Tuesday: moderate wind and perfect gardening weather today!

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The Forecast

Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Rooster Rock	cloudy	day	buns	go away
Stevenson	7-10	7-10	11-14	11-14
Viento	G14-18	G14-18	G14-18	G14-18
Swell-Hood River	G14-17	G14-17	G11-14	G11-14
Lyle to Doug’s	7-10	7-10	G11-14	G11-14
Rufus, etc.	G18-22	G18-22	G18-22	G18-22
Roosevelt & Arlington	G18-22	G18-22	G18-22	G18-22

Gorge Wind Forecast

Hopefully you’ve had your fill of wind for a bit, because we’re looking at a moderate day today and two nearly-not-windy days Wednesday and Thursday. Models are hinting at wind for the Friday to Sunday stretch, but there’s quite a bit of range in the forecasts. Don’t make plans yet. For you big-air kiters, there are still a few spots open for the Mt. Hood Megaloop kite comp at Rufus. The competition window starts later this week. Get on it!

Let’s look at Tuesday. If you GOLU (go outside look up), you’ll see all sorts of clouds – low ones, mid-level ones, high ones. This is indicative of lots of “stuff” going on around us – a troughy low offshore and a low in the desert. “Stuff” and “low offshore” is not what you want to hear, and the gradients agree. Early pressures were 30.15/30.11/30.05 for gradients of 0.04 and 0.6. Survey says… go east, but don’t expect too much. For the morning, we’ll see 14-17 out east and 7-12 in the western Gorge. Viento, as always, should overperform just a bit with 14-17 or so. Afternoon westerlies rise to 18-22 from Lyle to Rufus or perhaps Arlington too. Gusty 18-22, I should say. West of Rufus: 11-14. River flow yesterday was 155-201kcfs, river temp is 64F, and high temp forecast is 65F under mostly cloudy sky.

Pressures equalize across the Cascades on Wednesday for a nothing of a day. Calm wind in the morning gives way to westerlies at 7-10 (or less!) west of Mosier in the afternoon. High temp: 75F. Thursday starts calm. Easterlies pick up to 15mph or so from Rooster to Home Valley for a few hours midday before it all goes calm again in the evening. High temp: 81F. On Friday, we have hints of 20-something wind in the ensembles, but no clear picture of how strong the wind will be. Saturday’s forecast is everything from nothing to something. Same on Sunday. Hold off a bit before making weekend windsport plans. Enjoy your rest days!

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Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast

Wind speed in knots. Direction Northerly unless otherwise noted for Coast. Westerly for Jones. Northerly for Sauvie Island. North/Central/South, waves. Wave forecast provided by NWS. Tuesday: LTW?LTW/LTNW, W swell 7′ at 9 seconds. Wednesday: S20(AM)/S15-20(AM)S5-10, NW 4′ @ 8. Thursday: 15-20/15-20/25-30, W 2′ @ 11. Jones Tuesday: LTW. Wednesday: LTW. Thursday: 11-14. Sauvie Island Tuesday: 5-10. Wednesday: 10-13. Thursday: 11-14.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

On vacation until fall unless something extraordinary happens.

Hood River Weather Forecast

High clouds stick around today. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and mid 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday will be mostly clear, then clear, then party high overcast. Temps start near 50 and rise to the mid 70’s. Calm wind becomes very light west. No rainbows. Thursday will be sunny then mostly sunny. Temps start near 50 and rise to the low 80’s. Calm wind turns light easterly midday and then calm again in the afternoon. No rainbows.

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Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know! On Friday evening at 5:30, you can watch the movie Pororoca about foiling the world’s longest wave. Saturday is 12 hours of Post Canyon. It’s also the summer solstice party at Illumination Saddle. Mosier Fest is Saturday 6/24, noon to 8:30 at the Mosier School. The Mt. Hood Megaloop kite competition window runs June 23 (or 24 – the Facebook both said both!) to July 3 at Rufus. There are still spots open.

Regular weekly events: NK Studios in Bingen has a donation-based yoga class at 7:30am every Tuesday. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. There’s meditation with monks at 5:15pm (an hour) and 6:30pm (30 minutes plus a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, there’s a run from Pine Street Bakery. On Fridays at 2:30pm, there’s a free meditation and stretching class at Yoga Samadhi. On Saturday at 9am, there’s a by-donation outdoor group fitness on the 2rd floor deck above Ferment Brewing.

Regular bike rides (thanks to the Hood River Area Trail Stewards for collecting). Tuesday is Mountain View’s ride. Meet at 5:45pm on Post Canyon Drive where the pavement ends. Wednesday is the Evo/Kickstand all-ability, no-drop Post Canyon ride. 5:30 from the shop or join along the way. All abilities welcome. Thursday is Mountain View’s women’s ride. 5:30pm, Seven Streams Trailhead. No drop. Thursday is also the Dirty Fingers Post and Pint. 5:30 from the shop or later at Family Man. This is hardcore, race-pace. Saturday morning is the Mountain View road/gravel ride. Two hours. 12-14mph average speed. Starting May 6th, Oregon Ebikes has the women’s ride at 8:30am. Meet at Seven Streams parking lot for a 1.5 to 2 hour ride.

Cycling

How much rain do you need to make brown pow out of dust? Somewhere between 0.1” and 0.25”. When’s it gonna happen? Who the heck knows? Did it rain on the 44 trail system over the last few days? Go check it out and tell me! Logging is happening on Hospital Hill on the trail between the top of Roll Baby Roll and the Bench. This means you cannot make a full circle. You could ride Bad Wolf and Millennium as a loop. You can ride Roll Baby Roll and Triple Bypass as a loop. You cannot access Treehugger at this time. Post is clear of snow to the top. Dog River and Surveyor’s are clear. Bottle Prairie, 8 Mile, Underhill, Cedar Creek, Lower Cooks, and Super Connector are open and already dusty. Fifteenmile is rideable. Super Duper Connector is open. Nestor Peak is clear of snow. The USFS website says that Lewis River is open and clear. The Forest Loop above Trout Lake is open as is the mixed surface Sleeping Beauty/8810 loop. Always remember to consider gravel riding! If you’re parking at Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.

Valuable Advice for Gardeners Inhabiting Neighboring Areas

You have an unusual solstice-week opportunity. With the clouds and the chance of drizzle and the cool temps, you have a perfect opportunity to sow seeds. Replace your lettuce. Drop in another round of cilantro. Add some arugula. Carve out a little trench for some carrots. Water them, and you might just get away with once-a-day watering through Monday. It’s also a decent time to add some plants to your garden. They’ll prefer this gentle start to a harsh, hot-weather transplant. Happy gardening.