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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | rowdy | dowdy | shady | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 0-10 | 5-10 | 10-14 | 10-14 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 15-18 | 18-22 | G 22-26 | G 22-26 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 15-18 | 18-22 | G 22-26 | G 22-26 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 7-10 | 10-18 | G 22-26 | G 22-26 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 7-10 | 10-18 | G 22-26 | G 22-26 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Gorge westerlies continue through Friday. The weekend currently looks light and variable – great for biking, but not so great for sports requiring wind. We’ll also see the coast wind start to ramp up on Thursday as high pressure builds off the coast.
For Wednesday, we’ll have gusty westerlies as weak weather systems move through. The day starts with W 15-28 from Viento to The Dalles. In the afternoon, the wind will stay at 7-11 near Cascade Locks. The rest of the Gorge, Viento to Arlington, will have gusty 22-26. River temp is 52 degrees. Flow is 429kcfs, meaning the current will be very strong at Rufus.
Thursday sees a ten degree high temp drop as additional weather systems move through. The wind will be helped by building offshore high pressure. We’ll start the day with 15-18 from Viento to Rufus. IN the afternoon, the wind picks up to gusty 24-28 from Viento to Rufus with 12-15 in the far eastern Gorge.
Friday looks pretty solid, at least from today’s perspective. Offshore high pressure combines with an afternoon heat low in the desert. Models do disagree on wind strength, with the GFS much more robust. Let’s go with that for now: 17-21 in the morning and 26-30 in the afternoon, strongest from Stevenson to The Dalles. The ECMWF is thinking more along the lines of 23-26 from Stevenson to Arlington. Looking at the weekend, we’ll have light and variable wind both days.
Random Morning Thoughts
My thoughts are on vacation until I get through my comprehensive exam on Friday!
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Mountain Weather Forecast
For Wednesday, expect partly cloudy mountain conditions all day. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 8000′-9000′ during the day and 4000′ after midnight. Wind will be SW 15 all day and WSW 20 after midnight. A few flurries may fall on Thursday during the day with 2-3” of new snow overnight. The snow level will be 4000′. Wind will be WSW 20 in the morning, WNW 20 in the afternoon, and N 10-15 after midnight. Friday looks partly cloudy. The FAF will be 4000′ in the morning. It’ll steadily rise to 9000′ in the evening. Wind will be N 10-15 in the morning and N or NE 20-25 in the afternoon and evening. The weekend looks warm and sunny with the FAF around 12,000 and NE wind to 25.
Gorge Weather Forecast
There are low clouds to the west and high clouds above. Today will stay partly cloudy. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and low 70’s this afternoon with mugginess. Moderate west wind. No rainbows. Thursday looks partly cloudy with light rain overnight. Temps will be near 50 early and in the low 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. 5% chance of rainbows. Friday might start off with a few sprinkles, but it will be partly cloudy most of the day. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and upper 60’s in the afternoon. Strong west wind. 17% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Lewis River is reportedly open to the landslide from the bottom. Knebal, Eightmile, and Bottle Prairie are not open. I have a report of 5-7 trees down on the singletrack section of Surveyor’s with the rest rideable. Kitchen Sink is apparently riding good. Wednesday is the women’s Post n’ Pinot ride at Dirty Fingers. Thursday is the race-pace Post n’ Pint. Mountain View Cycles has an unnamed women’s mountain bike ride Thursday evening at 5pm leaving from the shop. 5:30pm at the bottom of Post Canyon.
Upcoming Events
Today’s community events include free yoga at10am at the Fish Food Bank. There’s meditation at noon at Trinity Natural Medici en. The women’s only, all-levels mountain bike ride is at Dirty Fingers at 5:30 tonight, and there’s another women’s mountain bike ride that leaves Mountain View Cycles at 5 tomorrow night. The race-pace Post and Pint ride, which earns you a free pint of beer, is tomorrow at 5:30 at Dirty Fingers.
In other biking news, National Bike to Work Day is Friday. The Cascade Chainbreaker race is Saturday in Bend, and the Hood River Area Trail Stewards have a work party meeting at Family Man on Saturday at 9:30.
The Carson to Stevenson Ridge run is Saturday, as is the Master Gardeners Plant Sale in Hood River (2990 Experiment Drive) and in The Dalles (The Dalles City Park) and the Raices Plant Sale (The Next Door, Hood River) Cascade Locks has college and high school races on Saturday and Sunday.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
