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5/20 Forecast



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Good morning,

Today’s going to be the nicest day we’ve seen so far this spring, with temperatures hitting 75 degrees this afternoon. We’ll see light west wind in the 5-10 range this morning, fading this afternoon as high pressure takes hold. We’re also going to see some high clouds move in late today as a cold front approaches the coast.

That front moves across the Cascades tonight, leaving the Western Gorge in the clouds tomorrow with sunshine in the desert. We’ll have westerlies early tomorrow morning in the 17-21 range from Hood River eastward, increasing to 25-28 tomorrow afternoon from Rowena out to Arlington.

Westerlies in the low to mid twenties continue on Sunday with partly cloudy skies in the western Gorge.

In mountain biking world, next weekend is the Super D, and in honor of that event, the landowner at the bottom of Post Canyon has reopened the G-Out and the lower section of trail for training this week. I think I speak for everyone in the biking community when I say thank you to him. The trail’s in perfect shape, so go ride.

If you’re looking for events this weekend, there’s the Twin Tunnels run benefiting the Mosier School on Saturday. You can get more information at TwinTunnelsRun.com. On Saturday night, 2nd Wind has the kite season opener party at the British Pub in Hood River. And on Sunday, it’s the biggest swap meet of the season, taking place at Windance.

The rivers are still up, and if you want to go rafting, this is a good weekend for it. Wet Planet is running the Hood (5.1ft, 20 miles of whitewater), the Klickitat (3470cfs = big!), the Wind (5.8ft) and maybe even the usual, the White Salmon (4.5ft).
Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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5/18 Forecast



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Good morning,

We’re still under the influence of a low pressure system, which is going to give us a cloudy day and afternoon thunderclouds like we saw yesterday. That low pressure system is going to move east this afternoon, and that will make the wind pick up. Despite the lack of wind on the river, you can already see the influence of this in a .06 Portland to The Dalles gradient. We’ll see 13-15 from Stevenson to Mosier early, picking up to 23-26 from Hood River to The Dalles late this afternoon. It’s going to be a good night for the Hood River Yacht Club’s beer can races.

Tomorrow looks like a light wind day as high pressure builds across the Cascades, clearing out the clouds and giving us sunshine and high temperatures nearing 70 degrees.

Coming up Friday, that high pressure ridge sticks around and we’ll have sunny skies and light east wind. It’s going to be a beautiful day for road riding, kayking, or whitewater rafting, and it might be your first chance of the year to practice the Gorge’s most extreme sport: sun tanning.

The rivers are still up form the recent rain. The White Salmon is at 5.1 feet, the Klickitat’s at 4100cfs, and the Hood’s at 5.4 feet. It looks like Wet Planet is running the Wind again this weekend, and possibly the Hood, if you want a wild ride on one of our local rivers.

If you need something to do tonight, there’s that sailboat race that I mentioned, there’s the Kayak Shed’s shop paddles on the White Salmon, and coming soon on Wednesday night, it’s hump day pump night at the pump track in Post Canyon, with beer, bbq and pump track bikes. Also coming soon is the Post and Pinot, the ladies’ version of the Post and Pint.. Stay tuned for more details on those two.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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