GORGE WIND FORECAST
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SHORT-TERM gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! Hopefully you’re surviving the heat! West wind returns today and gives many of you a shot at a river-fed cooldown. Stronger wind arrives Thursday with Not The Cooldown You Were Looking For, but still a good-enough cooldown for a solid day (caveat: thunderstorms). Active weather (thanks to the remnants of a tropical storm offshore) keeps westerlies going through the weekend and then a different setup keeps the westerlies going into the first couple of days next week.
Wednesday started off dead calm with flat gradients: 29.88/29.88/29.88. Westerlies pick up this afternoon ahead of a weather impulse associated with that offshore low. Unfortunately, this impulse is likely to trigger thunderstorms, and that will impact wind quality, quantity, and safety! Not much happens this morning – the wind remains calm. By early afternoon, we’ll have 11-14mph from Stevenson to Hood River. After that, thunderstorm possibilities spike, but so does the chance of wind!
If we’re lucky, we’ll have periods of gusty 20-23mph between Stevenson and Doug’s prior to 5pm. After that, it’s possible we’ll see gusty 22-26mph from Stevenson to Rufus, but it’s also possible that instability will shut things down. Looking at the ensembles, we see massive range in the possibilities. Fingers crossed! River flow over the last 24 hours was 105-173kcfs, river temp is 70.5F (poor salmon!), and high temp forecast for Hood River is 100F. If you hear thunder or see lightning, get off the water!
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
LONGER-TERM gorge wind forecast
We have some model disagreement on Thursday – the GFS wants a blasting day in the desert, and the Euro is less excited. The GFS tends to be overly enthusiastic on this particular setup, so I’ll hedge a bit. We start the day with some low clouds to the west, instability, and wind. Dawn Patrol brings 23-26mph from Stevenson to Arlington. Caveat: if the atmosphere is really unstable, we won’t have that wind. Models suggest gusty 24-28mph between Stevenson and Mosier pretty much all day. Afternoon wind builds to gusty 26-29mph from Lyle to Arlington with a little less at Threemile. After 2pm, atmospheric instability decreases, the cross-Cascade temp gradient skyrockets, and the wind has the potential to steady out and increase. 28-31mph is possible from Lyle to Arlington. The wind should linger into the evening. High temps: 86F in Hood River and 100F out near Pasco.
The pesky offshore low lingers on Friday, but we’ll still have solid westerlies: 17-20mph starts the day from Viento to Hood River with 13-16mph east to Arlington. Peak wind near Hood River will be 21-24mph in the morning followed by a drop to gusty 19=22mph. Stronger wind will be found between Mosier and Rufus in the afternoon – 25-28mph there with 20-23mph at Arlington. High temp: 89 in Hood River and 100 in Pasco.
Low clouds surge into the western Gorge on Saturday morning, and the pesky low moves inland in the afternoon. This is a decent setup for strong westerlies. Ensembles agree: all members give us a strong day. Given the depth of low clouds, the Hatch may be questionable. If so, head east for 28-32mph. On Sunday, models give us a light start followed by 20-25mph westerlies, probably focused east of Hood River. Similar wind continues Monday and Tuesday. After that, the range of possibilities increases, but some sort of west wind is likely to continue. Let’s stop there for now, shall we? Hopefully you can get out there and cool off this afternoon. 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 Wednesday: SW15/variable to 10/S15, NW swell 4′ at 8 seconds and SW 2′ @ 15. Thursday: SW10/LTS/LTS, NW 4′ @ 9 and SW 3′ @ 9. Friday: LTSW/LTSW/S10, NW 4′ @ 9 and SW 2′ @ 11. Jones Wednesday: Gusty 18-22. Thursday: 11-14. Friday: 19-22. Sauvie Island Wednesday: 16-19. Thursday: 11-14. Friday: 10-13. If you hear thunder or see lightning, get off the water!
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy today with a chance of thunder this afternoon. Temps start in the mid 60s and rise to nearly 100 (cloud cover permitting). Muggy. Calm wind early. Moderately strong westerlies later. 1% chance of rainbows. Thursday will be partly cloudy in the morning with a chance of thunder through midday. Sunny later. Muggy. Temps start in the mid 60s and rise to the mi d80s. Strong westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows. Friday starts partly cloudy and finishes mostly clear. Temps start in the low 60s and rise to the upper 80s. Moderate 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! We had a crazy mid-summer !CE storm in The Dalles yesterday. Hopefully that sort of weather doesn’t repeat any time soon! For today, we’re expecting a different kind of nasty weather: really hot and really muggy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. At least the wind will return for many of us and make it feel slightly cooler… Cooler, muggy-AF, windy weather arrives Thursday. Humidity leaves on Friday, but temps rise a bit. Things start to cool off on Saturday – temps linger right around “normal” through the middle of next week. Unless we pick up some rain in the thunderstorms, we’re likely to remain dry for the next couple of weeks.
Glenwood this morning
I woke up super-duper early this morning for no particular reason. When I woke up, it was 55 degrees in Glenwood. 55 degrees is close to the amount of directional wind shear you need to initiate thunderstorms. Just trust me on that, okay? Elsewhere in the Gorge, it was a hot start to the day: most peeps were 65+, and some locations were ridiculously warm: Middle Mountain and Wishram woke up to 74 degrees, Rowena 80 degrees (but that reads high, I think), and 70+ lots of other places.
Our friends around the world this morning
It was much hotter for many of our international friends as I was writing this forecast:
Bandar-e Mahshahr, Iran: 115, sunny, 13% humidity
Havana, Cuba: 79, sunny, 86% humidity
Muscat, Oman: 93, partly cloudy, 69% humidity
Caracas, Venezuela: 69, cloudy, 82% humidity
Nuuk, Greenland: 45, cloudy, 91% humidity
Gaza City: 92, sunny, 54% humidity
Ottawa, Canada: 61, cloudy, 88% humidity
Today’s Gorge weather forecast
Today’s high temp forecast for the Gorge depends on cloud cover, but here’s the forecast: 99 in Stevenson, 100 in Hood River, 105 in The Dalles, and 103 in Pasco. HOT!!! If it’s not muggy enough for you this morning (dewpoint 55ish), this afternoon should work out better: the dewpoint (mugginess) climbs to 60+ degrees. Mother Nature shows some mercy – westerlies eventually build to 20mph or so between Stevenson and Celilo Village with lighter wind to the east. It won’t feel cool, but it will feel slightly less oppressive with the wind. We also have a chance of thunder this afternoon west of The Dalles. Individual storms will be short-lived, but they could drop a lot of rain thanks to copious available moisture. It’s also worth noting that Storm Prediction Center has the Cascades under a Level 1 risk for severe storms today, with the risk being strong outflow winds, but copious lighting is also possible. NOT what we need with all the fires burning!
Thursday’s Gorge weather forecast
Thunderstorm risk continues into Thursday with peak risk late morning to early afternoon as a weather system agitates the atmosphere. Morning temps will be 65+ and muggy AF with low clouds west of Hood River and clear sky to the east. Clouds increase midday as thunderheads build. Afternoon temps: 84 in Stevenson, 86 in Hood River (RELIEF!!!), 92 in The Dalles, and 100 in Pasco. Let’s have zero new fire starts, please. West wind starts at 25mph between Stevenson and Arlington and builds to 25-30 with higher gusts.
Friday’s Gorge weather forecast
Things stabilize on Friday. Low clouds will be present early west of Wyeth with sun to the east. Morning temps: 55-65 degrees. Afternoon: 85/89/95/100. West wind will be 15-20mph between Viento and Hood River early with 10-15mph east to Arlington. Afternoon: 20mph between Stevenson and Hood River and 25-30mph between Mosier and Rufus with 20-25mph near the Arlington Triangle.
Extended Gorge weather forecast
Cooler conditions are forecast for the west side on Saturday (high: 80ish) while heat remains in The Dalles (high:95ish). West wind continues. Sunday looks cooler with highs in the 80-90 range and continued moderately strong west wind. Similar weather persists until Tuesday, after which models hint at bit of a warming trend. And so summer goes… safe travels. -TATAS
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