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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | too | cold | hot dog | buns only | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 13-16 | G 20-24 | G 20-24 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | G 16-20 | G 20-25 | G 25-29? | G 20-25 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 16-20 | 16-20 | G 25-29 | G 25-29 | |
| Rufus, etc. | too much | current | G 25-29 | G 25-29 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 16-20 | 16-20 | G 25-29 | G 25-29 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
First thing this morning is a poop advisory for beaches from West Mayer in Rowena to The Dalles Riverfront Park. You choose whether to include the Lyle Sandbar in that advisory. This comes to you courtesy of The Dalles Public Works, who (shit!) have some problems at the sewage treatment plant.
The general wind picture for the next several days is complicated by a series of weather systems impacting the Northwest. As we’ve all figured out by now, this makes the wind trickier to predict. For Thursday, a trough of low pressure moves inland and a front approaches well off the coast. Low-level instability will affect the reliability of the wind field. With all that out of the way, we’ll see the wind build to gusty 24-28 by late morning from Stevenson to Rufus. The wind will fill in to Arlington after 2pm. It’s possible we’ll see periods of 29-33 from Lyle to Rufus, where there’s still too much current. River flow is 440kcfs. Temp is 57 degrees.
High pressure builds over the region on Friday as a weak front touches the coastal areas. Inland, we’ll see less wind, but probably more than the GFS predicts. Friday starts with 5-10 in the western Gorge under low clouds. East of The Dalles, the day starts with 12-15. In the afternoon, we’ll have 18-23 from Stevenson to The Dalles.
The GFS likes the idea of a light wind day on Saturday. The Euro is a bit more optimistic. Let’s call it light west wind in the morning (5 or less) with 11-14 from Stevenson to Swell in the afternoon. Models have been consistently predicting a windy day on Sunday, and this morning’s run is no exception. We will be dealing with atmospheric dynamics, especially in the afternoon, so don’t be waiting around. We’ll start Sunday with 17-20 Viento to Swell. The wind builds to 28-32 from late morning on from Stevenson to The Dalles, filling in to Arlington after 2pm. Periods of 30-35 are possible from Viento to Doug’s.
BONUS: Jones Thursday: 10-13. Friday: X. Saturday: 10-13. Sauvie’s Thursday: 8-11. Friday: 8-11 late. Saturday: 5-8. Coast (north/central/south). Thursday: W5/W5/N 10-15, W swell 4′ at 8 seconds. Friday: X/X/10-15, W 5′ @ 12. Saturday: 20-25/15-20/30+, W 5′ @ 11.
Random Morning Thoughts
The random morning thoughts are currently on vacation!
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Today is Thursday and it will be cloudy on Mt. Hood. Free air freezing level (FAF) 6000′. Wind SSW 15 early, WNW 15-20 afternoon and evening. Friday looks clear to start and cloudy in the afternoon. FAF 6000′ rising to 10,000′. Wind WNW 15 AM, W 15 afternoon, SW 15 overnight. Saturday looks clear. FAF: 10,000′ morning, 13,000′ afternoon and overnight. Wind SW 15-20. Sunday looks cloudy with a chance of rain and building SW wind to 45mph.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Thursday will be a cloudy day. Temps will be near 50 early and in the mid 60’s this afternoon. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows. Friday looks partly to mostly cloudy to start (low clouds) partly cloudy during the day, and overcast in the evening. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 70’s in the afternoon. Moderate westerlies. NO rainbows. Saturday looks sunny. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 80’s in the afternoon. Light to moderate westerlies. No rainbows. It’s possible we could see a little rain Sunday into Monday.
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White Sprinter Van of the Week
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Road and Mountain Biking
The Forest Loop road bike ride in the woods above Trout Lake is open, which means ALL the road rides are open! Knebal, Eightmile and Surveyor’s are open. Fifteenmile is not. Lewis River is open. Falls Creek is open from the top down. Hospital Hill has cows on it, so there are no dogs allowed at this time. The ticks are horrendous over there right now – expect to get bitten if you ride there. Deet is your friend. Wednesday is the women’s Post n’ Pinot ride at Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Mountain View has a mountain bike ride at 5pm on Thursday, and the Post n’ Pint ride is Thursday at Dirty Fingers at 5:30.
Upcoming Events
Your free events today start with meditation at 6:15 at Trinity in Hood River and yoga at Flow at 8. There’s another free yoga class at 6 at Samadhi tonight. There’s a women’s mountain bike ride from Mountain View cycles at 5, the racepace post n’ pint at dirty fingers at 5:30, Zumba at Mid-Valley Elementary at 6:30, and Tai Chi at Our Savioir Church in Bingen at 6:30.
This weekend is the White Salmon Riverfest. There’s a gear swap at the Husum Fire Station 3-6 Friday and 4-6 Saturday. Dropoff for the swap is Thursday afternoon. Friday evening is the Wild and Scenic Film Festival at the Husum Fire Station. Saturday is the Green Truss Extreme race during the day and the Riverfest Symposium in the evening. There are several work parties (Northwestern Park, Weldon Wagon Trail, BZ Falls, Trout Lake) on Saturday. There are Kayak and SUP competitions 2-5 Sunday afternoon. The annual $30 community raft trip (locals only) is Sunday – call Wet Planet Whitewater to sign up.
Other events: First Friday in Hood river, the Pine Hollow Paddle SUP race Saturday morning, a garden party at Pacific Hermitage Saturday, trail work parties by Trailkeepers of Oregon on Friday and Saturday at Wygant.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
