Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 3:59 pm
Rika and I will leaving for the gorge Thurs afternoon.
See you all down there!
See you all down there!
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:06 pm
Hmmmm. I wonder if I get to go too? ;)
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:25 pm
Great to see the flurry of posts and the excitement/numbers growing! 
Morewind:
Thanks for the oracle refresher (you saved me looking through the 2012 thread)!
Sorry you won't be there next week.
I enjoyed sharing the experience in the past, always appreciated your encouraging words, and look forward to sharing again in the future!
TheLaw: Won't the Delica (and Windsurfish
) be disappointed at being left behind? 
I really enjoyed sharing sessions at Flo on the way back on a couple of trips and would appreciate posts on what peoples 'next stop' is on the way down and on the way back.
Morewind:
Thanks for the oracle refresher (you saved me looking through the 2012 thread)! Sorry you won't be there next week. I enjoyed sharing the experience in the past, always appreciated your encouraging words, and look forward to sharing again in the future! TheLaw: Won't the Delica (and Windsurfish
) be disappointed at being left behind? I really enjoyed sharing sessions at Flo on the way back on a couple of trips and would appreciate posts on what peoples 'next stop' is on the way down and on the way back. Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:47 pm
Sold the Delica last year and the Explorer turned out to be pretty small last year. I am going for comfort this year! I hear these Uhaul vans really jump well in the sand dunes so that will be fun...obviously I have to put on the paddle tires first.
See you in HR on Friday. Hopefully the rain stops
See you in HR on Friday. Hopefully the rain stops
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:56 pm
Warming up a seat at Doppio in HR for y'all. Heading to Pistol Sat again for a few days 
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Nice! I look forward to shredding a wave with you soon
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:57 pm
Morewind: 
Do you have a link for the 9-panel orical forecast. This 4-panel was the closest I could find:
http://weather.unisys.com/ecmwf/ecmwf.p ... v=hide_bar
Thanks
Do you have a link for the 9-panel orical forecast. This 4-panel was the closest I could find:http://weather.unisys.com/ecmwf/ecmwf.p ... v=hide_bar
Thanks
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:06 pm
try this,
http://weather.unisys.com/gfs/index.php?r=us
click on the picture of the pressure gradient maps, and then click through the days in advance until you realize how much time has just been wasted...
http://weather.unisys.com/gfs/index.php?r=us
click on the picture of the pressure gradient maps, and then click through the days in advance until you realize how much time has just been wasted...
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:09 pm
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:23 pm
Thanks, but I still get lost in there.firstonlastoff wrote:try this,
http://weather.unisys.com/gfs/index.php?r=us
click on the picture of the pressure gradient maps, and then click through the days in advance until you realize how much time has just been wasted...
[edit/ second try I got it - different colour scheme made me think I was looking at the wrong information at first] I looked, honest (just couldn't find the sunglasses on top of my head). Thanks.So if I understand Morewind's tutorial, things are still looking good (starting about Sunday - "4 days" out).
This seems to validate the other 'weather-models-for-dummies"! Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:06 pm
that's it One thing I forgot to mention. The dates on the panels are grenwich(sp?) time, which is ahead of us by 7 or 8 hrs, depending on time of year. So, a panel marked with 12Z SAT (noon grenwich), would actually be 5am on the west coast (noon minus 7 hours). To my eye, it looks good from Sun to at least Thurs. The gradient suggests a nukin' Pistol on Sun and Mon ! Pack yer small stuff
One thing I forgot to mention. The dates on the panels are grenwich(sp?) time, which is ahead of us by 7 or 8 hrs, depending on time of year. So, a panel marked with 12Z SAT (noon grenwich), would actually be 5am on the west coast (noon minus 7 hours). To my eye, it looks good from Sun to at least Thurs. The gradient suggests a nukin' Pistol on Sun and Mon ! Pack yer small stuff Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:54 pm
Flo is as far as I'm going mike, any thought on that? Fcastpage lower panels in the model are cut off :-
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:10 am
Looks like Im going be able to do round two. Leaving vic Saturday. See you guys in GB Sunday!
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:46 pm
Well ... if it were me, I'd drive the extra 2 1/2 hrs to Pistol. The tight gradient lines have backed off over the last 2 days, and are concentrated over the OR/CA border. Plus, pistol and the cape have a way shorter walk the water, good for those of us with shaky hipsKUS wrote:Flo is as far as I'm going mike, any thought on that?
If you've already been travelling for over 10 hrs from Vic what's another 2? Either way, have a great trip Kus 
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:03 pm
Reading this thread was killing me so I'm now going for a few days.
Driving tomorrow morning and will either stop in Hood River tomorrow or head straight to Florence/ Gold Beach to SUP. See you at the Cape Sunday or maybe on the way down!
Driving tomorrow morning and will either stop in Hood River tomorrow or head straight to Florence/ Gold Beach to SUP. See you at the Cape Sunday or maybe on the way down!
