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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 | LTW | LTW | G 13-16 | G 18-22 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | LTW | LTW | G 13-16 | G 18-22 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTW | LTW | G 13-16 | G 18-22 | |
| Rufus, etc. | LTW | LTW | G 13-16 | G 18-22 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTW | LTW | G 13-16 | G 18-22 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s Wednesday morning. The weather this week will be dominated and driven by a trough of low pressure offshore and inland. Weak systems will move through the region from time to time, adding some energy to the system, kicking off a few sprinkles, and giving us moderate westerlies.
For Wednesday, we’ll have light west wind in the morning with gradients of .02 and .04. River flow is 70,300cfs and temp is 68 degrees. Models differ on the wind strength today; we have predictions ranging from 13-16 to 20-23. No matter how strong the wind becomes, it will be gusty and inconsistent, especially in the western Gorge where sprinkles may fall. Best chance to get on the river will be mid-afternoon ahead of an evening weather system.
This pattern continues on Thursday. Light wind in the morning everywhere. 5-10 in the western Gorge in the afternoon with 17-20 east of The Dalles. Gusty. Inconsistent. Unreliable. Friday sees that trough of low pressure shift inland, which could give us a slightly more reliable round of westerlies. The day starts out light. Afternoon wind looks like 18-22 from Stevenson to Rufus. Looking at the weekend, models disagree, especially about Sunday; the Euro swings in a cold front, giving us a short-lived period of strong westerlies. The GFS does not agree with this. We”ll have to wait for model agreement before predicting.
BONUS: Jones Wednesday-Friday: nope. Sauvie’s Wednesday-Friday: nope. Coast (north/central/south). Wednesday: W5/W5/X, W swell 5′ at 8 seconds. Thursday: W5/W5/W5, W 4′ @ 10. Friday: SW10/W5/X, W 4′ @ 12.
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
The next few days look cloudy and sprinkly on Mt. Hood. The snow level will be low enough this morning (Wednesday) for a few wet snowflakes at Timberline, perhaps. It’ll be cloudy with sprinkles/wet snow all day. Snow level 6500′ early and 8000′ after noon. Total precip will be less than 1/10”, for not even a trace of new snow. Wind will be SW 10-15 during the day and W 10 overnight. Thursday looks mostly cloudy in the morning and partly to mostly cloudy in the afternoon. Trace of rain overnight. Snow level 8000′. Wind: W 10 early, SW 20 after noon. Friday looks showery and cloudy. Snow level: 7000′ early and 8000′ after noon. Total precip: 1/10”. Wind: SSW 20 become SW 20 in the afternoon.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s a mostly cloudy start to Wednesday, and the weather will stay this way probably through the weekend. Temps will be in the low 50’s Wednesday morning and mid 60’s in the afternoon. Intermittent sprinkles are possible. Moderate westerlies. 4% chance of rainbows. Thursday looks mostly cloudy with scattered sprinkles. Temps will be near 50 early and in the upper 60’s in the afternoon. Moderate westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows. Friday looks cloudy with sprinkles during the day and a chance of periods of light rain overnight. Temps will be near 50 early and near 70 in the afternoon. Moderate westerlies. 8% chance of 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 events start with a free yoga class at 10 at Hood River’s FISH food bank. There’s mindfulness practice at Trinity Body Arts at noon. At 5:30 tonight, the all-levels women’s-only Post n’ Pinot mountain bike ride leaves Dirty Fingers in search of less dust in Post Canyon.
Coming up Saturday, Cascade Locks has the Bridge of the Goddesses Run, which will close the Bridge of the Gods from 7:30 to 8:15 that morning, long before many of us wake up. The free Music Festival of the Gorge is at a more accessible time: noon to 10pm at Hood River’s Waterfront Park. For something much, much quieter, try the free four-hour meditation retreat at the White Salmon Grange from 1 to 5 on Saturday. The Pacific Hermitage Pah Bah potluck is Sunday morning at the Grange.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
