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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | G E 20-25 | G E 15-20 | G E 10-15 | G E 10-15 | |
| Steven’s Locks | G E 20-25 | G E 15-20 | G E 10-15 | G E 10-15 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | calm | calm | calm | calm | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | calm | calm | calm | calm | |
| Rufus, etc. | calm | calm | calm | calm | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | calm | calm | calm | calm | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
The general picture for the next few days is weather systems. One after another will move through the Gorge, bringing a mix of rain, rainbows, and gusty wind.
Saturday’s especially tricky, as incoming heavy rain arriving in the afternoon will potentially wreak havoc with (my) east wind downwind plans. The day starts with very light easterlies. As weak inland high pressure interacts with weak offshore low pressure, the east wind will build. Gusty 20-25 seems likely from Rooster to Viento mid-morning, but you’ll want to be prepared for rain that arrives in the western Gorge by 1pm. Once the rain arrives, the wind will decrease to 10-15.
As the cold front associated with this rain moves through Saturday night, the wind will turn around and blow westerly. We’ll start Sunday with gusty 10-13 out of the west in most places with light or calm wind from Hood River to The Dalles. Afternoon westerlies pick up to gusty 12-15 in the west and gusty 23-27 east of The Dalles. Monday starts with light west wind and picks up to gusty 13-16 from The Dalles to Arlington.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: now on vacation for the fall and winter. Will return in spring.
Random Morning Thoughts
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
There’s finally some snow in the forecast! For Saturday, there will be rain. Snow level 7500′ early, 10,000′ in the afternoon, and 6000′ after midnight. Precip starts up around 5pm, with .5” water value overnight. That will fall as rain, not mixed with snow until the wee hours of Sunday. Wind: WSW 15 early, SSW 30 in the afternoon, SW 50 after midnight.
Sunday and Monday look snowy. The snow level will be at 6000′ early and will slowly fall to 4500′ after midnight. Just a trace of snow will fall during the day. Up to .4” water value falls overnight, for 4” of new snow at 5000′. Wind Sunday: SW 50 early, SW 25 in the afternoon, WSW 30 after midnight. Monday will be snowy. Snow level 4500′ early, 4000′ midday, 5500′ after midnight. .3” water value falls during the day, for 3” of new. Another .2” WV falls overnight, for 2” more of your standard-variety Cascade snow. Wind Monday: WSW 30 early, W 30 afternoon, WNW 25 overnight.
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Gorge Weather Forecast
Saturday starts off cloudy and ends up rainy after 3:37pm or so. Very heavy rain will fall overnight, especially west of Hood River. Temps will be int eh low 50’s early and near 60 in the afternoon. East wind. 1% chance of rainbows. Sunday looks mostly cloudy and showery all day . Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 50’s in the afternoon. Moderate westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Monday looks showery and mostly cloudy. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and mid 50’s in the afternoon. Light west wind. 99% chance of rainbows. Tuesday looks less wet.
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Road and Mountain Biking
If you want to ride your bike, do it this morning. Pouring rain this afternoon and evening will take away your trails for a day or two due to slick/muddy conditions. Upcoming Post Canyon trail work parties (all meet at Family Man at 9:30am): October 27, November 4, November 17. Upcoming Hood River County work party: October 27th, 9am at Post Flats Staging Area.
Upcoming Events
Weekly community events for Saturday: trail run at 8am from the bottom of Post Canyon Road and a free bootcamp workout at Sorosis Park in The Dalles at 10am. There’s a by-donation yoga class at Samadhi in White Salmon at 9am on Sunday and all-ages touch rugby at the Hood River Marina at 11am.
Weekend events: The Elijah Dash on Saturday, a 5k/10k race to support a local 11 year old who developed brain cancer. This one’s at the Twin Tunnels West trailhead at 9am on Saturday. Parkdale Pumpkin Run at the Red Barn park Saturday morning. Cyclocross racing at the easyCLIMB in Cascade Locks 9am-2pm on Sunday. Come cheer on your two local teams who will be schooling all those city folks! Sunday is the Scary Run in Washougal at 8am. Saturday, 10am-12pm, is the annual Winter Weather Conference at OMSI. There are two trail work parties Saturday: 9am at Post Flats to work on the 130 Trail, and 9:30am at Family Man to work on various trails.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
