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Justsmile
Since 20 Jul 2009
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 Mon May 14, 12 11:23 am Jones tomorrow. Wednesday? Anyone want to join? |
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Anyone heading out that direction around 130 or so???
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corey4x4man
Since 13 Jun 2011
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Beaverton, OR
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| Mon May 14, 12 11:50 am |
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| Pressure is right, should be good. Too bad I'm stuck at work
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Dern
Since 11 Jul 2010
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Vancouver, WA
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| Mon May 14, 12 12:25 pm |
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Heading there when I get off work. I'll probably get there around 5:30. Sensors look... well...
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beej
Since 16 Jul 2010
180 Posts
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| Mon May 14, 12 2:04 pm Stuck |
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| I'm stuck here today. Hoping tomorrow will work.
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Blazeheliski
Since 30 Mar 2011
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| Mon May 14, 12 2:25 pm |
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| corey4x4man wrote: | | Pressure is right, should be good. Too bad I'm stuck at work |
What did I say about Mondays? I hope it is not the trend for this summer!
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CarrotHead
Since 05 Jul 2007
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Once Seattle, now Portland
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| Mon May 14, 12 2:54 pm |
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| Dern wrote: | Heading there when I get off work. I'll probably get there around 5:30. Sensors look... well...
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Thanks for the info, I'm new to portland and hitting Jones for the first time today. New at forecasting, would Sauvie be a bad call today? Do Jones and Sauvie tend to fire together (or at least on similar thermals?)
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CarrotHead
Since 05 Jul 2007
35 Posts
Once Seattle, now Portland
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| Mon May 14, 12 2:58 pm |
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| also, is 47 a decent alternative to I-5 from Washington Square/Tigard area, or should i just brave the traffic?
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Blazeheliski
Since 30 Mar 2011
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| Mon May 14, 12 3:11 pm |
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| CarrotHead wrote: | | also, is 47 a decent alternative to I-5 from Washington Square/Tigard area, or should i just brave the traffic? |
I would think the traffic to 47 would be just as bad as traffic to get to I-5. Once you are on I-5 past Vancouver - speed limit is 70mph - most people going 80mph. Speed on 47 would be 55 tops most parts being slower cause of curves. Traffic is always a crap shoot, but I tend to go 205 to I-5 to Jones most of the time from Wilsonville
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Justsmile
Since 20 Jul 2009
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Not Portland
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| Mon May 14, 12 3:34 pm |
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| From Tigard with no traffic you could go 26 to vernonia and drop into clatskanie that way. I have come home that way and it's not a bad drive. Agreed most time it is I-5 to Longview etc. pretty simple drive that way!
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Dern
Since 11 Jul 2010
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Vancouver, WA
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| Mon May 14, 12 3:40 pm |
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| I-5 northbound to Vancouver really is terrible from about 4-6:30PM. Hugggeee traffic jam.
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corey4x4man
Since 13 Jun 2011
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Beaverton, OR
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| Mon May 14, 12 3:48 pm |
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| Blazeheliski wrote: | | corey4x4man wrote: | | Pressure is right, should be good. Too bad I'm stuck at work |
What did I say about Mondays? I hope it is not the trend for this summer! |
Watch your mouth!!! Ill bet its blowing mid twenties there, usually anything over .05 is kiteable and .1 is ripping!
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Loneski
Since 18 Dec 2010
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Washington
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| Mon May 14, 12 8:06 pm |
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| Let us know, how was it? Windonthewater didn't look to promising. If it says 8 should we double that?
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BeerKite
Since 29 Mar 2011
471 Posts
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| Mon May 14, 12 9:36 pm |
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| Don't forget about going hwy 30. I live in St. Johns and I almost always go that way. Scappoose and St. Helens can be a little slow but never as bad as I5 North. Nice drive and you can usually do about 55-65ish.
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quenyaistar
Since 21 Oct 2011
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Cougar, WA
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| Mon May 14, 12 9:52 pm |
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If you have a passenger you can use the carpool lane, that helps a lot.
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Dern
Since 11 Jul 2010
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Vancouver, WA
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| Mon May 14, 12 9:55 pm |
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| Loneski wrote: | | Let us know, how was it? Windonthewater didn't look to promising. If it says 8 should we double that? |
I find the Jones sensor to be useless. Like Corey said, if its .04-.05 on the pressure gradient and 8+ degrees temperature difference between Astoria and Kelso, Jones will be blowing almost guaranteed.
Tonight it was howling - almost overpowered on my 9m. Little bit gusty. Couple of us were out there until 8:30pm when the sun was gone.
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CarrotHead
Since 05 Jul 2007
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Once Seattle, now Portland
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| Mon May 14, 12 10:28 pm |
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8m sunset.
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Blazeheliski
Since 30 Mar 2011
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| Tue May 15, 12 6:18 am |
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| Dern wrote: | | Loneski wrote: | | Let us know, how was it? Windonthewater didn't look to promising. If it says 8 should we double that? |
I find the Jones sensor to be useless. Like Corey said, if its .04-.05 on the pressure gradient and 8+ degrees temperature difference between Astoria and Kelso, Jones will be blowing almost guaranteed.
Tonight it was howling - almost overpowered on my 9m. Little bit gusty. Couple of us were out there until 8:30pm when the sun was gone. |
The iKite sensor seems to be working for Jones. This is the graph from Monday.
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