Category: Forecast

Good morning!

This week’s forecast is brought to you by the Sandbar Café, located at the east end of the Event Site, and open daily during the summer from 11am to 7pm. No longer do you have to lose your parking spot to go find food. You don’t have to head downtown in your wetsuit or dripping boardshorts. All you have to do is wander to the east end of the Event Site, right by all the schools, and order up some delicious food. If you head over on Wednesday and Thursday, Crazy Pete will cook your food for you! Sandbar Café has donated 5 fish taco and Tall Boy combos for this week’s giveaway. Score!

It’s going to be a hot and sunny day in both the Gorge and in Portland today, and that’s going to give us east winds today at Stevenson and Rooster Rock. Head to the western Gorge for 15-18 at best this morning. Come afternoon, those winds will back off. If you want to get on the water, get it today, because tomorrow doesn’t look very windy at all and neither does Monday. You’ve probably heard already, but the CGKA blowout from Stevenson to Hood River is postponed until further notice.

If it’s still windy in Stevenson this afternoon, there’s a Goya board and sail demo from 2 to 5 at Bob’s Beach. Coming up tonight, Windance hosts a windsurfer party, starting at 6pm, with food, drinks and Francisco Goya. If you’re still hungry after that, it’s Volcanic Bottle Shop’s grand opening – 1410 12th Street – with more free food. Also tonight, Hood River Community Education is showing the movie “Night at the Museum” at Jackson Park starting at dusk.

If you really want to get on the water this weekend, think about a coast trip for northerlies in the 25—30 knot range today from Astoria south and the 20-25 knot range tomorrow with a 7 foot swell at 8 seconds.

With the very light wind, today is a great day to head to the river for some standup paddling, wakeboarding, waterskiing, or kayak rolling practice. If you happen to be up early, head down to the Hood River Inn to cheer on the crazy Race Across Oregon riders. There are actually solo riders doing this 522 mile race. They finish in around 32 hours. That is insane.

Boaters, the White Salmon’s just above 2 ¼ feet and the Klickitat’s at 1110 cfs. With the heat, consider going rafting. I went yesterday with John from Wet Planet, and it was super fun!

That’s it for today. Whatever you do today, have an awesome day!

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. This week it’s fish tacos and tall boys for 5 people, donated by the Sandbar Cafe. Thank you for using this report, and thank you for your support!

Good morning!

This week’s forecast is brought to you by the Sandbar Café, located at the east end of the Event Site, and open daily during the summer from 11am to 7pm. Back in the day, if you didn’t have food at the Event Site, you starved. Now you don’t have to. Instead of begging for food from Canadian RV-driving windsurfers, you can wander over to the Sandbar Café for fish tacos, burgers, wraps and, yes, beer: $2.50 tall boys. Coming up tonight at 6pm at the Sandbar, Daphne Willis rocks you with her amazing voice. Go check it out!

At 5am this morning the wind was blowing in the 15-18 range near Hood River. If you want to hit the water, go early, as the wind will fade early today. High pressure builds across the Cascades, giving us nearly calm conditions this evening. If you’re near the Event Site this evening, Daphne Willis plays at the Sandbar Café. I’ve heard she has an amazing voice, and since the show starts at 6pm, it’s probably worth swinging by to check it out.

After the light westerlies today, high pressure builds over the coast and an upper level low sets up near California for east winds in the 16-20 range at Stevenson, Home Valley and Rooster Rock tomorrow. Due to the east winds this weekend, the CGKA kiteboarding blowout is postponed until further notice. As of right now, Sunday looks like a very light day, with minimal easterlies in the morning and minimal westerlies in the evening.

Coming up tomorrow, there’s a free Goya demo day sponsored by Windance. Given the east wind forecast, that will probably happen at Stevenson, but check with Windance to make sure, as I was unable to get confirmation of that from the shop yesterday. After you get off the water tomorrow, head to Windance for the shop’s annual windsurfer party, starting at 6pm, with an appearance by Francisco Goya.

If you’re desperate to sail or kite, head somewhere between the north coast and Florence for 20-25+ knots with a 6 foot short-period swell today and tomorrow. Sunday looks lighter at the coast.

Switching gears, if you have a tandem bike, there’s a tandem-only ride leaving 10-speed coffee in Hood River at 5:30 tonight. And speaking of biking, the Race Across Oregon, a 522 mile race with some mindblowing solo riders, starts tomorrow from the Hood River Inn, with start times between 5am and 9am.

Mountain bikers, today is your last day to get in comments for the revised Coyote Wall / Catherine Creek management plan. Do not forget. You can contact Kay Kucera for the proposed text of the email.

Boaters, the White Salmon’s at 2.3 feet and the Klickitat’s at 1140 cfs.

That’s it for today. Whatever you do today, have an awesome day!

Temira

p.s. If you find this report useful, entertaining, or just happen 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. This week it’s fish tacos and tall boys for 5 people, donated by the Sandbar Cafe. Thank you for using this report, and thank you for your support!