Outfound Series Festival – Hood River
OutFound is a 3-day adventure sports and outdoor innovation festival taking place on June 9-11th on The Event Site. The activities include a speaker series, a startup competition for outdoor driven brands, an expo, hands-on workshops, creatives games and art, outdoor activities and sports on site, networking hours, outdoor films and music performances.
OutFound’s goal is to bring outdoor enthusiasts and innovators together for 3 days of experiential activities. It’s about learning new skills, meeting inspiring leaders and engaging in unforgettable outdoor focused experiences. Outdoor innovation is about out of the box thinking and this mixture of activities encourages that. We believe that getting adventure enthusiasts and leaders together in a creative setting will be a catalyst for exciting new ideas, projects and businesses in the outdoor space.
Gorge Wind Forecast
If you’re in Hood River and looking out your window, you know it’s not going to be a great day for wind. Why? Because it’s 100% cloudy! It’s also cloudy all the way to the Idaho border, suggesting it’s going to be a gusty day, all day long. A weak weather system late this afternoon will bump up the wind speeds a bit, but will do nothing to de-gustify the wind. Expect up-and-down 10-15 this morning from Stevenson all the way out to Arlington with rain falling west of Hood river. We should see 13-16 from Mosier to Rufus by noon. After 2pm or so, the wind will pick up to gusty 21-24 from Mosier to Arlington, with speeds remaining in the teens between Stevenson and Hood River.
High pressure builds inland on Friday, and that sets up a lighter wind day. We’ll have 5-10mph under partly cloudy sky for much of the day. Late in the day, the wind will pick up just a bit to 10-13 from Stevenson to Covfefe.
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | cloudy | sky | goosebump | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 10-13 | 10-13 | 13-16 | 13-16 | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) | 10-13 | 13-16 | 13-16 | 13-16 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-13 | 13-16 | 21-24 | 21-24 | |
| Rufus, etc. | strong | current | 21-24 | 21-24 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 10-13 | 10-13 | 15-18 | 21-24 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast, continued.
Saturday looks nice. Before I get into the forecast, I want to let you know that CGWA and Washington State Parks have a work party at the Hatchery at 9am on Saturday. Since you’ll be there, please give them a hand cleaning up hazard trees and brush. This is your big chance to give back to your favorite park. Carpe diem! High pressure offshore combines with low pressure inland to set up solid gradients through the Gorge. Looks like we’ll see 24-28 to start the day from Hood River to Rufus. In the afternoon, the wind will fill in all the way to Bighorn Sheep Land, also known as Arlington. It’s worth mentioning that there are some weather dynamics happening late Saturday, so the best wind is likely to be morning through mid-afternoon.
Sunday benefits from an increased marine layer and strong offshore high pressure. As of right now, we’re looking at Dawn Patrol at 24-28 from Mosier to Arlington. If the morning clouds burn back a bit, and I think they will, we’ll see 28-32 from Hood River to Boardman in the afternoon. Monday now looks like it’ll max out at 22-25. River temp is currently 56 degrees and river flow is 458kcfs at Bonneville.
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Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
Jones Thursday: no. Jones Friday: 7-10. Saturday: 15-18. Sauvie’s Thursday: 5-8. Friday: 10-13 late. Saturday: 7-10. Coast (north/central/south). Thursday: no, W swell 5′ at 10 seconds. Friday: no/10-15/15-20, W 6′ @ 10. Saturday: 15-20/15-20/25-30, W 6′ @ 10.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
The only snow on Mt. Hood right now is all the snow on the ground.
Random Morning Thoughts
Cat woke me up early this morning, and I just don’t have extra energy to think. Enjoy the clouds, and have an awesome day!
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist (but I could be 40 graduate school credits from now). I am your weather forecaster. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, and consult with your actual therapist about your mental health issues. One other thing: I plan to keep doing this forecast indefinitely, even when I am a therapist.
Gorge Weather Forecast
If it were a bit darker outside, it would look a lot like winter. Instead, it’s just gray with scattered sprinkles. Temps will be in the low 60’s this morning and upper 60’s this afternoon. Light to moderate westerlies. 49% chance of rainbows. Friday looks partly cloudy. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and the mid 70’s in the afternoon. Light wind. No rainbows. Saturday looks like Friday, only a lot windier.
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White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
Latest news is that the 88 and 23 roads above Trout Lake still have several feet of snow on them. I believe Larch Mountain (in Corbett, not the mountain biking Larch Mountain) is still under snow as well. Lewis River mountain bike trail is open.
Upcoming Events
Today’s community events include a free dance exercise class at the White Salmon Grange at 11. the weekly dirty Fingers Bike Shop rides happen tonight, with a race-pace ride and a women’s only ride leaving at 5:30. Both of those rides come with a free pint of beer. Also tonight, there’s a community yoga class at Samadhi at 6 and Tai Chi at Our Saviour Church in Bingen at 6:30.
This Saturday is Oregon State Parks Day, with free admission to all the parks. There’s a garden party at Pacific Hermitage in White Salmon on Saturday, and a Beginner’s Ping Pong clinic at the Hood River Armory on Sunday.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
