Friday: another day of west wind

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Another windy day is on tap today, and the fun keeps going this weekend. It’s not just you – the Gorge Downwind Champs are happening, and all those happy people are going to love this. The rest of you happy people: keep an eye out for increased numbers of downwind floating objects coming through between Stevenson and Hood River.

Let’s look at Friday. Marine clouds made it halfway into the Gorge last night, and they’re keeping the western Gorge cool and refreshing this morning. They’ll stick around through late morning in Stevenson keeping the wind light. For the rest of the Gorge, we’ll see the wind start at 21-24 from Viento to Swell with 13-16 from Mosier to The Dalles and 20-23 out east. Don’t let yourself get dragged too far east to early – gradients of 0.17 and 0.02 indicate you should stay close to home. What you see (wind-wise) is pretty much what you get through early afternoon – a bump to 24-27 from Viento to Hood River and Moiser is likely. Afternoon wind dips in the western Gorge in response to a shortwave; expect 15-18 from Swell to Mosier (22-25 Stevenson to Viento). Move east mid-afternoon, and you’ll find gusty 22-27 from Lyle to Doug’s, 26-29 at Rufus with 23-26 at Arlington. River flow is 139kcfs, river temp is 70F, and high temp forecast for Hood River is 79F.

Moving on to Saturday, we see high pressure pushing in from the Four Corners area. That causes pressure rises on the east side and lowers the cross-Cascade gradient a bit. Dawn Patrol westerlies will be 15-18 from Viento to Swell with 8-11 at Stevenson and east of Swell to Arlington. Midday: 17-20 from Stevenson to Hood River with light wind to the east. Late day westerlies bump to 21-24 between Stevenson and the Dalles, climb to 10-13 and Rufus, and stay light and variable east of there. High temp for Hood River: 84F.

Sunday’s max wind appears to be 21-24 between Viento and Hood River. Stevenson joins in early afternoon. In the evening, the wind extends to The Dalles at 21-24 and climbs to 17-20 at Rufus. The forecast for the eastern Gorge is light and variable all day. Current forecast for the start of next week: 24-27 Monday and 27-31 on Tuesday. Have a lovely day!  

Coast, Jones, Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Friday: LTW/LTNW/N25-30, W swell 4′ at 8 seconds. Saturday: NNW10-15/N10-15+/25-30, W 4-5′ @ 9. Sunday: NW15/N15-20/25-30, W 5′ @ 10. Jones Friday: LTW. Saturday: 13-16. Sunday: 20-23. Sauvie’s Friday: 7-10. Saturday: 10-13. Sunday: 10-13.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Sunshine all day Friday. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and upper 70’s later. Strong westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday will be sunny. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and mid 80’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday also will be sunny. Temps will be in the upper 50’s in the morning and upper 80’s later. Moderate 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. 44 Road: Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Dog River, Superconnector, Cedar, Knebal, Cooks Meadows, 450 to the top, Underhill. Siouxon and Huffman Peak are “temporarily closed” due to wildfire last year.

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.  

Local Events

The Gorge Downwind Champs start this weekend. They are looking for “volunteers” with WA alcohol server licenses to help at their beer garden at the Skamania County Fairgrounds. $25/hour. On Saturday, there is a 44 Trails work party. Get more information on the 44trails.org website.

IFPL 3 restrictions go into effect on 7/16. No more motorized use in Post Canyon trails or other trails west of Highway 35. 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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