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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | calm | place to | bun | brown | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 10-20 | 10-20 | 10-20 | 10-20 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-20 | 10-20 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-13 | 10-13 | 21-24 | 21-24 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 13-16 | 13-16 | 21-24 | 21-24 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Happy cloudy Saturday morning! The general weather pattern has undergone quite a shift over the last 24 hours or so. A low pressure system stalled north of Vancouver Island will slowly drift southward over the next five days. Embedded within that system are several fronts and waves and weather thingies that will swing through the Northwest. Translation into windspeak: we’ll see gusty, unreliable westerlies for the next few days along with an increase in clouds and sprinkle chances.
For Saturday, we start (late, because I slept in) with gradients of .06 and .04 and wind speeds bouncing around between 10 and 20 through the entire Gorge. Areas west of Mosier will stay cloudy today, with gusty westerlies at 10-20. Viento’s the exception; it could hover around 17-21. As this morning cold front swings through and high pressure builds in behind (briefly), the wind should pick up to 21-24 from Lyle to Arlington with 24-27 late afternoon from Lyle to Doug’s.
Sunday starts with high pressure and sees another cold front approach during the second half of the day. This starts us with light morning westerlies at 5-10 or less. Afternoon wind looks like gusty, unreliable 20-23 from Stevenson to The Dalles.
That second cold front swings through on Monday morning. The day starts cloudy in most places with sprinkles in the western Gorge. Wind speeds will be 5-10 most places with 12-15 near Arlington. Afternoon westerlies build to 19-22 from Rowena to Arlington (maybe 21-24) and stay at 7-10 in the west. Models disagree on the path of the southward-moving low pressure system mentioned in the first paragraph. That means the wind forecast is much less clear after Monday. Let’s just say that strong westerlies are unlikely with this setup and leave it at that.
BONUS: Jones Saturday: no. Sunday: nope. Monday: 7-10. Sauvie’s Saturday: 12-15 late. Sunday: no. Monday: nada. Coast (north/central/south). Saturday: no/no/10-15, W swell 3′ at 7 seconds. Sunday: W15-20/W5-10/no, W 5′ @ 8. Monday: S 10-15/W5/N 5-10, W 6′ @ 10.
Big Winds Locals’ Sale!!!
It’s time for the Locals’ used gear sell off at Big Winds. SUPs from $299 and Ebikes from $1299. Swing by the shop or the Event Site SUP Center (12-5pm) to score a stellar deal on spectacular gear. Haven’t tried an E-Bike? Take one out for a quick spin up 7th Street – your idea of running errands will never be the same. Haven’t done a SUP downwinder? Now’s the time to try! Pick up some used gear now so you’re ready for Locals’ Season… now until the snowflakes fly!
Random Morning Thoughts
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Saturday: cloudy with a chance of sprinkles. Snow level 12,000′. Wind: SW 20 early, WSW 20 afternoon, SW 15 overnight. Sunday: High overcast becoming cloudy. Chance of rain overnight. Snow level 12,000′ falling to 10,000′ overnight. Wind: SW 15 early, SW 25 afternoon, WSW 25 after midnight. Monday: partly cloudy with sprinkles possible early, Snow level 10,000′ falling to 8000′ overnight. Wind: WSW 25 early, W 15 afternoon, WSW 10 overnight.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s cloudy out there this morning and will stay at least partly cloudy today. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and mid 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday starts with hour clouds and ends up with lower clouds. There’s a chance of light rain or sprinkles overnight. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and upper 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows. Monday looks cloudy to start and partly cloudy in the afternoon with a chance of sprinkles early. Temps will be in the mid 50s’ early and upper 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. 56% chance of morning rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Trails on private timberland (Hospital Hill, Whoopdee, Underwood, and anything else on Kreps, Stevenson, Weyerhauser, etc.) will remain closed to ALL uses until the end of fire session. Motorized vehicles, chainsaws, campfires, and smoking are banned from public lands in Oregon and Washington.
Group bike rides: Triathlon practice Tuesday, 6pm at West Mayer Park. Wednesday: Post n’ Pinot women’s MTB ride at Dirty Finger, 5:30. Families at Family Man: 6pm Wednesday. Thursday: Mountain View Cycles women’s MTB, 5:30, bottom of Post. Post n’ Pint: race-pace coed ride from Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Free pint of beer after. Friday: Mountain View Cycles MTB ride: 5pm (shop? Bottom of post?). Saturday: Mountain View Cycles road ride: 9am at the shop.
Upcoming Events
This weekend is the Huckleberry Festival in Bingen and the Hood River Fly-In at WAAAM. The dAlles has the Aluminum Man triathlon and duathlon today, back after a year break due to the Eagle Creek Fire. Yoga Samadhi n White Salmon has a free half-day mindfulness meditation retreat from 1 to 5. This is taught by the Pacific Hermitage monks, who have been meditating for decades. Next weekend is the Pah Bah, with another half-day retreat and also an amazing potluck brunch.
Other community activities today include a trail run in Post Canyon at 8, a group road bike ride form Mountain View Cycles at 9. Next Saturday is the Music Festival of the Gorge, a by-donation concerting benefiting local music programs, and next Sunday is the Gorge Kids Triathlon, both at Hood River’s Waterfront Park.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
