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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 | 0-5 | 10-13 | G 16-20 | G 20-24 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 5-10 | 10-13 | G 16-20 | G 20-24 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 0-5 | 10-13 | G 16-20 | G 20-24 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 0-5 | 5-10 | 10-13 | G 16-20 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 0-5 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 10-13 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
As I’ve said for the last couple of days, we’re headed into a fall weather pattern. This means a series of weather systems will move through the area. In addition, the broad picture will be upper level low pressure off the coast. Gradients will decrease, and the wind we do see will be gusty, up-and-down, and inconsistent.
Sunday starts off with wee little gradients of .03 and .02, making for happy fishing-people: wind speeds were generally in the 0-5 range. We’ll see a slow build to gusty 20-24 from Stevenson to Avery as a frontal system approaches this afternoon. Areas east of Avery will see 10-13 or so. River flow is 72,400′ cfs and temp is 68 degrees.
Monday starts off cloudy and showery in the west, potentially all the way to The Dalles. Under the clouds, you’ll find westerlies at 7-10 or so. East of the low clouds, probably east of The Dalles, you’ll have 12-15. The front moves through during the day, allowing the wind to build to 10-13 in the west and 21-25 from Mosier to Arlington. One model likes the idea of 24-27 from Rufus to Arlington.
Tuesday sees an upper low drop south towards the Oregon coast from BC. The western Gorge will be showery with W 7-10ish all day. Areas east of Rowena, all the way to Arlington, will see 5-10 in the morning and gusty 15-18 in the afternoon. Another model likes the idea of 20-24, so there’s that possibility too. After Wednesday, our weather will be dominated by broad low pressure off the coast, leading to light wind in the Gorge and very happy fishing-people.
BONUS: Jones Sunday: 5-8. Monday: 5-8. Tuesday: nope. Sauvie’s: no, no, no. Coast (north/central/south). Sunday: W10-15/W5/N5-10, W swell 5′ at 8 seconds. Monday: SW10/W5/N5-10, W 8′ @ 10. Tuesday: SW10/SW5/X, W 7′ @ 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
Sunday starts partly cloudy and turns high overcast with cloudy conditions overnight. Precip starts around 2am, with .05” by daybreak Monday. Snow level: 13,000′. Wind: SW 15 rising to WSW 30 after midnight. Monday looks cloudy with rain/snow during the day and partly to mostly cloudy sky overnight. Snow level: 13,000′ falling to 8000′. Total precip: .3” during the day with scattered sprinkles overnight. Wind: WSW 30 early falling to W 15 in the afternoon. Tuesday looks mostly cloudy. Snow level 8000′ falling to 7000′ after midnight. Precip: trace during the day. .3” overnight. Wind: W 15 early, SW 15 in the afternoon, WSW 20 overnight.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy morning weather gives way to increasing clouds late in the day with sprinkles possible overnight. Temps will be near 50 early and in the upper 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Monday starts off showery or maybe even drizzly. Rain in Hood River should end by 11am, leaving us with partly cloudy sky. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and upper 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. 59% chance of rainbows. Tuesday looks mostly cloudy with scattered sprinkles possible. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and upper 60’s in the afternoon. Light to moderate westerlies. 11% chance of 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
Today’s community activities start with a by-donation yoga class at Samadhi in White Salmon at 9am – this one tends to be pretty crowded, so you’ll want to get there early. At 11 today, there’s pickup touch rugby for all ages at the Hood River Marina Park.
WAAAM in Hood River has the fly=in today, which you probably guessed from all the planes overhead. Bingen’s Huckleberry Festival wraps up today too.
Next Saturday is the annual Music Festival of the Gorge, a by-donation outdoor concert at the Hood River Waterfront Park on Saturday afternoon. The Gorge Kids Triathlon is Sunday, Fat Fire Farm has Timberline Trail shuttles, and Sunday’s also the Pacific hermitage Pah Bah potluck at the White Salmon Grange.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
