GORGE WIND FORECAST
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Keep in mind that this forecast attempts to predict what the iKite/iWind sensors will read. Think like a local! All sensors are not equal. Swell reads low. Viento/Arlington/The Wall read high compared to Swell. 30mph at Rufus (The Wall sensor) is about 23-24mph at Swell. 30mph at Swell is about 35-37mph at Rufus/Viento/Arlington. Hope that helps!
SHORT-TERM gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! It’s Thursday, and not much is happening in wind sport world. In water sport world, the pool opens at noon today because they’re putting panels back on the roof. Same tomorrow. SAD! West wind returns tomorrow, but the strength has been fading as tomorrow gets closer and closer. Light westerlies Saturday give way to light easterlies on Sunday and stronger easterlies on Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Tuesday. It’s possible we’ll see another round of westerlies Wednesday as a “maybe” of a weather system might move through the region.
Thursday started with dead flat gradients: 30.06/30.06/30.06. In response, the wind was playing dead too. Easterlies pick up to 15mph for a couple hours this morning at Viento and Stevenson. Mid-afternoon sees the wind return to a calm state. Sometime in the evening, westerlies begin to build. It’s possible we’ll see 13-16mph from Stevenson to the Hatch or Hood River before dark, but it’s more likely the wind won’t arrive until the sun leaves. River flow over the last 24 hours was 62-152kcfs, river temp is 65.3F, and high temp forecast is 83F with increasing high clouds.
RIVER FLOW FOR SITES BETWEEN AVERY (EAST OF THE DALLES) AND RUFUS: CLICK HERE FOR JOHN DAY DAM FLOW.
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LONGER-TERM gorge wind forecast
Strongest westerlies are likely to happen between midnight and dawn on Friday, but there might be a short period where you can catch the strong between Viento and the Hatch. By 8am, the wind drops to gusty 19-22mph from Stevenson to Mosier, 10-13mph near Lyle, and 18-21mph from Avery to Arlington. The wind continues to fade west of The Dalles into mid-morning and may bump up again to gusty 15-20mph post-frontal, mid-afternoon.
East of The Dalles, models suggest a period of gusty 24-27mph from Rufus (or maybe Philippi Canyon) to Boardman early afternoon followed by a quick decline to 18-21mph after 2pm. Add in some rain west of Hood River until 11am or so for an additional complication. This isn’t an ideal setup, but it’s the best you’ll get for westerlies until perhaps next Wednesday, so go for it! High temps: 65 in Hood River and low 70s in the desert.
Saturday probably brings light west wind, under 10mph, perhaps under 5mph, to start the day. We’ll see a few hours of 10-15mph westerlies between Stevenson and Rufus in the morning. After noon, the wind fades to under 10mph. That said, about 40% of the euro ensemble gives us 17-20mph for at least part of the day. So it could be windy after all! High temp: 60 in Hood River.
Light easterlies are forecast on Sunday, probably not enough for wind sports. Models hint at the potential for stronger easterlies on Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Monday) and Tuesday (Tuesday). Westerlies are possible again on Wednesday if a weather system deigns to have an impact on the Gorge. That’s all I have for you now. Hope to see you on the Nch’i Wana soon!
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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.
Coast Thursday: 15-20/20/25-30, NW swell 7′ at 13 seconds and SW 2′ @ 15. Friday: 15/15/25-30, NW 7′ @ 10 and SW 2′ @ 15. Saturday: LTN/LTN/N25-30, NW 8′ @ 10 and SW 2′ @ 15. Jones Thursday: 16-19. Friday: 13-16. Saturday: LTV. Sauvie Island Thursday: 15-18. Friday: NW 16-19. Saturday: LTV.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Sunny this morning with high clouds later. Temps start in the upper 40s and rise to the low 80s. Light easterlies during the day. Light westerlies in the evening becoming windy overnight. Friday will be cloudy with a little drizzle possible midday. Temps start in the low 50s and rise to the mid 60s. Moderate westerlies. 94% chance of rainbows. Saturday will be cloudy then partly cloudy. Temps start in the low 40s and rise to 60 or so. Light westerlies. No rainbows.
BIKE TRAILS INFO
NEXT WORK PARTY: October 25th and November 8th in Post Canyon with the HRATS.
CLOSED TRAILS: Anything south of the 44 Road due to the Grasshopper Fire / Forest Closure Order: for example – Boulder Lakes, Gunsight, Gumjuwac, Lookout Mountain, 450, Fifteenmile.
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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! It’s Thursday, and today’s Gorge weather forecast is for one last day of warm, sunny weather. It’s probably the last time we’ll see 80 degrees until next summer – models drive temps down into the 60s this weekend and cap them under 75 degrees for the next couple of weeks. Know what’s not in the forecast? Significant rain. Know what is in the forecast? Our first chance of widespread frost on Sunday and Monday with a more constrained frost on Saturday.
This morning in Glenwood, it might be frosty, and it might not. It’s 36 degrees. Frost happens at 36 and below when the sky is clear and wind is calm thanks to radiational cooling. Radiational cooling is something that happens every night, and it’s different than the radiation-driven cooling that could happen if a star within 300 parsecs of the Earth went supernova. Don’t read more about that if you’re prone to anxiety. Do read more if you’d like to geek out.
Other things that might make you anxious or better yet, might make you want to take action: !CE was spotted near the Portland Airport this morning, and !CE agents from Seattle are visiting the Portland Metro Area right now. No signs of them in the Gorge this morning, but do take care of yourself and your family and friends. If you see those masked agents (it is illegal for LE to cover faces in Oregon), make a report to Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition at 888-622-1510. Action is a good response to anxiety – avoidance of anxiety triggers is the worst thing you can do!
Back to today’s weather: no sign of the sun going supernova any time soon, thankfully, but you will see plenty of sun. Afternoon weather adds some high clouds and sets us up for a colorful sunset. Temps rise to 83 in Hood River, 86 in The Dalles, and 81 in Pasco. Wind will be calm in the morning, E 10-15mph between Cascade Locks and Viento mid-morning, and W 10-15mph between Stevenson and Hood River this evening. Overnight, we’ll have strong west wind between Multnomah Falls and Mosier or Hood River as a weather system approaches. Wind will be particularly strong near Viento.
Drizzle arrives early Friday morning for areas west of Cascade Locks and then spreads inland like the plague (pneumonic, not bubonic) to Hood River mid-morning. Speaking of plagues, it’s time to get your flu and covid vaccines!
Mosier’s about as far east as the rain will go, but not the clouds: west of The Dalles, the morning will be quite cloudy. Afternoon: partly cloudy. East of The Dalles, you’ll have mostly cloudy sky all day. Rain finishes up mid-afternoon, but not before spreading a plague of rainbows across the land. Dont look at the rainbows. If you do, you’ll become queer like me! Morning temps: 45-55. Afternoon: 62 in Stevenson, 65 in Hood River, 72 in The Dalles, and 75 in Pasco. Wind will be quite strong before sunrise. West of The Dalles, the wind will be 15-20mph most of the day. East of The Dalles, there will be a short period of 25-30mph before the wind drops to 20mph mid to late afternoon. Rain totals should be under 0.25” even near Cascade Locks, where the trees are shaking their heads (crowns) at the impact of human behavior on the climate.
You’ll be shaking your head at the impact of this weather system on Gorge weather on Saturday morning; it’s gonna be chilly! The combo of long nights, light wind, and 850mb temps at 0C puts some of us at risk of frost on Saturday morning. Clouds will play a role in this. Areas west of Hood River will be too cloudy for frost. Upper Valley, Trout Lake, Husum, Glenwood, Snowden and Odell’s frost chances depend on clouds. If it’s clear in the Upper Valley, Glenwood, and Odell, frost is likely at 32-35 degrees with Glenwood in the upper 20s. Areas east of Hood River are more likely to be clear and are at higher risk: Appleton, High Prairie, top of Sevenmile and Goldendale watch out! Rest of us: 40-45 degrees. Afternoon highs will be 58 in Stevenson, 60 in Hood River, 64 in The Dalles, and 60 in Pasco. A few clouds stick around all day. Wind will be under 10mph out of the west in the morning, 15mph from Stevenson to Rufus midday, and under 10mph in the afternoon.
Clear sky, light east wind, and 850mb temps at 0C set us up for widespread frost above 500′-1000′ on Sunday morning west of The Dalles. To the east and south of The Dalles, mid-level clouds may provide some protection. Rest of Sunday: 61-64 degrees and light east wind. On Monday, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we’ll see another chance of frost. Rest of the day: sunny with east wind. Ditto on Tuesday. About 50% of the models call for another weather system and another trace of rain on Wednesday along with another round of west wind. Beyond that: too much uncertainty to make predictions other than this – there isn’t much sign of significant rain in the next two weeks. As for supernovas… no real way to predict those, so don’t worry about it. Safe travels. -TATAS
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