Author: Temira

Temira Lital is a recreation and travel weather forecaster based in Hood River, Oregon. Temira uses they/them pronouns. They're also a mental health counselor. Temira bikes, skis, windsurfs, paddles a SUP, swims in mountain lakes, and loves gardening. Most recently they've taken up SUP foiling. Temira is powered by La Croix, protein, and beets.

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6/27 Forecast

Windsurfers, remember that the Big Winds Big Loop contest is on through Wednesday. Get a video of yourself throwing a forward or back loop and post it to Big Winds Facebook Page and you could win some great prizes. For the rest of you, check out the Big Winds facebook page for those videos.

Today’s not going to be the day to make videos, as we’ll have light wind all day today with a chance of west 5-10 late this afternoon. It looks like we’ll get some rain late in the day today, hopefully enough to refresh the mountain bike trails. They’re getting pretty dusty. If we don’t get enough rain for the Post refresh, we should get enough on the 44 trails, as they’re higher up.



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Tomorrow looks a little better wind-wise, even though it’s not a classic Gorge setup. There’ll be low pressure off the coast and low pressure in the desert, so we’ll see clouds and rain, but we’ll see west wind too. We should have a quick build to 17-20, building to 22-25 tomorrow afternoon with the strongest wind between Mosier and Maryhill.

On Wednesday, the wind will be a bit stronger as the low pressure moves away from the coast, leaving us with a system parked in the desert.. We’ll see 20-23 in the morning from Hood River eastward, picking up tot 24-27 from Rowena eastward in the afternoon.

On Tuesday night, if the weather permits, you can head to the Event Site in Hood River for the free Big Winds Ladies’ standup paddle night. That starts at 5:30. Also on Tuesday is the free Hood River Triathlon night at 6pm at the east end of the event site. Wednesday brings both the Kayak Shed’s shop paddle and the Dirty Fingers Bike Repair Post and Pinot ride. I’m finding Wednesday to be pretty tough, because I want to paddle and I want to go on the shop ride. I wish there were two of me. But then again, one Temira is probably plenty.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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6/26 Forecast

It’s Windfest, and that means that the Gorge is going to take a break form being windy today. There’s a little bit of west gradient this morning, so we might get lucky and see 5-10. Even so, Windfest will go on, with a gear swap that started at 8am at the Expo Center in Hood River and a free intro to windsurfing class at 1pm at the Hook. There are all sorts of other lessons and clinics going on, so swing by Hood River’s Event Site and check it out.


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Over the next couple of days, we’ll see light wind in the Gorge as upper flow turns southerly. At best, we’ll see easterlies in the 5-10 range tomorrow at Stevenson and Rooster. On Tuesday, we’ll have light west winds with a pretty good chance of thunderstorms. Models show westerlies picking up to 17-20 Tuesday afternoon, but given the high risk of thunderstorms, don’t count on hitting the water.

In mountain biking news, Mr. Dirty Fingers himself took a tour of Falls Creek yesterday. If you start at the bottom, you’ll get about 8.5 miles of clear trail before you run into snow, so you can get the best of the downhill. Just don’t try to ride from the top of Old Man Pass, because the trail up there is still buried.

If you’re looking for things to do over the next couple of days, think about trying some new road rides. You can find some routes at my website, the Gorge is my gym.. These are beautiful rides, so if you don’t road ride, you can go check them out as a Sunday drive instead.
Have an awesome day today!

Temira

p.s. If you find this report useful, entertaining, or just want to recognize all the hard work that goes into it, please take the time to make a donation by clicking on the sad-looking link below. For a suggested donation of $10, I’ll add you to the email version of this list ‘til June 2012, putting you in the running for cool prizes donated by the weekly sponsors.