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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 | 12-15 | 17-20 | 25-28 | 20-23 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 18-22 | 25-28 | 25-28 | 20-23 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 12-15 | 17-20 | 25-28 | 25-28 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 7-10 | 10-13 | 12-15 | 15-18 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
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!
Peak wind for the week looks to happen today, which happens to be Wednesday. Westerlies start out light the next two days, but stick around. The weekend weather is still a bit up in the air (pun intended), but it appears that we’ll have at least one moderate to strong day.
For Wednesday, offshore high pressure gives a helping hand in the form of 1031mb. In the desert, the situation is lower, drawing the wind across the Cascades. With morning gradients at .11 and .05, you’ll find wind anywhere from Stevenson to Biggs today. We’ll see a quick rise to 25-28 at Mosier (locals only). Once the clouds in Hood river burn off (mid-morning?), the wind rises to 25-28 from Viento to Mosier. Stevenson joins in this this afternoon, as does the Lyle to Doug’s stretch. Biggs will be a bit too far east to benefit fully, but Rufus should see at least 15-18 this afternoon. It’s worth noting that upper flow is quite northerly today, and that could make for gusty conditions on the river. River flow is 258kcfs and temp is 58 degrees. High temp today: 73.
High pressure pushes farther inland on Thursday, but we should see westerlies still despite lackluster proof in the models. The morning starts out light, perhaps 5-10. Afternoon wind picks up to 15-18 from Stevenson to Doug’s. Similar conditions greet the day on Friday; afternoon wind looks like gusty 21-25 as a low approaches BC and a front offshore tickles the PNW.
Jones, Sauvie Island, Coast
Coast (north/central/south – swell forecast provided by NWS). Wednesday: 15-20/20-25/30-40, W swell 5′ @ 10 seconds. Thursday: 15-20/25-30/30-40, W 4′ @ 10. Friday: NW5-10/NW10-15/N30-35, W 6′ @ 11. Jones Wednesday: 22-25. Thursday: 20-23. Friday: 12-15. Sauvie Island Wednesday: 14-17. Thursday: 12-15. Friday: 10-13.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
Partly cloudy sky this morning gives way to sunshine. Temps will be int eh mid 50’s early and low 70’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday looks sunny. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 80’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Friday will be sunny with high clouds late. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and mid 80’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. We may see some showers on Saturday, and we’ll almost certainly have muggy weather. 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 6/15: In Post Canyon, Uptrack (new upper 8 track) and Eldorado will be closed for at least several days due to logging operation in the area. It’s too wet to ride there right now, anyway! 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: Open!
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