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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 | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 13-16 | |
| Swell-Hood River | g13-16 | g13-16 | g13-16 | g13-16 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | g10-13 | g13-16 | g13-16 | g13-16 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 18-22 | 18-22 | 25-29 | 25-29 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 18-22 | 18-22 | 25-29 | 25-29 | |
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!
Today’s westerlies will be the strongest we’ll see for the next 3-5 days, so you may want to jump on it if the upper 20’s are your thing. That said, the PNW will be plagued by a series of weather systems and weak offshore lows for the better part of the next week. That will diminish wind quality and squash the potential for steady, strong wind. So, for Saturday, you’ll find yourself some wind in the eastern Gorge where the sun will come out. Clouds and showery stick around in the western Gorge all day, increasing after 11am or so. That keeps the wind in the gusty 13-16 range from Stevenson to Doug’s, although there may be periods of time when the Lyle-Doug’s stretch sees more wind. East of Doug’s, westerlies start the day at 18-22. They build to 25-29 from Avery to Threemile this afternoon. River flow is 296kcfs and temp is 58 degrees. High temp today: 59, cold for June. Looking at Sunday, we see a break between weather systems. A front approaching the coast during the day will limit the wind’s potential for greatness. Expect light westerlies through the whole Gorge to start the day. Afternoon: 10-13 and sunny int eh west and 18-22 from Rowena to Biggs with sunshine. East of there, you’ll find 10-13. Monday looks quite wet all the way to The Dalles, especially in the morning. The wind starts light easterlies. After this system moves through, the wind picks up to 12-15 in the east and 24-27 from Rowena to Threemile.
Jones, Sauvie Island, Coast
Coast (north/central/south – swell forecast provided by NWS). Saturday: SW5/SW10/LTV, W 4′ @ 9. Sunday: SW10/LTV/N5-10, W 4′ @ 8. Monday: W10-15/W10-15/LTV, W 4′ @ 7. Jones: nope. Sauvie’s Island (next three days): nope.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
The next three days will look a lot more like May than June as Junuary persists. For Saturday, expect partly cloudy sky early, sprinkles midday, and rain overnight. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and upper 50’s later. Moderate westerlies. 58% chance of rainbows. Sunday looks partly cloudy in the morning and sunny in the afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 60’s later. Light westerlies. No rainbows. Monday looks quite rainy all day, with the rainiest rain in the morning. Temps will be near 50 early and in the low 60’s later. Light to moderate westerlies. 99% 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.
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