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| Steven’s Locks | 0-5 | 5-10 | 10-13 | thunder? | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) | 5-10 | 10-13 | 13-16 | thunder? | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 5-10 | 10-13 | 13-16 | thunder? | |
| Rufus, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | thunder? | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | thunder? | |
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Gorge Wind Forecast (and Sauvie’s, Jones, the Coast…)
Unstable weather and hard-to-predict conditions continue for another couple of days here in the Gorge. On top of that, models aren’t showing much consistency from day to day, making it hard to plan ahead. Today started off with light wind in the single digits with gradients of .06 (pdx-dls), .02 (dls-psc) and .43 (eph-dls). Models are underpredicting the gradients, leaving me to believe we’ll see westerlies at 10-13 for much of the day with a late-day jump to 13-16. The strongest, most reliable wind will be from Stevenson to Hood River today, with the possibility of the Rowena stretch joining in late. That evening session could be hampered by thunderstorms.
As of yesterday, tomorrow looked like a nuker. That forecast has shifted, as an upper level low (ULL) hangs out off the coast. Expect 15-18 from Swell to Arlington tomorrow morning. The wind may increase slightly midday, but we won’t see a real jump until after 2pm. At that point, the wind will pick up to 24-28 from Lyle to Rufus, possibly at Arlington too. Thunderstorms will be a problem again tomorrow out in the desert, so it may not be worth making a long drive.
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Thursday sees the ULL begin to move onshore, and that will increase the gradients and the wind. Expect 23-26 to start, probably from Mosier to Doug’s. The mid-twenties wind will continue for much of the day before picking up to 28-32 from Lyle to Arlington mid-afternoon. It’s hard to say what will happen from Stevenson to Hood River on Thursday; it depends on how deep the marine clouds push. My best guess is the clouds will make it past HR, leaving the western Gorge with gusty westerlies at 12-15. As of this morning, Friday looks like 26-30.
Coast (north/central/south). Today, 10-15/5-10/LTV, W swell 3′ at 7 seconds. Tomorrow: LTV, NW 4 @ 8. Thursday: light S, NW 5 @ 8.
Jones and Sauvie’s beta test forecast. Jones today, 16-19. Jones tomorrow, 12-15. Jones Thursday, 21-24. Sauvie’s today, 10-13. Sauvie’s tomorrow, light. Sauvie’s Thursday, light.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
Nothing to say here today.
Random Morning Thoughts
I struggle sometimes with having advertising on this report. It frustrates me to pay for something (the New York Times online) for example, and then have ads in my face too. I know that’s normal business practice, but I find it annoying.
Anyway, I also like letting people know about cool local businesses, and so I allow ads. Sometimes this gets complicated – this is a small town after all. One specific situation is sushi. Yes, sushi. One of my favorite things on the planet. Sushi Okalani (yum) advertises with me, and the owner, Justin, has picked me up hitchhiking before (so you know he’s a good dude!). The owner of Kaze, Toshi, is my friend. Both these cool dudes want me to spread the word about their restaurants.
I’m not gonna pick favorites here. I can tell you that Kaze just reopened after being closed for several months, and they have the best Mabo Ramen EVER. Sushi Okalani is a perennial HR favorite (they’ve been open for 10 years, for goodness sake!)
Here is my suggestion: we have two Japanese restaurants again. It’s time to double your sushi and ramen consumption. That’s clearly the only answer to this horrible dilemma. Now please, would someone please open an Indian restaurant here…
Gorge Weather Forecast
Last night’s sunset was a 10 out of 10, and included a rainbow! Here’s hoping you saw it! If not, don’t worry: we have the potential for awesome sunrises and sunsets for a few more days as an offshore low keeps those convective clouds firing up each afternoon. Expect a partly cloudy and muggy day today with temps in the low 60’s early and the low 90’s this afternoon. Light wind. Darn good chance of thunder in the evening. 23% chance of rainbows.
Tomorrow starts partly cloudy with a colorful sunrise and temps in the mid 60’s and ends with a colorful sunset, chance of thunder, and temps in the upper 80’s. Moderate wind, 14% chance of rainbows. Thursday looks partly cloudy with temps in the mid 60’s early and the mid 80’s in the afternoon. Strong wind. 17% chance of rainbows.
White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
There’s no new news to report today, but it sure is a nice morning for a bike ride!
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Cascade Acupuncture Center
Cascade Acupuncture Center has your back! And all your other achy body parts. For 10 years, CAC has been healing locals with acupuncture, massage and custom Chinese herbs. Allergy Elimination has no side effects and has helped many lessen their seasonal and food allergies significantly in just a few sessions. It can even lessen the effects of Poison Oak! You can reach CAC Monday through Saturday with locations in Hood River, The Dalles and Stevenson.
Upcoming Events
Today’s Tuesday, and you’ve got a few fun events to choose from. Flow Yoga has a free Power Vinyasa yoga class every Tuesday morning at 8am. There’s Pickup touch rugby tonight at 6 at the Hood River Marina, Triathlon Practice at 6 at Mayer Park, Manbo’s Fun Ride from Mt. View Cycles to Mosier and back at 6:15, and community yoga at Mosier’s senior center at 7. At Yoga Samadhi tonight, you can join 25 of your best friends and 2 monks for meditation and reflection.
Coming up tomorrow, CGWA has a free windsurfing freestyle clinic at 3:30 at the Hook to get you warmed up for this weekend’s King of the Hook event. Also tomorrow: Families at Family Man at 5:30, kayaking on the White Salmon at Husum at 5:30, ping pong at the Hood River Armory at 5:30, the Post n’ Pinot women’s mountain bike ride at Dirty Fingers at 5:30, and Aikido at Trinity in Hood River at 6pm.
Coming up later this week, Cascade Locks movies in the Park shows the Princess Bride on Friday and Hood River Movies in the Park is Akeelah and the Bee on Saturday. Friday night at 7, the Seahawks play the Broncos in their season opener at Centurylink Field (or on a TV station near you). Also Saturday, there’s the Post Canyon 50k and half-marathon trail run, the Skamania County Fair 5k and 10k, and the annual King of the Hood longboard freestyle windsurfing contest.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
