| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | Snow’s | coming. | Tan | buns. | |
| Steven’s Locks | 8-13 | 13-17 | 17-20 | 13-16 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 17-20 | 17-20 | 17-20 | 13-16 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-13 | 10-13 | 7-10 | 0-5 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-13 | 10-13 | 7-10 | 0-5 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 10-13 | 10-13 | 7-10 | 0-5 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
We’re just about to enter another stretch of very hot weather, during which the wind will do some switching around between easterly and westerly. The direction will be driven mostly by the location of the heat low. The location of the heat low, honestly, won’t matter for the heat – it’s just going to be really hot and increasingly smoky everywhere!
So, for today, we’ll have a pleasant day with west wind. The 6am gradients were .07 (pdx-dls) and .04 (dls-psc). I expect the eastern Gorge gradients and wind will fade quickly today as the clouds burn off and high pressure builds to the west. For the first few hours of the day, areas east of Mosier will see 12-15 or so. After that, expect calm to light wind in those locations. For the western Gorge, we’ll have 17-20 from Viento to Swell for a few hours this morning. The GFS thinks the wind will fade a little bit, holding at 14-17 between Cascade Locks and Hood River until sunset. Given the extent of the marine clouds this morning, I wouldn’t be surprised to see 20-23 for a period this morning and 17-20 through sunset.
Everything changes tomorrow as high pressure builds over the entire Northwest. We’ll have light easterlies early and late, with a peak of 15-20 near Cascade Locks and Stevenson midday. Saturday looks stronger, with 25-30 near Rooster Rock and 20-25 near Stevenson for the first half of the day. The wind will fade after noon, backing off to 5-10 after 2pm for all locations.
If models are correct about Sunday, the heat low will shift to the east of the Cascades, setting up a blazing hot west wind day. We’ll start with W 5-10 in the morning. The wind will slowly build in the afternoon to 13-16 between Stevenson and Hood River.
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Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Beta Test Forecast
Jones Thursday: 10-13, maybe. Friday & Saturday: nope. Sauvie’s Thursday: 10-13. Friday: 14-17. Saturday: 7-10. Coast (north/central/south). Thursday: 15-20/20-25/30+, W 4′ @ 9. Friday: 20-25/20-25/25-30, W 3′ @ 10. Saturday: 20-25/10-15/10-15, W 3′ @ 10.
Random Morning Thoughts
I’m sitting here thinking about what to write, and I’m noticing that I’m putting a lot of pressure on myself to come up with something. That, of course, is making it less likely that I’ll think of anything interesting to say. Instead of sitting in this dynamic, I think I’ll step out of it and go mountain biking. I hope your day is lovely and awesome!
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist (but I could be 27 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
It’s a beautiful morning with just a few clouds and very clean air. Enjoy it, because this is it for a while. Temps will be in the mid 60’s this mornign and mid 80’s this afternoon. Moderate west wind. No rainbows. Tomorrow looks hot, with smoke potentially returning. Temps will be near 60 early and in the mid 90’s in the afternoon. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Saturday looks even hotter, meh. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and right around 100 in the afternoon. Moderate easterlies in the western Gorge. No rainbows.
For weather specifically directed at travel through the Gorge, please visit Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.
White Sprinter Van of the Week
Road and Mountain Biking
Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, and all other SDS and Kreps lands are closed from today on through the end of fire season. That’s when “significant rain” falls and the fire danger is considered over. Also currently closed: Dethman Ridge Road at Odell Creek and Highway 30 at Chenoweth Bridge. The second one has a bypass for bikes and pedestrians in place along The Dalles waterfront trail.
Upcoming Events
Events today start with $5 Tai Chi at the Hood River Adult Center at 2:30. There’s also free Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen at 6:30. At 5:30, there’s community sailing in Cascade Locks and the race-pace and women’s only mountain bike rides from Dirty Fingers Bike shop. Both of those rides will earn you a free pint of beer upon completion. The Kayak Shed’s shop paddle on the White Salmon leaves Husum at 5:45 tonight, and families in the Park is at 6 at Jackson Park with the 80’s cover band Hit Machine.
Tomorrow’s the annual Rock Paper Scissors championship at first Friday in front of Andrew’s Pizza. The Gravity Sports Festival is at the Maryhill Loops Road tomorrow through Sunday, and the Bunker to Bonneville ultramarathon is Saturday. The movie Aladdin plays tomorrow evening at dusk at Cascade Locks Marine Park.
There are three opportunities for free coffee and donuts this week: the Kickstand Coffee Run Friday morning at 7am, where jogging or walking 4 miles gets you a free cup of coffee and a donut. Northwave has free coffee and donuts both Saturday and Sunday morning starting at 8am. They also have a free windsurfing jibe clinic at 9am Saturday and a free rigging clinic at 10am. There are free Echo rowing shell demos on Sunday morning starting at 11am, after the CGWA swap meet.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
The Mt. Hood snow forecast is currently on vacation. It will stay on vacation until I deem it to be close enough to winter that we need a Mt. Hood snow forecast. Be safe out there on the snow this summer!
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
