Monday: the westerlies continue and continue and continue… happy July!

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Westerlies continue through the extended forecast period, just like they’re supposed to do in July! Today will be a carbon-copy repeat of yesterday. The wind backs off a bit on Tuesday in response to widespread heating, and then roars back on Wednesday and Thursday as high temps drop about 15 degrees.

Looking at Monday, we have a stable setup, mostly cloudy sky in Portland, and gradients of .11 and .05. Dawn patrol is mostly 21-25 from Viento to Moiser with 18-22 between Swell and Hood River. To the east and west, morning wind is mostly in the 14-17 range. Viento, Swell, and Hood River will hold at gusty 20-25 through mid-afternoon, when the wind is likely to drop to 15-19. Stevenson starts at 14-17 and builds to 22-25, holding through the evening. We’ll see the stretch from Rowena to Rufus hold at 14-17 through mid-morning before climbing back to 22-26 this afternoon. Rufus over-performed yesterday, and with the same overall setup today, we can greenlight the possibility of gusty 25-30 there this afternoon. Arlington is right ton the edge; let’s call it 11-14 most of the day with 20-23 from mid-afternoon on through the evening. River flow is 148kcfs, river temp is 68F, and high temp forecast for Hood River is 88F.

High pressure surges northward from the Utah region on Tuesday lowering gradients to decrease across the Cascades. Temps will also be up about 6F over Tuesday, and there won’t be much if any marine clouds in Portland. Early wind will be 14-17 from Viento to Swell with 7-10 in Hood River and light wind to the east. Afternoon westerlies will be just enough to get you out there: 13-16 from Stevenson to Hood River and 17-20 from Mosier to Avery with light and variable wind in the eastern Gorge. High temp: 94F.

A deep marine layer piles into Portland on Wednesday and holds through early to mid afternoon. Hood River starts partly cloudy and then turns clear. This starts the day with 26-30 from Viento to Rufus with 20-23 at Stevenson and east of Rufus. Late morning onward: 26-29 at Stevenson and 30-33 from Viento to Arlington. High temp: a very pleasant 78F. Thursday’s forecast is 26-29. Enjoy!  

Coast, Jones, Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Monday: NW10-15/N20-25/N30-35, W swell 4′ at 11 seconds. Tuesday: NW15-20/NW15-20/N10-15, W 4′ @ 14. Wednesday: W5/NW5-10/N30-35, W 3′ @ 12. Jones Monday: 17-20. Tuesday: 22-25. Wednesday: 12-15. Sauvie’s Monday: 11-14. Tuesday: 12-15. Wednesday LTN.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clear sky all day. Temps will be in the mid 60’s (open windows) early and upper 80’s (close windows) later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Tuesday will be sunny. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and mid 90’s later. Light to moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday starts partly cloudy and turns clear. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and upper 70’s later. Strong to very 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 (Whoopdee, Underwood), BLC, HFM, DGS, and Kreps Land (Hospital Hill) are now closed until the end of fire season. It is also vital that people respect this closure to maintain positive relationships between the landowners and trail users.

Open trails: Post, Falls Creek, Lewis River, Sandy Ridge, Columbia Hills, Gorge 400, Plains of Abraham / Ape Canyon. 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. Siouxon and Huffman Peak are “temporarily closed”.

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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