GORGE WIND FORECAST
today’s gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! Thanks so much for giving me a day off from the Gorge wind forecast yesterday. It didn’t end up being a no-wind day – I saw a few of you out on the river – but it definitely wasn’t a strong wind day either. Our regularly scheduled summer westerlies stick around today through Friday or Saturday, and then we’ll likely see a couple of light wind days Sunday and Monday as heat builds and ridging settles inland. Once the heat breaks – and it should only last a couple days – we’ll be back to windy weather. If you haven’t yet, please take a moment to donate to the fundraiser for Bart – Bart’s Best Bet, the OG of wind forecasters. Bart lost everything in the Rowena Fire, and we’re all going to help him get back on his feet.
Tuesday started off with nearly calm wind and light gradients: 29.96/29.94/29.95 for W 0.02 (pdx-dls) and E 0.01 (dls-psc). Clear sky started the day in the metro area. Today’s wind relies on a combination of high pressure off the southern Oregon coast, an approaching cool front, and a significant cross-Cascade temperature gradient. We’ll be waiting a bit for temps to climb in the desert, but when they do, the wind will too! By late morning or early afternoon, we’ll have 18-21 form Stevenson to Mosier with 14-17 at Avery and light wind farther east. Mid-afternoon sees the wind drop to gusty 16-19 from Stevenson to Hood River with up-and-down 20-24 from Mosier to Rufus and 17-20 near Arlington. River flow over the last 24 hours was 101-191kcfs, river temp is 64.9F, and high temp forecast is 86F.
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
In the wake of that Tuesday weather system, we’re left with deep marine clouds to start Wednesday. Another approaching system is likely to impact the wind quality, but there will be plenty of wind quantity. The day starts with post-frontal wind of 20-23 from Mosier to Arlington. Between Stevenson and Hood River, the wind will depend on the location of the cloud line. Viento is likely to be over-performing; it likes a frontal passage as much as the next guy! As the clouds burn back in the late morning time frome, we’ll see 24-27 from Viento to Arlington. Stevenson lags behind due to long-lasting clouds. Afternoon wind rises to 27-30 from Lyle to Rufus. Arlington and the Viento-Mosier zone hold at 24-27. Stevenson eventually rises to up-and-down 19-22. High temp: 76F for Hood River and 80F for Arlington.
extended Gorge wind forecast
Another weak weather system on Thursday drags another round of clouds into the western Gorge. If the sounding model is correct, clouds will persist all day in Stevenson which will support strong westerlies. We start the day with 14-17 from Stevenson to Arlington. Afternoon wind builds to 27-31 from Mosier to Rufus with 23-26 at Arlington. Conditions between Viento and Hood River will depend on how much the clouds burn back and when they burn back. If this happens earlier, the wind will be stronger and steadier. If the burn-off is delayed, conditions will be gustier and more up-and-down. Models do hint at the Hatch eventually rising to the mid 20s. High temp: 73F for Hood Rive rand 78F for Arlington.
Looking at the extended forecast, we see a warm-up for Canada Day weekend. Westerlies persist in the low-mid 20s for Friday. On Saturday, we’re likely to see 17-20. Sunday currently looks like a light wind day. Monday’s probably not going to be windy – it definitely looks hot – but there’s enough uncertainty in the high temps that we can’t completely rule out wind. Temps really start to cool on Tuesday, and that sets us up for another round of westerlies. That’s all for now. Have a great day on the water today!
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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. Tuesday: NW5-10/NW5-10/N20-25, W swell 4′ at 12 seconds. Wednesday: LTW/LTW/N10-15, W 4′ @ 11. Thursday: LTW/LTW/N15, W 3′ @ 10. Jones Tuesday: 20-23. Wednesday: 12-15. Thursday: 7-10. Sauvie Island Tuesday: 15-18. Wednesday: 13-16. Thursday: 10-13.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Clear sky this morning adds high clouds later. Temps start in the mid 50s and rise to the mid 80s. Light westerlies early. Moderate later. No rainbows. Wednesday will be cloudy then partly cloudy. Temps start in the upper 50s and rise to the mid 70s. Strong westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be cloudy then partly cloudy. Temps start in the mid 50s and rise to the low 70s. Moderate westerlies early. Strong later. 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! Thanks for giving me a day off from forecasting yesterday. The extra couple hours in the morning allowed me to get a LOT done – spraying fungicide on pumpkins, going for a bike ride with a friend, doing some more work… all the stuff, including stuffing my face with strawberries and raspberries at the garden. Good gardening weather continues this week as temps stay pleasantly normal. Hotter weather returns next weekend for a few days. Know what we don’t have in the forecast in the next two weeks? Rain. While that’s good news for cherry farmers, it’s bad news for fire season. Speaking of… all that smoke in the air around here appears to be coming from Canada and/or Alaska, both of which have a horrifying amount of fires for this time of year.
TODAY’S GORGE WEATHER FORECAST AND GLENWOOD’S START TO TUESDAY
Before we dive deeper into the weather forecast, let’s take a deep dive into Glenwood. It was 43 degrees there this morning, perfect for opening all the doors and windows and capturing cool air for later, when temps rise to the mid 80s. In support of this natural cooling approach, everyone in Glenwood is sitting on the porch with doors, windows, and pant flys open. Everyone is going commando* in Glenwood this morning. It’s not just the house – you gotta cool off the junk before a hot day too! (*going commando means not wearing underwear)
The rest of us can go commando or not. I’m actually writing this forecast in my underwear and no pants, which is the opposite of going commando. Morning temps will be in the 50s. Afternoon brings mid 80s (west), 90ish (The Dalles), and 95 (watermelon-growing zones way out east). This temp difference takes us from a calm morning to a breezy afternoon: 20mph from Stevenson to Mosier and 20-25mph from Mosier to Rufus with 15-20mph to the Arlington Triangle this evening. High clouds arrive this afternoon from the west and push eastward to the desert. If we’re lucky and there’s a break in them as the sun sinks to the horizon, we’ll have a colorful sunset.
WEDNESDAY’S GORGE WEATHER FORECAST
A weak weather system is forecast on Wednesday, but it really won’t do anything at all for most of us other than increase cloud cover. That in itself will be a nice change. West of Wyeth, a bit of mist or very light drizzle is possible from sunrise to mid-morning. Clouds never completely clear west of Hood River. To the east, the day starts partly cloudy, turns clear, then adds high clouds. After a 55-60 degree starts, temps rise to the mid 70s (west), 80 (The Dalles), and 89 (watermelons). West wind will be 20-25mph to start the day and 25-30mph from Viento to Arlington in the afternoon with 15-20 (after the clouds burn back) at Stevenson. Sounds like a pleasant day. For a Boardhead. Or a Wind Johnny.
EXTENDED GORGE WEATHER FORECAST
Thursday looks rather similar to Wednesday as another weak system swings through. Temps drop about 3 degrees from Wednesday, and strong west wind repeats. Friday looks slightly warmer, but still under 80 degrees for most of us. Ridging – hotter, drier, less windy conditions – is forecast for the Saturday-Monday period. Temps rise to the mid 80s on Saturday, 90ish Sunday, and 95-100 on Monday. After that: even more uncertainty, 10-15 degrees of range in possible high temps. That range, btw, looks rather warm – 75-90 – but the range of precipitation possibilities is near zero through the 8th of July, which is when this current model run ends. Safe travels. -TATAS
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