Wednesday: you’ll get your rest day 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	for your	naked	buns
Steven’s Locks	5-10	10-13	14-17	17-20
Swell-Hood River	17-20	14-17	17-20	17-20
Lyle to Doug’s	5-10	5-10	10-13	17-20
Rufus, etc.	LTV	LTV	LTV	5-10
Roosevelt & Arlington	LTV	LTV	LTV	LTV

Gorge Wind Forecast

Westerlies beat the forecast by a few hours and a couple mph yesterday, and it wouldn’t be surprising if they did the same today! Tomorrow, though, that’s your rest day. Light wind is all we’re expecting. It’s back to westerlies for Friday and Saturday. If you like easterlies, you’re looking at Sunday. After that, models are all over the place, and it’s not worth predicting at this point! Looking at Wednesday, we have offshore high pressure and a desert heat low to contend with as the day starts. It appears the desert will have just enough of a jump on the heating to keep the wind flowing today. Most likely scenario is 17-20 for a couple hours this morning between Viento and Swell. I suspect the wind will dip midday to 13-16 thanks to city heat. Afternoon wind bounces back to the 18-22 range from Stevenson to Hood River. 13-16 from Mosier to The Dalles. Light easterlies east of there. River flow is 97,500cfs, temp is 68, and high temp today will be 90 degrees.

On to Thursday: hot weather all across the land gives us that light wind day you’ve been waiting for. Wind will be light and variable early, east 10-15 from Stevenson to Viento midday, and E 5-10 east of Hood River in the afternoon. High temp: 95.

A very interesting setup presents on Friday and Saturday. An offshore low sends cooler air and marine clouds into the western half of the state. A beast of a heat low sits in the desert. Despite the non-standard setup, westerlies continues. Morning wind will be in the “light” range. Afternoon westerlies pick up to gusty 19-23 on Friday and gusty 23-26 on Saturday.

As of right now, it looks like we’ll see easterlies Sunday. After that, it’s all guesswork. Models don’t agree at all on what’ll happen. For example, the Euro ensembles have a high temp for The Dalles on Monday of anywhere between 65 and 100. So… we’ll wait before forecasting past Sunday.

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).Wednesday: 25-30/25-30/LTV, NW swell 8′ at 13 seconds. Thursday: 20-25/LTV/LTV, NW 7′ @ 12. Friday: S 10-15/S10-15/LTV, NW 4′ @ 10. Jones Wednesday: 18-21. Thursday: light. Friday: 18-22. Sauvie’s Wednesday: 15-18. Thursday: 15-18. Friday: LTV.

Hood River Weather Forecast

Sunny sky continues… For Wednesday, temps will be in the mid 60’s early and near 90 later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday looks mostly clear. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and mid 90’s later. Light and variable wind. No rainbows. Friday looks sunny. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and mid 90’s later. Moderate westerlies. 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

8/27: Hood River County lands are now closed between 9pm and 5am due to extreme fire danger and the likelihood of nighttime users starting a fire. Lands are still open during the day. Moto use is limited to developed roads. Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, and Underwood are closed due to fire danger. Respect the closures. Other Post news: Eldorado is closed about 100 yards before the Mixed Tape intersection due to timber harvesting.

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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