Thursday: sunshine and westerlies.

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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	sun:	good	for	buns
Steven’s Locks	5-10	5-10	10-13	10-13
Swell-Hood River	10-13	16-19	16-19	10-13
Lyle to Doug’s	10-13	10-13	G21-25	G21-25
Rufus, etc.	10-13	10-13	G21-25	G21-25
Roosevelt & Arlington	10-13	10-13	G21-25	G21-25

Gorge Wind Forecast

Look at that pretty blue sky, the 70 in the forecast, and the whitecaps on the river. Burn that into your memory, because there won’t be much, if any of that in the next six months. For Thursday, most places start with 10-13. We’ll see 16-19 from Viento to Swell this morning before a disturbance shifts the wind east. Expect 10-13 int eh west in the afternoon with gusty 21-25 from Rowena to Arlington. River flow is 75,000cfs, temp is 65, and high temp forecast is 69.

Friday will be cloudy all day. Light westerlies start the day. Afternoon wind picks up to 10-13 from Rowena to Arlington. A strong cold front swings through on Saturday with stronger westerlies for the eastern Gorge. Morning wind will be west 15-18+ from Rooster to Stevenson, maybe Viento. Expect light westerlies everywhere else. In the afternoon, following the front, westerlies pick up to 25-29 from Rowena to Boardman with showery, gusty 13-16 in the west. High temp: 59. Sunday’s forecast is currently gusty 21-25 east of Mosier.

Coast, Jones, Sauvie’s

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Thursday: SW10/SW5/LTV, W swell 4′ at 10 seconds. Friday: S30-35/S25-30/S10-15, combine seas 10-12′ @ 10. Saturday: W15/W15/W5-10, W swell 10′. Jones Thursday-Friday: LTV. Saturday: 10-13. Sauvie’s Thursday-Saturday: LTV.

Hood River Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy weather sticks around all day Thursday. Temps will be near 60 early and near 70 later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Friday starts partly cloudy, turns totally cloudy by late afternoon, and finishes up with rain after midnight. Temps will be near 50 early and in the upper 60’s later. Light west wind. No rainbows. Saturday looks very rainy through midday and then very showery. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and upper 50’s later. Snow level 8000′ early and 5000′ in the afternoon. Moderate westerlies. 99.9% 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

10/8: Kreps lands have reopened per their FB page. Hood River County lands have reopened. 0.5” rain fell on Friday, 9/25 in Hood River. Mt. Hood National Forest: some areas have reopened. Expect many downed trees. Check their website for details. Syncline/Coyote Wall: reopened. SDS and BLC lands: open.

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Local Events

Weekly events: The Kainos Coffee run happens in The Dalles every Tuesday morning at 6am. 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 Griffin House in Hood River at 6pm on Wednesday nights. It appears there is also some sort of sailboat regatta every Friday night. 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.

Current Closures (may not be complete)

Mt. Hood National Forest closures have decreased. Gifford Pinchot: check on their website – closure area has decreased. SDS lands have reopened. Kreps lands are CLOSED.. Completeish list here.

Have an awesome day!

Temira