Categories
Forecast

Friday: Welcome, KB4C!

Summer Subscription & Pledge Drive




>

Does this forecast save you time, gas money, or help you have more fun in your life? Make a donation to support continued forecasting, and get the forecast in your inbox each day. Click on the button to donate. The email subscription isn’t $99/year. Not $50/year. No, just $12.34 or more gets you on the list for 12 months. Don’t PayPal? Send a check to Temira @ PO Box 841 in Hood River. Thank you for your support and thank you for trusting my forecast.



Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Your favorite beach Dawn
Patrol
9am-
11:30a
11:30a-
3pm
3pm-
dusk
Rooster Rock butt bare if you dare!
Steven’s Locks 5-10 10-13 10-13 13-16+
Hatchery/Wunderbar 5-10 10-13 10-13 13-16+
Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena 5-10 5-10 10-13 13-16+
Rufus, etc. 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-10
Roosevelt, etc. 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-10

 


 


Gorge Wind Forecast


It’s a light wind morning here in the Gorge, a fortunate thing given how late I got home from school last night and the amount of time my computer took to inconveniently install updates this morning. Anyhoo, we have a light wind start to the day with gradients of .06 (pdx-dls) and .04 (dls-psc). As the day progresses, a low pressure system will move northeast towards BC and a trough of low pressure will move along the coast, bringing cooler air along with it. As this happens, the wind will pick up. We’ll see 8-11 or so this morning through the whole Gorge. Around 2pm, the wind will pick up to 14-17 from Cascade Locks to Hood River. In the evening, the wind will probably pick up a bit more, to 19-22 from Cascade Locks to The Dalles. Bring your garbage cans in tonight, because stronger wind moves in during the darkness.

Saturday starts off with a huge pressure gradient – the GFS suggests .18 from Portland to The Dalles. As of this morning, models suggest marine clouds won’t make it all the way to Hood River. They also hit at a bit of early morning instability in the atmosphere, so perhaps the Dawn Patrol won’t match the gradient? Anyway, we’ll likely see 24-27+ from Viento to The Dalles at dawn with 15-18 east and west of those locations. By late morning, the wind is going to climb to 28-32 from Cascade Locks all the way to Arlington. Actually, Arlington might take ’til mid-afternoon, but it’s going to blow tomorrow too. Models suggest that there will be s strong atmospheric cap from about 8am on, a good indicator for steady, reliable wind. Fingers crossed!

Strong high pressure off the coast Sunday combines with inland low pressure for a decent setup for wind. The actual location of the inland low will have a big impact on the wind strength. As of right now, models suggest it will straddle the Cascades, which will make for less wind than if it were in the desert. So, we’ll probably see 16-19 all day long from Cascade Locks to Mosier.

Monday currently looks like a light wind day, and Tuesday looks like 12-15. The GFS is hinting at another round of strong west wind during the second half of next week, but you know those long-range models… not super reliable.
 


Kiteboard for Cancer and Camp Koru Need You!


Kiteboard for Cancer happens July 14th through 16th at Hood River’s Event Site. They are still looking for a few volunteers. If you have some time, sign up now. If time is difficult to come by, make a donation to support camps for young adult survivors of cancer. I donated already. Your turn!
 

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast


Jones Friday: 23-26. Saturday: 17-20. Sunday: 12-15. Sauvie’s Friday: 12-15 late. Saturday: 15-18 late. Sunday: 12-15. Coast (north/central/south). Friday: 5-10/5-10/20-25+, W swell 5′ at 10 seconds. Saturday: 5-10/10-15/30-35, W 4′ @ 9. Sunday: 20-25/25-30/35+, W 3′ @ 8.
 

Random Morning Thoughts

I’m off to a late start today, so I’ll let you do some reflecting of your own. Today, if you feel inclined, write down some of the self-critical things you say to yourself. Just write them down and have a look. At the end of the day, reflect on whether you’d say those things to a close friend. That’s it. Have an awesome day.
 

Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist (but I could be 27 graduate school credits from now). I am your weather forecaster. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, and consult with your actual therapist about your mental health issues. One other thing: I plan to keep doing this forecast indefinitely, even when I am a therapist.
 

Gorge Weather Forecast

Today will be a sunny day with some high clouds in the afternoon, perhaps. Temps will be near 60 early and near 90 this afternoon. Light wind early, moderate later. No rainbows. Saturday looks sunny. Temps will be near 60 early and near 80 in the afternoon. Strong, perhaps nuking, west wind. No rainbows. Sunday looks sunny with mid-50’s early and low 80’s in the afternoon. Moderate wind. No rainbows.

For weather specifically directed at travel through the Gorge, please visit Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.
 

White Sprinter Van of the Day



 

Road and Mountain Biking

All the mountain bike trails are open. =)
 

Upcoming Events

Today’s events start with Kickstand Coffee’s donut run at 7. The Hood River Aquatic Center has free swim from 1 to 4 today, and Kiteboard for Cancer’s kickoff party is a Kickstand Coffee in Hood River tonight.

The Kite Derby happens tomorrow at the Hood River Event Site starting at 10:30. If you haven’t seen this before, it’s worth watching the start as hundreds of kiters head into the water. The Gorge Outrigger Race runs tomorrow from Stevenson to Bingen, so if you’re out on that section of river, keep an eye out for paddle boats headed downwind fast. The Wild Woman 50k and half-marathon is in Trout Lake tomorrow. The High Cascades 100 mountain bike race/ride is Sunday in Bend.

There’s a trail run in Post Canyon at 8am tomorrow, a women’s bike ride from Mountain View Cycles at 9, free outdoor yoga at Lewis and Clark Park in The Dalles at 10:30, and Tum a Lum’s annual Founder’s Day from 10am to 3pm.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

The Mt. Hood snow forecast is currently on vacation. It will stay on vacation until I deem it to be close enough to winter that we need a Mt. Hood snow forecast. Be safe out there on the snow this summer!

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

By Temira

Temira Lital is a recreation and travel weather forecaster based in Hood River, Oregon. Temira uses they/them pronouns. They're also a mental health counselor. Temira bikes, skis, windsurfs, paddles a SUP, swims in mountain lakes, and loves gardening. Most recently they've taken up SUP foiling. Temira is powered by La Croix, protein, and beets.