Friday: westerlies continue…

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Gorge Wind Forecast

A monster of a marine layer stuck around all day yesterday, and despite weaker gradients, the wind was stronger. It’s not often that your forecaster is overpowered on a 2.9, but it happened! And that is why your forecast is later than usual – lots of sleep needed! The westerlies back off a notch or two for the next few days, but they’ll remain strong enough for your preferred sport.

We start off Friday with gradients of 0.14 (pdx-dls) and 0.03 (dls-psc). That screams “Corridor”, and the morning wind confirms. The day starts with 20-23 from Viento to Swell with 13-16 at Stevenson and east to The Dalles. While the wind is in the 20’s at Maryhill this morning, it’s worth waiting to see if it holds before you drive. East of there: 16-19 and unlikely to hold. By mid-morning, westerlies build to 26-29 from Viento to Mosier with 13-16 east of there and slowly building wind in Stevenson, which should max out at 23-26. By mid afternoon, Doug’s and Rufus join at 26-29 with 13-16 at Arlington. If you wait long enough, Arlington should pick up to 18-22. It does appear the clouds will clear from Portland mid afternoon. That often causes the wind between Viento and Hood River to drop and become gusty. No promises that’ll happen today, but earlier is safer! River flow is 167kcfs, river temp is 67F, and high temp for Hood River is 83F.

Dawn Patrol on Saturday starts with an air temp around 60F and westerlies at 22-25 from Viento to Swell. You’ll find 10-13 pretty much everywhere else to start the day. By late morning, stronger westerlies return; 25-28 is the call from Stevenson to Avery with 12-15 east of there. Models suggest the stronger wind will spread east to Arlington and Rufus late in the day with 25-28 by evening. High temp for Hood River: 88F.

Models like the idea of a slightly stronger marine layer on Sunday. Heck, we all like that, because it makes for a cooler morning and a pleasant night’s sleep. Essentially, though, we’re looking at a ditto copy of Saturday. Monday’s forecast is currently 24-27. That’s a lot of days of wind in a row! Enjoy!  

Coast, Jones, Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Friday: 15-20/20-25/30-35, NW swell 7′ at 9 seconds. Saturday: 15-20/25-30/30-35, NW 7′ @ 9. Sunday: 10-15+/20-25/30-35, NW 7′ @ 9. Jones Friday: 21-24. Saturday: 21-24. Sunday: 18-22. Sauvie’s Friday: 11-14. Saturday: 12-15. Sunday: 12-15.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Sunshine all day Friday. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and low 80’s later. Strong westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday will be sunny. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and upper 80’s later. Strong westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday may start with scattered marine clouds, but it will quickly clear. Temps will be near 60 early and in the mid 80’s later. Moderate to strong 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

SDS, BLC, HFM, DGS, Kreps Ranch, etc will be closing their timberlands to Public Recreation Access starting Saturday, July 3rd at 0001 AM. This closure comes early in the season and means Hospital Hill and Whoopdee are closed to public recreation. It is also vital that people respect this closure to maintain positive relationships between the landowners and trail users.

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

Coming up Saturday, CGW2 has a swap meet at Lot 1 on the Hood River Waterfront. Pacific Hermitage has a garden party the same day.

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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