds about Friday, so no forecast is possible.
BONUS: Jones Tuesday: 5-8. Wednesday: nope. Thursday: nada. Sauvie’s Tuesday: no. Wednesday: 5-8. Thursday: 12-15 late. Coast (north/central/south). Tuesday: SW5/W5/N5, west swell 7′ at 10 seconds. Wednesday: SW10/X/N10-15, W 5′ @ 8. Thursday: SW10/SW10/Nope, W 5′ @ 8.
Random Morning Thoughts
One of the things that surprises me every day I work with clients is how fulfilled and content I feel at the end of the day. My surprise comes in part because of how highly I value flexibility in my life, and also because my fulfillment came from athletic activities for many years. But this isn’t about me. It’s about something that generalizes to most people.
Over the course of life, we find things that make us happy. We stick with those things. Sometimes this works out over the long run, but something the joy we take from those activities starts to fade. We’re left uncertain what to try next, especially when we may have vetoed some of the options based on past experience.
It’s important to remember that we change over time. Things that might have felt boring, uninspiring, or burdensome in the past might be things we’d love now. All those things we found uninteresting in the past are worth revisiting. While our memories of those experiences stay (relatively) unchanged, our perspective on life may have changed dramatically. This means we can experience all those things anew. Give it a shot: you might find some real gems in what previously seemed like dirt. May you find contentment. Have an awesome day.
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Tuesday: cloudy with light sprinkles. Slight chance of thunder in the afternoon. Snow level 8000′. Wind: WNW 10-15. Wednesday: partly to mostly cloudy. Sprinkles in the morning. Chance of thunder in the afternoon. Snow level 8000′. Wind: WNW 10 early, SW 10-15 afternoon and overnight. Thursday: partly cloudy. Free air freezing level 8000′. wind: SW 10-15.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s mostly cloudy this morning, and it will stay that way today. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and upper 60’s later. Tiny chance of thunder late in the day. Moderate westerlies. 25% chance of rainbows. Wednesday looks mostly cloudy. Temps will be near 50 early and in the mid 60’s later. Chance of thunder in the afternoon. Light to moderate westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows. Thursday looks partly cloudy. Temps will be near 50 early and in the upper 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
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 community activities kick off with sunrise moving meditation at 6:15 at Trinity Body Arts – that’s now 25 minutes before sunrise. There’s free yoga at 5:30 this evening at HAVEN in The Dalles, triathlon practice at 6 at West Mayer Park in Rowena, and meditation with the Pacific Hermitage Monks at 6:30 at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. If you want more mindfulness than that, there’s a free half-day meditation retreat at the White Salmon Grange from 1 to 5 on Saturday.
This weekend’s also the Music Festival of the Gorge. The mainstage, and also by-donation – event starts at noon at Hood River’s Waterfront Park on Saturday. There are also shows on Friday and Sunday evening at other local small venues – look at the MFOG website for details. Saturday’s also the Bridge of the Goddesses Run in Cascade Locks. The Bridge of the Gods will be closed from 7:30 to 8:15 or something like that for the event. The Gorge Kids Triathlon is at the Waterfront Park on Sunday.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
