Saturday: wind, not-wind, wind - The Gorge is my Gym

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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	10-13	13-16	21-24	21-24
Swell-Hood River	17-20	21-24	24-27	G19-23
Lyle to Doug’s	10-13	14-17	24-27	24-27
Rufus, etc.	10-13	14-17	24-27	24-27
Roosevelt & Arlington	10-13	10-13	14-17	22-25

Gorge Wind Forecast

It’s a late start to the morning for the weather forecaster – had to do a little shopping for a baby shower before the stores got crowded. But now, it’s on to your regularly scheduled edition of “what fun thing am I going to do today”. Well, you’ll probably get on the river. There’s far less chance you’ll be on the river on Sunday, a better chance Monday afternoon, and a sure thing for Tuesday, assuming you’re not working.

Saturday morning starts with a lingering cold front moving through to the north and gradients of .09 and .03. Morning wind is in the 14-18ish range most places with less at Arlington. We’ll see the wind build to 24-27 from Viento to Mosier by mid-morning. Afternoon wind picks up to 24-27 out to Rufus, drops to 20-23 at Swell, rises to 21-24 at Stevenson, and then kicks in at 21-24 late in the day at Arlington. River flow is 119kcfs and temp is 69 degrees. High temp: 80.

Sunday starts off with 10-13 from Viento to Swell with light or calm wind east of there. With temps nearly equal across the Cascades, the Gorge will struggle to produce wind. For now, let’s call it light westerlies through early afternoon. It does seems like we’ll get a bump to 10-13 or 13-16 after 2pm from Stevenson to Hood River. High temp: 88.

Monday starts out calm and ends up windy. It appears the wind stays calm or light pretty much everywhere until early afternoon, at least. Late afternoon wind picks up to 17-21 from Stevenson to The Dalles. High temp: 93. Windier weather is on tap for Tuesday.

Due to crowding and unsafe conditions at Port beaches, further restrictions are now in place. Remember: crowds lead to closures. First, kiting is no longer allowed at the Marina – it has become unsafe for other user groups. Third, Lyle is now off limits unless you can get to the sandbar without crossing the RR tracks. If you cross the tracks, you are likely to be ticketed. Next, parking has been further reduced along the waterfront – various restrictions are in place due to crowding at Frog Beach. The Nichols boat dock remains closed due to crowding.

Coast, Jones, Sauvie’st

Coast (north/central/south – swell forecast provided by NWS. Wind northerly except as noted). Saturday: 20-25/25-30/30-40, NW swell 5′ @ 9 seconds. Sunday: 20-25+, 30-35/35-45, NW 8′ @ 12. Monday: 20-25/30-35/35-40, NW 7′ @ 10. Jones Saturday: 20-23. Sunday: 10-13. Monday: 24-27. Sauvie’s Saturday: 15-18. Sunday: 20-24. Monday: 20-24.

Oregon
Rooster Rock: Open
Viento: Open
The Hook: Open
Waterfront Park: Open
Event Site: Open. Parking limited on weekends.
The Spit: Open
The Marina: No more kiting here
Boat ramp: open
Mosier: Only open for residents of 97040. Gate closed.
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

Sunshine all day Saturday starts out muggy and ends more dry. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and near 80 later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday looks sunny. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and mid 80’s later. Light wind. No rainbows. Monday looks sunny and hot. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and low 90’s later. Calm wind in the morning. Moderate westerlies later. 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

8/4 Road and gravel news: the Fir Mountain Fire has areas north and east of Pine Grove limited to local traffic only. Also stay away from Fir Mountain Road, Old Dalles Road, and Huskey / Elder Roads. Motorized report: as of 8/1, Post Canyon is closed to motorized use due to fire danger. Other Post news: Eldorado is closed about 100 yards before the Mixed Tape intersection due to timber harvesting. HRATS will be putting in a short hike-a-bike to Uptrack to allow for riding up to the top of Bad Motor Scooter. The new Whoopdee trail is being constructed. Contact HRATS if you would like to be part of some small and socially distanced work parties.

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Local Events

Today’s the community Yard Sale in Parkdale, but more importantly, there’s a food, water, and hygiene product drive going for Warm Springs. You can drop off supplies at the Yard Sale, at Celilo Restaurant, Copper West Realty, or the Old Parkdale Inn.

Weekly events: there are sailboat races at the Hood River Marina every Wednesday evening. Dirty Fingers has a group mountain bike ride Thursday nights at 5:30pm. Cheno has an outdoor HIIT workout at Columbia High School in White Salmon at 6pm on Wednesday nights. That’s pretty much it for outdoor sports. There is a BLM rally every Tuesday evening at 5:30 at the Salmon Fountain in Hood River, and there’s a White Coats for BLM rally every Wednesday evening at 6pm at 12th and May. Click here for the full events calendar.

Have an awesome day!

Temira