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The Forecast
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | OPEN! | naked | buns | rejoice! | |
| Steven’s Locks | LTE | LTE | 12-15 | 17-20 | |
| Swell-Hood River | LTE | 12-15 | 17-20 | 17-20 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTE | 12-15 | 17-20 | 17-20 | |
| Rufus, etc. | LTV | LTV | G15-18 | W5-8 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Oregon and Washington are encouraging people to not travel more than 50 miles (not mph!) to access recreation. Non-essential travel is still being strongly discouraged in ALL jurisdictions. Land managers and law enforcement are carefully watching to see if people maintain social distancing. If crowding happens, water access will be revoked. If you are local and lucky enough to have water access in your community, please do this: rig, play, leave. There is NO camping allowed at any of the river parks. Please don’t camp unlawfully; doing so risks access for everyone, including for people who just want to use the parks for a picnic. Please follow the directions of your local government officials and help keep the Gorge community safe. Thank you!
Looking out the window this morning, there’s sure no sign of wind. The Columbia is glassy, low clouds swaddle the hills, and blue sky is nowhere to be seen. Happily, things will change this afternoon (it’s Wednesday). We’ll see westerlies today, Thursday, and then a round of stronger westerlies on Friday. Weekend – an upper level low off the coast shuts things down on Saturday, but westerlies return on Sunday.
Digging into the details, we coincidentally find high pressure digging in offshore, briefly anyway. Our morning wind won’t be much to speak of – just light easterlies in the almost-not-windy range. Flow turns around midday. By early afternoon, we’re looking at 16-19 from Stevenson to The Dalles, holding through the evening. River flow is 295kcfs and temp is 57 degrees.
A low pressure system inland on Thursday turns upper flow southerly. This gives us a shot at showers and thundershowers east of The Dalles. While this isn’t a great setup for wind, offshore high pressure will keep the synoptic-scale wind favorable; expect 10-13 everywhere along the river to start the day. By noon, we’ll have 17-20 from Stevenson to The Dalles. Afternoon wind climbs from 21-24 from Mosier to Biggs. Do watch for desert thunderstorms building and adjust your game plan accordingly.
ON to Friday. Offshore high pressure combines with a strong low moving into the desert. Last time this happened, it was too windy! That won’t be the case this time even though the setup is similar. We’ll have westerlies at 23-26 for Dawn Patrol from Stevenson to Mosier. Afternoon wind builds to 29-33 from Avery to Threemile with 12-15 in the west. That said, thunderstorms are a distinct possibility east of John Day Dam. Again, adjust your plans accordingly.
Weekend: not so windy on Saturday. Windier on Sunday, but rainy.
Jones, Sauvie Island, Coast
Coast (north/central/south – swell forecast provided by NWS). Wednesday: S10-15/SW5-10/LTV, W swell 6′ at 9 seconds. Thursday: LTW/LTW/N5-10, W 6′ @ 10. Friday: SW10-15/W5-10/LTV, W 6′ @10. Jones Wednesday: LTW. Thursday: W 10-13. Friday: LTW. Sauvie Island: no wind through Friday.Open/Closed Launch Site List -All restrooms are closed!
Washington:Skamania County – Phase 2, recreate with 5 or less people outside household
Stevenson East Point, Bob’s Beach, Boat ramp: all open
Home Valley: Open
Swell City: Open
Spring Creek Hatchery: Open
Klickitat County – Phase 2
Wunderbar: high water
Bingen Point: Open
Lyle: you have to cross private property to access
Doug’s Beach: Open
Avery: Open
Maryhill: Open for day use only..
The Wall: Open.
Roosevelt: CLOSED due to windstorm damage..
Oregon: Phase one for Hood River. Phase two for Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam counties.
Rooster Rock: Open
Viento: Open
The Hook: Open
Waterfront Park: Closed
Event Site: Open
The Spit: Open
The Marina: Open
Boat ramp: open
Mosier: Only open for residents of 97040
Rowena: Open
Celilo: Open
Rufus: Open
Arlington: Open
Threemile: Open
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Mt. Hood Meadows is now allowing uphill travel within the permit area. However, you will need to park outside their parking lots. Timberline is open for lift-serve skiing with exemplary guidelines for protecting guests and staff from the transmission of novel coronavirus. Please read their guidelines and rules here. Well done, T-Line! The Mt. Hood weather forecast will be on vacation unless something interesting happens in the weather up there. Some of you will be tempted to go out backcountry skiing. Please don’t – accidents do happen, and you may put others at risk. Timberline is allowing uphill access outside the permit area on the climbers’ trail ONLY.Hood River Weather Forecast
Cloudy, drizzly weather this morning turns partly cloudy this afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and upper 70’s later. Muggy. Light east wind early. Moderate westerlies later. No rainbows. Thursday looks cloudy, then partly cloudy, then cloudy again. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and mid 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. 5% chance of rainbows. Friday looks cloudy. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and right around 70 in the afternoon. Strong weest wind. Chance of thunder. 5% chance of rainbows. Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.Cycling
Trail update 6/5: Post Canyon: parking is now open. Syncline/Coyote Wall: Open. Mt. Hood National Forest: Open for day use. Surveyor’s, Dog River, and Oak Ridge snow-free. Kreps/SDS: open. Sandy Ridge: Open. Nestor Peak: open. Falls Creek: open. Columbia Hills State Park: open. Syncline: open . Skamania County trails outside the scenic area: open. Knebal, Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Surveyors, Dog River: open and cleared. Ape Canyon: Closed.
Current lawful social distancing requirements: only people from your household in Klickitat County. Only household members if you’re from Multnomah, Clark, or other ‘stay at home’ counties. Up to 5 friends in Skamania County. Up to 10 in Hood River County.
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