Saturday: looks like a windy one!

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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	13-16	16-20	23-26	23-26
Swell-Hood River	21-24	24-27	26-29	26-29
Lyle to Doug’s	15-19	19-24	26-29+	30-33
Rufus, etc.	15-19	19-24	26-29+	30-33
Roosevelt & Arlington	15-19	19-24	26-29+	26-29+

Gorge Wind Forecast

Marine clouds are parked in the western Gorge this morning. We’re set up for a windy day. Westerlies continue on Sunday. Get them, because it’s unclear when they’ll return. Monday sees an extremely unusual widespread east wind event. More on that in a bit.

For Saturday, we have strengthening offshore high pressure, marine clouds in the west, and a heat low in the desert. Morning gradients were .14 and .09, meaning you’ll be able to go just about anywhere for your Columbia River fun today. Early wind was 21-24 from Viento to Swell with 15-19 everywhere else. Simple forecast: 26-29 from Viento to Arlington today with 23-26 at Stevenson. Decent chance of 30-33 from Rowena to Rufus. River flow is 82,500cfs, temp is 69 degrees, and high temp for today is 81.

Very strong offshore high pressure will help reality beat the models on Sunday. Morning wind starts with 12-15 from Viento to Hood River with 0-10 in other locations (happy fisherpeople). Westerlies build to 21-24 from Stevenson to Mosier with 5-10 east of there. High temp: 92.

If you’re fascinated by weather, you’ll want to clear Labor Day so you can give it your full attention. The morning starts out normal as can be – offshore high, inland low. A fast-moving trough drops from Canada midday. Associated high pressure (1034mb or so) combines with a north-moving heat low offshore.

Result: widespread east wind at 20-30mph from 11am on or so all the way from Hood River to Boardman. Rooster and Stevenson join the fun late afternoon. Easterlies hold at 15-30 from Hood River eastward overnight and climb to 35-50 at Rooster. Why the big range? Because the wind will extend all the way to 9000′, which often results in lighter wind on the river. Even so, “light” will be an inappropriate adjective – the gradients will mirror the biggest of winter wind events. NWS calls it a 6 or 7 sigma event. Wow. Nuking easterlies continue on Tuesday with averages of 50+ at Rooster, 40ish at Stevenson, and 30ish at Viento. It’s worth mentioning that fire danger will be off the charts extreme during this period. Be careful!

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). Saturday: 5-10/10-15/20-25, W swell 3′ at 10 seconds. Sunday: 25-30/25-30/30-35, NW 3′ @ 8. Monday: NE 5-10/NE15-20/N20-25, NW 6′ @ 7. Jones Saturday: 8-11. Sunday: 11-14. Monday: E 12-15. Sauvie’s Saturday: 6-9. Sunday: 16-19. Monday: 10-13 going to easterly.

Hood River Weather Forecast

Mostly clear sky this morning gets totally clear later. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and low 80’s this afternoon. Strong westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday looks clear and sunny. Temps will be int eh mid 50’s early and low 90’s later. Light wind early. Moderate later. No rainbows. Monday will be … interesting. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and mid 80’s later. Light westerlies early. Strong easterlies in the afternoon and 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

9/5: 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 has reopened, as have other trails associated with that particular timber harvest closure.

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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