Sunday: heat, humidity, thunder, and not-so-much wind

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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	LTV	LTV	LTV	LTV
Steven’s Locks	LTV	LTV	E10-15	LTW
Swell-Hood River	LTV	LTV	LTV	LTW
Lyle to Doug’s	LTV	LTV	LTV	LTW
Rufus, etc.	LTV	LTV	LTV	LTW
Roosevelt & Arlington	LTV	LTV	E5	E10

Gorge Wind Forecast

There’s basically zero wind on the river on this fine Sunday morning, and the wind forecast continues to be less than exciting until the evening. Westerlies return on Monday and stick around for at least a couple more days.

For Sunday, it’s as close to not-windy as you can get around here without being perfectly glassy: light and variable wind starts the day. We’ll see pretty much that until the evening, although Stevenson may see a period of E 10-15 mid-afternoon. As a shortwave swings through mid to late afternoon, thunderstorms and their accompanying unpredictable wind becomes likely. So, from 2pm-8pm, all sorts of things could happen, but given the chances of lightning, you shouldn’t be on the water. After 8pm, the wind turns westerly at 20-23 from Stevenson to Rowena. River flow is 141kcfs. Temp is 70. Forecast high for Hood River: 101.

Lingering instability on Monday morning puts us at risk for scattered lightning. That should mellow out as the day goes on. Westerlies start the day at 16-19 from Viento to The Dalles and 13-16 east to Arlington. Midday: 17-20 from Stevenson to The Dalles. Afternoon: 20-23 from Stevenson to Arlington. High temp: 95.

Tuesday morning starts with 14-17 from Viento to Hood River with 5-10 in the eastern Gorge. By late morning, we’ll have 24-28 from Viento to Mosier. That fills in from Stevenson to Rufus in the afternoon. Ditto for Wednesday: max westerlies at 24-28.

Due to crowding and unsafe conditions at Port beaches, parking restrictions now apply Friday through Sunday. Remember: crowds lead to closures. Kiting is no longer allowed at the Marina – it has become unsafe for other user groups. Lyle is now off limits unless you can get to the sandbar without crossing the RR tracks. If you cross the tracks, you will be ticketed. Lyle: loved to death. Roosevelt: still closed due to wind damage from earlier this year. Mosier is only available to residents of 97040 (Mosier).

Coast, Jones, Sauvie’st

Coast (north/central/south – swell forecast provided by NWS. Wind northerly except as noted). Sunday: S10-15/S10-15/LTV, NW swell 4′ @ 10 seconds and S swell 4′ @ 4 seconds. Monday: LTW/LTW/N15-20, W swell 4′ @ 9. Tuesday: LTW/LTW/N15-20, W 3′ @ 10. Jones sunday: 24-27. Monday: 17-20. Tuesday: 17-20. Sauvie’s Sunday-Tuesday: N 10-13 after 5pm.

Mt. Hood Weather Forecast

Mt. Hood Meadows allows hiking 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. Timberline is allowing uphill access outside the permit area on the climbers’ trail only.

Hood River Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy sky this morning becomes more cloudy as the day goes on. Elevated thunderstorms are possible, especially later today and tonight. Non-zero chance of sprinkles today too. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and right around 100 this afternoon. Light and variable wind turns west in the evening. 100% chance of rainbows (just saw one). Monday starts partly to mostly cloudy with a wee chance of thunder. Temps will be in the low 70’s early and mid 90’s later. Moderate westerlies. 8% chance of rainbows. Tuesday looks partly cloudy. Wee chance of thunder in the afternoon. Temps will be int eh mid 60’s early and low 90’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. 1% 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

8/14: Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, and Underwood are closed due to fire danger. Respect the closures. Road and gravel news: Due to the Mosier Fire, there is no access to Dry Creek, Osburne Cutoff, Carroll Road, Mosier Creek Road, or other roads in the area. Given significant numbers of fire vehicles on the road, it’s best to avoid the area completely. 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.

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Local Events

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.

Have an awesome day!

Temira