Monday: extreme heat and extreme wind and extreme fire danger.

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Today’s our last day of super-extreme heat and associated easterlies. West wind returns on Tuesday, builds to “nuking” on Wednesday, and holds in the “strong” range through Friday, at least. Temps in the period stay above 90 degrees, and the river keeps on warming up.

Looking at Monday, it’s going to be a day to seek out AC, a waterfall, or a shady spot by a river. Set up camp. Stay all day. Easterlies start the day at 10-15 from Rooster Rock to Viento. They pick up to 15-20 midday and drop to 10-15 in the afternoon. Easterlies also pick up to 5-10 this afternoon east of Viento all the way to Arlington. River flow is 186kcfs, river temp is 66F, and high temp forecast is 110F.

The heat low shifts east of the Cascades on Tuesday setting up a thermal gradient. A weak low off the coast mitigates some of the gradient, but definitely not all! Dawn Patrol will will be 17-20 from Stevenson to Hood River with 7-10 east of there to Arlington. Early afternoon sees light and variable wind in the eastern Gorge with 21-24 from Stevenson to The Dalles. Things really get going in the evening thanks to blazing heat in the desert: you’ll find 26-30 from Stevenson to Rufus. High temp: 102.

Wednesday looks like a giant day on the river. It’s likely Hood River starts the day with some very welcome marine clouds. They’ll burn off quickly. As for the wind: 30-35 from Viento to Mosier to start the day with 21-24 at Stevenson and 24-28 east to Arlington. “Absolutely nuking” best describes the rest of the day as offshore high pressure combines with a desert heat low for jam-packed gradients across the Cascades. Call it 35-40 from Stevenson to The Dalles by late morning with 35-40 from Stevenson to Arlington in the afternoon. High temp Hood River: 93F. Arlington: 104F.

Strong westerlies continue through Friday. Best guess right now is 30-35 on Thursday and 26-30 on Friday. The wind backs off a bit Saturday and Sunday – the current forecast is 24-28. Still plenty windy!  

Coast, Jones, Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Monday: SW10-15/SW10-15/S15-25, W swell 4′ at 11 seconds. Tuesday: SW10-15/SW15-20/S5-10, W 4′ @ 11. Wednesday: W5-10/NW10/N30+, W 6′ @ 9. Jones Monday: 23-26. Tuesday: 21-24. Wednesday LTW. Sauvie’s Monday: light easterlies through 5pm and then possibly moderate to strong northerlies. Also possibly not. Tuesday: 11-14. Wednesday: LTN.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Sunny all day. Temps will be in the low 70’s early and 110 later. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Tuesday will be sunny. Temps will be in the low 70’s early and low 100’s later. Strong westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday may start with marine clouds and will then turn clear. Temps will be in the upper 60’s early and low 90’s later. Nuking westerlies. No rainbows.

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Cycling

Trail guesses: Whoopdee, dry; Post, dry; 44 Road, dry. Falls Creek: good. 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. Upper 450: patches of snow and 10 trees down.

Maple Road in Post Canyon is closed. DO NOT drive past the closed signs. If you do so, you will jeopardize TRAIL access for the entire summer. This is the road that runs to the west, just north of the Binns/Riorden intersection. Also, 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.  

Local Events

Mountain View Cycles women’s ride is every Thursday, bottom of Post at 5:30pm. They have an all-genders ride at 6pm on Wednesday, end of the pavement on Post Canyon Road. Their shop road ride leaves at 9am on Saturday for a 2 hour ride. 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. Oregon E-Bikes has ladies’ rides at 7:30am Sunday and Monday. The Small Boat Group does paddles every Thursday evening at 6pm. Hatch laps are the latest thing they do.

Other weekly events. Tuesday night there’s meditation with the Pacific Hermitage Monks at 5:15 (1 hour) and 6:30 (30 minutes followed by a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. Triathlon practice with the Tri Club is Tuesday at 6pm at West Mayer State Park. Sailboat races happen Wednesday night from the Hood River Marina.  

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