GORGE WIND FORECAST
today’s gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! After a massive day yesterday, we’ll have a streak of lesser but still windy days. As of this morning, it looks like we’ll have low to mid 20s Thursday through Saturday, slightly less Sunday and Monday (although uncertainty is much higher), and potentially stronger wind starting Tuesday and continuing next week. Before I dive into the forecast today, I have a couple things to talk about…
First, I’d like to offer condolences to the friends and family of Canadian Mike from Murdoch who died windsurfing at The Wall yesterday (I share this information as it was posted publicly by his friends on Facebook- sometimes it’s best to keep the rumor mill from spinning). To those of you who knew him and are waking up with a heavy heart this morning, I send you a hug and well wishes and hopes that your future sessions on the river will be carry some memory of his stoke. To the rest of you, please keep these folks in your hearts today and going forward. Live every day with Mike’s stoke about big days at The Wall.
Next, to those of you who were at the Event Site yesterday: if you happened to see someone take a tan mini (25lb) Golden Doodle from beside a red van, please reach out. We believe this dog was stolen. There is a $2000 reward for the return of this pup. You can call four four zero, two two one, one six five three with information. Next, there is a CGW2 swap meet Saturday at Lot 1 on the Hood River Waterfront. Finally, if you are visiting town and someone asks you to move your vehicle to comply with requests by local landowners and agencies, please do so immediately without giving reasons why you shouldn’t – locals on the DW crew have had lots of problems in the last week with folks refusing to support our efforts to retain access and avoid conflict at various locations. We appreciate your help in helping us! If you want to get more information about downwinding in the Gorge, you can visit my in-progress Gorge Downwinding Guide.
Okay, on to the forecast.
Thursday kicked off with pressures of 30.05/29.95/29.90 for gradients of 0.10 and 0.05. Portland was partly cloudy, and there were “clouds in the hole” west of Hood River. There’s even a little fluffy cloud in front of my place in line with the White Salmon bridge. The metro area is forecast to clear today, but we’ve got a nice start: 18-21 from Stevenson to Swell and 14-17 east to Arlington. No need to drive far today if you’re already near Hood River – the focus will be on the Corridor and Near East. Expect a quick build to 21-24 from Stevenson to Mosier with 18-21 in Hood River and 17-20 from Lyle to Doug’s. When the metro area clouds burn off this afternoon, Stevenson to Hood River drops to gusty 18-21, Mosier to Avery rises to 22-25, and Rufus rises to 17-20. East of there: low teens. River flow over the last 24 hours was 111-230kcfs, river temp is 66.6F (that seems problematic!), and high temp forecast is 80F for Hood River.
RIVER FLOW FOR SITES BETWEEN AVERY (EAST OF THE DALLES) AND RUFUS: CLICK HERE FOR JOHN DAY DAM FLOW.
RIVER FLOW FOR SITES BETWEEN STEVENSON AND DOUG’S BEACH (WEST OF THE DALLES): CLICK HERE FOR THE DALLES DAM FLOW
tomorrow’s gorge wind forecast
Lesser thermal support is in the picture on Friday as a weak system moves inland – you’ll see the evidence as high clouds start the day. Even so, it’ll still be windy. Expect 20-23 from Viento to Hood River to start with 17-20 at Stevenson and 5-10 east of Hood River. Midday wind falls to gusty 18-21 from Stevenson to Mosier and rises to 13-16 from Lyle to Doug’s. Afternoon: gusty 18-21 from Stevenson to Hood River, 22-25 from Mosier to Avery, and 17-20 at Rufus. East of there: not much. High temp forecast is 82F for Hood River with high clouds in the morning and little fluffy clouds later.
extended Gorge wind forecast
A warming trend kicks in on Saturday, but offshore high pressure lends a hand and offsets the increasing temps. We’ll see 20-23 from Viento to Mosier in the morning and 20-23 from Stevenson to Avery in the afternoon. Uncertainty increases on Sunday into Monday and Tuesday as the range of possible high temps increases to 10 degrees. This creates all sorts of range in the wind forecast as well; for now, let’s call it 18-21 Sunday and Monday near Hood River with light wind out east. We’ll refine that as we get closer. The cooldown arrives Tuesday or Wednesday. Models currently indicate it’ll be The Cooldown You Were Looking For. Strong wind is likely at the tail end of this heat wave. Okay. That’s enough for now. Take care out there today. I’ll see you on the Nch’i Wana. Oh, and hey, if this forecast is helpful, please take a moment to kick down some cash – it takes me about 90 minutes each day to put this together to support your fun! Thank you for your support!
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JONES BEACH, SAUVIE ISLAND, & COAST FORECAST
Wind northerly unless otherwise indicated. For coast, it’s North/Central/South with the “central” at approximately Florence. Swell forecast from NWS for central coast. Jones: westerly unless otherwise stated. Sauvie Island: northerly unless otherwise stated. Thursday: 20/20/25, W swell 2′ at 8 seconds. Friday: NW10-15/NW10/N20-25, N 2′ @ 4. Saturday: 20/20-25/25-30, NW 3′ @ 11. Jones Thursday: 19-22. Friday: 20-23. Saturday: 18-21. Sauvie Island Thursday: 16-19 > 5pm. Friday: 16-19. Saturday: 11-14+.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Clear sky all day. Temps start in the upper 50s and rise to 80. Moderate to moderately strong westerlies. No rainbows. Friday will be high overcast early and mostly clear later. Temps start in the upper 50s and rise to the mid 70s. Moderate to moderately strong westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday will be partly cloudy then clear. Temps start in the mid 50s and rise to the low 80s. Moderate to moderately strong westerlies. No rainbows.
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HYPERLOCAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE COLUMBIA GORGE
THE DALLES, HOOD RIVER, WHITE SALMON, TROUT LAKE, STEVENSON, CASCADE LOCKS, PARKDALE, ODELL, HUSUM, BZ, MILL A, WILLARD, GOLDENDALE, RUFUS, ARLINGTON, boardman
Good morning, neighbors! I typed like a million bazillion words in the Boardhead wind forecast this morning, so I’m going to try and keep the word count down here. For once. (I tried – I didn’t succeed) Generally speaking, temps will be near-normal through Saturday, and then they’ll build through the weekend. And then we’ll have a super-windy cooldown early next week, when fire danger will once again skyrocket.
Speaking of fires, we had no starts in the Central Gorge yesterday. Good work. There was a re-ignition of a fire west of Arlington on the river side of I-84 yesterday, and a fire started out near Hermiston and quickly built to 1000 acres. The town of Arlington Level 1 was dropped last night. For info on the Hermiston fire, check WatchDuty.
glenwood this morning and today’s gorge weather forecast
On to the most important part of this forecast: Glenwood. 45 degrees there this morning, a good day to sip an extra-hot cup of black coffee on the porch with a cat in your lap. Temps across the region rise to 80 (west), 85 (The Dalles) and 89 (watermelon zones out east). West wind builds to 20-25mph between Stevenson and Avery this afternoon with 15-20mph at Rufus. We can’t 100% rule out a thunderstorm or two overnight as a trough moves inland and slightly destabilizes things, but the chances are as minimal as the chances of me getting laid tonight (I have better things to do with my time like bury pumpkin vines and prepare for tomorrow’s pollination, aka “pumpkin sex”).
independence day gorge weather forecast
On to Independence Day… Fireworks are banned many places, and lighting fireworks is just a dumb idea when things are this dry and the weather is this windy. The day starts in the upper 50s along the river. Temps rise to the 82-86 degree range in the lowlands. Westerlies will be 20-25mph between Viento and Hood River in the morning and 20-25mph between Stevenson and Avery in the afternoon with 15-20mph at Rufus. Want fireworks? Go watch them in Hood River!
extended gorge weather forecast
Saturday looks a few degrees warmer than Friday, and there won’t be a public fireworks show, but everything else looks the same: sunshine, 20-25mph wind, lots of tourists… Temps warm about 5 degrees each day Sunday into Tuesday – The Dalles could potentially hit triple digits Tuesday, but it might not. There’s almost ten degrees of spread in the possible high temps for Tuesday. After that: cooler and windy for a while. No rain is forecast in the next couple of weeks. Apparently Ma Nature is happy with the behavior of the cherry growers. Cross your fingers for a good cherry market for them. And then cross your fingers for a bunch of rain once all those cherries are off the trees. Safe travels. -TATAS
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