Tuesday: pesky upper level low and excellent mountain biking dirt.

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Low pressure dominates the weather picture over the Pacific Northwest for at least the next week. We’ll be relying on something other than the missing NE Pacific High to drive the westerlies. Looking at Tuesday, we start with lackluster gradients of .05 and .05. Distant high pressure off the California coast will help, as will distant low pressure over NV, ID, and WY. Morning wind will be 10mph or less in the western Gorge with 11-14 east of The Dalles. By midday, the wind builds to gusty 19-22 from Mosier to Rufus with 10-13 west of Mosier and east to Arlington. Desert heat and the heat low over ID takes the wind to gusty 23-27 from The Dalles to Arlington this afternoon with 10-13in the western Gorge. River flow is 250kcfs, river temp is 58F, and high temp for Hood River is 66F.

Wednesday brings another day of inland low pressure under high overcast sky with a chance of thunder in the evening. With this particular setup (instability), we’ll often see models predict something that doesn’t materialize. Wednesday may follow that pattern. Morning wind will be 5-10 in the western Gorge with 10-13 from The Dalles to Arlington. Midday: gusty 19-23 from Mosier to Celilo with 10-13 in the west and light/variable wind east of Celilo or perhaps east of Rufus. A suspicious tightening of gradients happens on the GFS in the afternoon along with instability along the Cascade Crest. That mode insists on a few hours of 23-26 from Mosier to Rufus. With 10-13 in the west and variable wind east of John Day Dam. Be skeptical, but take advantage if it happens. High temp: 67F.

Offshore low pressure drags a strong cold front towards the PNW on Thursday. Gusty westerlies result. Morning wind will be 10-13 at Stevenson with gusty 19-22 from Viento to Boardman. Afternoon wind drops to 7-10 in the western Gorge and rises to gusty, up-and-down 21-24 from The Dalles to Boardman. High temp: 68F. Friday looks rainy. Saturday starts showery and ends with light to moderate westerlies. Sunday’s models hint at easterlies. Have a great week!  

Coast, Jones, Sauvie’s

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Tuesday: W5/W5-10/S5-10, W swell 5′ at 10 seconds. Wednesday: NW5-10/W5-10/W5-10, W 4′ @ 7. Thursday: S10-15/S10-15/S15-20, W 4′ @ 7. Jones Tuesday: 10-13. Wednesday: 11-14. Thursday: calm. Sauvie’s Tuesday: W10. Wednesday: NW10. Thursday: calm.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Mostly clear sky this morning turns increasingly cloudy. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and mid 60’s later. Light wind early. Moderate later. 2% chance of rainbows. 68% chance of a colorful sunset. Wednesday starts with a pretty sunrise under partly high overcast sky. It ends overcast with a chance of rain/thunder along the Cascade Crest south of the Columbia. Temps will be in the mid 40’s in the morning and mid to upper 60’s in the afternoon. Light wind early. Light to moderate wind later. No rainbows. Thursday looks clear, then partly cloudy, then clear. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Rain on Friday.

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Cycling

From the 44trails.org website… Open trails: Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Dog River, Superconnector, Cedar, Knebal, Cooks (to 1.5 miles above the 4410 road), 450 to the junction with 15 mile, Underhill. Post Canyon: the trail from the bottom of Post Canyon to Seven Streams Staging Area is now closed. It’s on private land. Respect the closure. Surveyor’s Ridge: clear of snow and trees. Other 44 Road Trails: clearing in progress. Cows are out on Hospital Hill. No parking at the corral. No dogs on the trails. No exceptions. Please respect the wishes of the landowners – they let us use their land, and in return, we respect their rules! New Whoopdee: open. Other news: Mountain View Cycles women’s ride is every Thursday, bottom of Post at 5:30pm. Dirty Fingers has the Post n’ Pint on Thursday evenings at 5:30pm from the shop. They also have the women’s Post n’ Pinot Wednesday evening at 5:30pm from the shop.  

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Local Events

Not much happening thanks to the pandemic…   Have an awesome day!