Friday. Light now. Windy later. - 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	for your	naked	buns
Steven’s Locks	LTW	10-13	19-23	13-16
Swell-Hood River	LTW	10-13	19-23	13-16
Lyle to Doug’s	LTW	10-13	19-23	24-27
Rufus, etc.	LTW	10-13	19-23	24-27
Roosevelt & Arlington	LTW	10-13	19-23	24-27

Gorge Wind Forecast

Nearly-glassy conditions start the day today, but that’s not how the day will end! Light westerlies are on tap for Saturday. Slightly stronger wind returns for Saturday and Sunday. More details for Friday include the fact that a cold front is headed for the region. Energy associated with that front will bring us afternoon westerlies. To start the day, it’s calm in the west with 5-10 east of The Dalles. By midday, we’ll have gusty 18-22 form Stevenson to Mosier. Mid-to later afternoon, the wind rises to gusty 24-27 from The Dalles to Arlington with 13-16 in the western Gorge. River flow is 157kcfs, temp is 69, high temp today is 81 with relatively high humidity.

Saturday starts out with light westerlies in the west and 10-13 east of The Dalles. Afternoon wind fades and turns light easterly east of Mosier. In the western Gorge, westerlies rise to 11-14 from Stevenson to Swell, maybe Hood River, late in the day. High temp: 81.

Sunday starts with light westerlies and temps in the 50’s. By late morning, westerlies climb to 11-14 form Stevenson to Swell. Afternoon wind rises to 17-20 from Stevenson to Mosier with 14-17 from Lyle to The Dalles. You’ll find too-light-to-windsport east of The Dalles. High temp: 85. Monday’s wind is currently forecast to max out at 22-26.

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). Friday: W15-20/W15-20/LTV, W swell 6′ at 9 seconds. Saturday: 20-25+/20-25/30-35, W 6′ @ 10. Sunday: 15-20/15-20/25-30, NW 6′ @ 10. Jones Friday: LTW. Saturday: 7-10. Sunday: 16-19. Sauvie Island Friday: nothing. Saturday: 14-17. Sunday: 11-14.

Hood River Weather Forecast

Mostly cloudy sky this morning stays that way today. A wee chance of sprinkles happens this evening. Temps will be in the upper 60’s early and low 80’s later. Muggy. Light wind early. Moderate to strong in the afternoon. 1% chance of rainbows. Saturday starts mostly cloudy and ends clear. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and low 80’s later. Light westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday will be sunny. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and mid 80’s later. Light wind in the morning. Moderate in the afternoon. 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

8/14: 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. The small boat group has a friendly and distanced paddle on, I believe, Thursday nights. 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.

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.

Have an awesome day!

Temira