Category: Forecast

This week’s report is brought to you by Classic Wings Aero Services in Hood River. At Classic Wings, you can go for a flight over the Columbia, around Mt. Hood, or anywhere your heart desires. And if your heart desires to learn how to fly, Classic Wings can help you out with that too. If you’ve never taken a scenic flight in the Gorge, you should. Darla took me up one day, and I was amazed. You can see your ski hill from above, your bike trails from above, and you can take awesome photos of the entire Gorge Gym from above. I know it sounds really touristy, but it’s a great experience and I totally recommend it!

A deep upper level low is drifting off the Oregon coast today, and that’s negating pressure gradients across the Cascades this morning. As a front swings off that low late in the afternoon, we’ll see west winds pick up a bit. Very gusty 17-21, maybe a bit stronger, seems like a reasonable call, filling in first at Stevenson mid-afternoon, then quickly pushing east to Lyle and Rufus and Arlington towards sunset.

Thursday looks like a great day for fishing or standup paddling,as the wind stays light. A strong system breaks off from the low on Friday, probably bringing some westerlies to the Gorge, but certainly bringing at least a little rain.

If you’re ready for a break from the Gorge, it’s Round-up time in Pendleton. Tickets to stadium events are sold out for Friday and Saturday, but you can still get in and see some action today and tomorrow!

If you’re working today, there are a couple of fun things going on tonight. The Kayak Shed’s shop paddle meets in Husum at 5:30 – there’s a BBQ at Scott’s house on Northwestern Lake after the paddle – and there are sailboat races out of the Hood River Marina tonight too.

Coming up tomorrow night, Claiming Nelscott Reef plays at the Hood River Middle School with a pre-show slideshow of surf photography by local Richard Hallman. $8 gets you in the door. Also tomorrow evening, it’s the next-to-last Post and Pint ride of the season, so come join Mitchell and his cronies for a lap in Post Canyon.

Have a great day today!

Temira

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Good morning!

This week’s report is brought to you by Classic Wings Aero Services in Hood River. At Classic Wings, you can go for a flight over the Columbia, around Mt. Hood, or anywhere your heart desires. And if your heart desires to learn how to fly, Classic Wings can help you out with that too. If you’ve never taken a scenic flight in the Gorge, you should. Darla took me up one day, and I was amazed. You can see your ski hill from above, your bike trails from above, and you can take awesome photos of the entire Gorge Gym from above. I know it sounds really touristy, but it’s a great experience and I totally recommend it!

Yesterday was a bonus windy session for a few people late in the evening. The clouds in Portland stuck around just long enough yesterday to let the desert get a thermal jump and bring the gradients up a bit. With the 5am gradient at .07 today, we’ll see west winds pick up as the sun warms the desert. By midday, westerlies from Stevenson to mosier will blow in the 18-22 range, holding through the evening.

Coming up tomorrow, a deep upper level low rotates off the Oregon and Washington coasts. This system will keep much pressure gradient from building across the Cascades in the morning. As a front swings across the Cascades late in the day tomorrow, gusty west winds will pick up in the 15-19 range. That should set us up for gusty westerlies on Thursday morning too.

Coming up this evening at Columbia Center for the Arts, Jon Turk speaks on deep ecology, ancient wisdoms and high adventure. You’ll hear stories and see several short films featuring lonely seas, frigid tundra and steamy jungles. The show starts at 7pm, and costs $10. And coming up Thursday night, the HD surf movie, Claiming Nelscott Reef, plays at the Hood River Middle School.

Boaters, the White Salmon is still great at 1 ¾ feet, the Klickitat’s running right around 700 cfs or so, and the Tieton is back down around 1700 cfs. We’re supposed to see rain on Friday, so the Klickitat should come up a bit then.

Have a great 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 button at the bottom of the page. For a suggested donation of $10, I’ll add you to the email version of this list ‘til May 2011, putting you in the running for cool prizes donated by the weekly sponsors.