| Your favorite launch | dawn patrol |
morning max | afternoon max | executive session |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwash (Rooster) Rock | sunny | buns | sweaty | fun | |
| Stevenson | LTE | E10-15 | W10-13 | W16-19 | |
| Viento | LTE | E10-15 | W10-13 | W16-19 | |
| Swell-Hood River | LTE | LTE | W10-13 | W16-19 | |
| Lyle to Doug’s | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| Rufus, etc: 144-210kcfs flow | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| River flow last 24 hours: 135-210kcfskcfs | =River temp: 66.56F | High temp: 100F | |||
Gorge Wind Forecast
Hi friends! Light to moderate westerlies continue through Monday with models giving us just enough wind to get some of us on the water for part of each day. Monday looks like the lightest day of the bunch. A weak disturbance approaches from the west late Tuesday. If the timing is just right, we’ll have an excellent 100+ degree executive session. Starting Wednesday, brace yourself for a string of strong west wind days with temps in the 80-90 range. Very nice! Remember that KB4C (not just for kiteboarders any more!) is happening this weekend at the Event Site. Launching and landing is limited to event participants, but participation in events happening at the Event Site (music and such) is open to all. Also, the Gorge Downwind Champs will be running next week. Be prepared to navigate all sorts of downwind craft. Remember, don’t cross within 30′ downwind of a paddle craft, especially a SUP foiler not yet on foil. Those folks accelerate quickly. Cutting in front of them is like trying to dash across a road in front of a logging truck. Just don’t!
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Let’s look at Saturday. We start with pressures of 29.99/29.94/29.96 for gradients of W 0.06 and E 0.02. Early wind was W 5mph or less west of The Dalles and E 5mph or less to the east. Westerlies pick up to 11-14 from Stevenson to Swell or Hood River for a couple hours mid-morning before dropping to 7-10 as temps equalize across the Cascades. In the afternoon, westerlies rise to 13-16 from Stevenson to Hood River with 16-19 possible from Lyle to Doug’s. A brief period of 16-19 is possible from Stevenson to Swell as well. Avery joins in the evening. To the east, the wind remains calm or light easterly all day. River flow over the last 24 hours was 136-211kcfs, river temp is 67.28F, and high temp forecast is 95-100F.
Sunday brings another round of blow-dryer wind. We start with 10-13 from Stevenson to Viento or perhaps Swell. Wait until early afternoon, and we should have a period of 17-20 from Stevenson to Doug’s. The wind then drops to 15-18 at Swell and Hood River and rises to 19-22 at Stevenson, Viento, Mosier, and the Lyle-Avery stretch. Rufus might just pick up to 11-14 with 110 degree temps. High temp for Hood River: 101. The Dalles: 105+.
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Monday looks searingly hot and less windy than Sunday. There may be a brief Dawn Patrol from Viento to Swell at 13-16 or so, but the wind will quickly fall below 10mph for most of the day. It could bounce up to 11-14 from Stevenson to Doug’s late afternoon. High temp: completely unreasonable at 105 degrees. At least it won’t be muggy.
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Extended: Tuesday starts dead calm. Cross your fingers. A disturbance offshore helps shift the ridge east in the afternoon. In plain language, that means the hottest temps will be over the desert, slight cooling will arrive in the west, and offshore high pressure will persist. This is supposed to happen late, but reality often shifts things later. If we’re lucky and the timing holds, we’ll see a sharp uptick in the wind late afternoon with 25+ mph from Stevenson to Rufus in the evening. Wednesday looks ripping windy. Actually, it looks like we’ll see a string of strong west wind days next week as offshore high pressure and wickedly brutal desert heat persist. See you on the water!
Jones, Sauvie Island, Oregon Coast
North/Central/South coast, waves (swell forecast provided by NWS). Wind forecast for the afternoon (unless it’s a storm on the coast, in which case that’s peak wind during the day). Wind direction N (coast/Sauvie Island) and W (Jones) unless otherwise noted. Saturday: 15-20/20/25, SW swell 3′ at 16 seconds. Sunday: 10-15/15/15-30, N 2′ @ 4. Monday: 15-20/20/25-30, N 3′ @ 5. Jones Saturday: 11-14. Sunday: 18-21+. Monday: 14-17. Sauvie Island Saturday: 12-15. Sunday: 11-14. Monday: 16-19.
Alan’s Sauvie Island Wind Sensor
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
I’m tired. It’s on vacation.
Very basic Hood River weather forecast. Don’t plan your life around this. You really should read Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook
Scattered high clouds today. Temps start in the low 60s and rise to 100 or so. Light westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday will be clear. Temps start in the low 60s and rise to 100ish. Light westerlies early. Moderate later. No rainbows. Monday will be sunny. Temps start in the mid 60s and rise to 105 or so. Light westerlies. No rainbows.
Local-ish Events
Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!
There’s a weekly social for Wind Johnnies (The Gorge Wind Social) at Ferment Brewing every 3rd Monday this summer.
The Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club offers free roll sessions (gear provided) for kids at the Hood River Pool every other Tuesday from 5:30 to 7pm. Visit their website for more deets: https://www.columbiagorgejuniorkayakclub.org/. Amayah’s offers a free meal every First Thursday from 1pm to 4pm. Regular weekly events:. NK Studio’s by-donation Tuesday morning yoga class is back. 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. Columbia Gorge Tri Club meets at Mayer State Park at 6pm Tuesdays. 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 about Ferment Brewing.
Sign-ups are open for the Gorge Ultimate Summer League: https://gorge.ultimatecentral.com/e/summer-league-2024
Wingfoil racing starts July 2nd: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/mgmt_event_menu.php?regatta_id=28193
Post Canyon Junior Enduro MTB series: https://cooperspuralpineteam.org/mountain-bike/fun-fridays-kids-enduro-series-post-canyon/
Cycling
Dirt is great in post as of 6/19. Post, Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, Syncline, Columbia Hills, and Nestor are open. Eightmile, Knebal, Bottle Prairie, Surveyor’s, Dog River, SuperConnector, and Cook Meadows are open. Fifteenmile is clear of snow but has not been cleared of downed trees. Lewis River is open. I received an email that Falls Creek is open. That is USFS land, and E-bikes are not allowed. Cows are out on Hospital Hill. NO DOGS. That means you, all of you, even your dog that’s [insert adjective]. No dogs. Do not risk access for everyone. No parking at the corral.
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