Sunday-Monday: windy today, hot tomorrow!

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The Forecast

Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Rooster Rock	OPEN!	naked	buns	rejoice!
Steven’s Locks	11-14	14-17	24-27	24-27
Swell-Hood River	11-14	14-17	24-27	19-23
Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena	11-14	14-17	24-27	24-27
Rufus, etc.	11-14	11-14	15-18	15-18
Roosevelt & Arlington	11-14	11-14	11-14	11-14

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 the windiest day you’ll find out of the next three; next chance for something more than “light” wind arrives on Wednesday after a couple of hot, light wind days. At this point, it appears we’ll have several days of westerlies starting Wednesday as the right kind of high pressure sets up offshore.

For Sunday, we’ll be post-frontal in the morning. Setting aside the details, that means we’ll see westerlies at 11-14 or so all the way from Stevenson to Arlington along with little fluffy clouds in the western Gorge. Expect those clouds to burn off this afternoon, allowing the wind to build. Offshore high pressure will have a positive tilt to it, resulting in northerly upper flow. This leads to gusty conditions on the river, most likely. That said, we should see a steady build to 24-27 today from Stevenson to The Dalles with 15-18 near Rufus. This setup tends to level the wind speeds between Viento and Hood River (with perhaps lesser wind at Swell), for decent downwinding conditions. River flow, however, is 270kcfs. Eat your Wheaties or down a can of spinach before you go. River temp: 59 degrees.

High pressure pushes inland on Monday, but there should be enough power from the offshore high to keep light westerlies going in the far western Gorge. Expect 9-12 to start the day from Multnomah Falls to Swell. Hood River will likely be 5-8 or less, and the wind will be calm or light east of there. We’ll most likely see the wind drop midday and then rise to 10-13 from Stevenson to Hood River with calm wind east of there.

Tuesday starts out calm, possibly with light easterlies. Late in the afternoon, a weather system pushes towards the coast. Marine air starts to filter in to the western half of the state. If the timing works out, we’ll see the wind build to 20-23 form Stevenson to The Dalles after 5pm (15-18 is possible between 2pm and 5pm). Wednesday looks like 26-29. Models don’t yet agree on the next several days after that, but the operational GFS is setting us up for strong wind Friday and Saturday. Fingers crossed!

Jones, Sauvie Island, Coast

Coast (north/central/south – swell forecast provided by NWS). Sunday: 10-15/15-20/30-35, W swell 4′ at 10 seconds. Monday: 15-20/25-30/35-40, W 3′ @ 9. Tuesday: 20-25/15-20/30-40, W 4′ @ 9. Jones Sunday: 10-13. Monday: 10-13. Tuesday: 24-27. Sauvie’s Sunday: 10-14. Monday: 13-16. Tuesday: 16-19.

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: Open
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 this afternoon. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and mid 70’s later. Light westerlies early. Moderate to strong later. No rainbows. Monday looks sunny all day. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early (open windows) and upper 80’s later (close windows). Light west wind. No rainbows. Tuesday looks sunny and hot. Temps will be near 60 early (open windows) and in the low 90’s later (go swimming). Light wind most of the day. Moderate westerlies late afternoon into the evening. No 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 6/15: In Post Canyon, Uptrack (150) has reopened. Eldorado should reopen sometime next week. 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!