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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | closed | beach | clothed | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 10-15 | 10-15 | 10-15 | 10-15 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 10-15 | 15-18 | 11-14 | 11-14 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-15 | 15-18 | 11-14 | 11-14 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-15 | 15-18 | 11-14 | 8-11 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 10-15 | 15-18 | 11-14 | 8-11 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
First, a public service announcement. All Oregon (Viento, Rowena) and Washington (Doug’s, Hatchery) State Parks are closed at this time. All Port of Hood River waterfront access is closed at this time, although the walking path is open. The Army Corps has closed all parks (The Wall, Rufus, Roosevelt). They have also closed boat ramps. Swell City is closed. It’s best not to go – especially if you don’t live in the Gorge. Please follow legal guidance to stay home, save lives.. If you’re local and getting on the water somehow, follow Maui rules: rig quickly, get in the water, and leave as soon as you are done. No hanging out. Maintain at least six feet space on land and on the water. Do not place yourself directly upwind or downwind of anyone. Don’t go harder than 50%, and keep your focus at 100%. This is not the time to get injured.
Weather systems moving through over the next few days will keep the westerlies going, but they’ll be gusty. A consequence of the gustiness is that the westerlies will spread through the valleys as well as being along the river. For Sunday, we start with 10-15 most places. Viento is the exception with 20-25. By afternoon, it appears the wind will back down to 8-11, but it’ll possible we’ll see 11-14. That’ll be everywhere. River flow is 147kcfs and temp is 50 degrees.
Monday starts with W 5-10 in the west and light westerlies east of The Dalles. Afternoon wind: 10-13 int eh west, gusty 20-23 from Mosier to Maryhill, and 10-13 east of there. Tuesday starts with gusty 17-20 through the whole Gorge. A strong weather system moves closer in the afternoon. That pushes the wind to gusty 20-23 in the west and gusty 24-28 from Rowena to Threemile. Expect steady rain and light wind everywhere on Wednesday.
Jones, Sauvie’s, and Coast forecast are on break to discourage travel.
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
All the mountains are closed, the forest is closed, and neither in-bounds nor out-of-bounds snowsports are available at this time. Some of you will be tempted to go out backcountry skiing. Take a look at this sobering article about a recent BC rescue and consider carefully if you want to put others at risk. Remember, Timberline, Skibowl, and Meadows are all closed to uphill traffic at this time. This is to comply with Kate Brown’s executive orders. It’s the law, folks. Obey it!
Mountain weather will be mostly dry through Tuesday. Rain moves in Wednesday, and some snow falls Wednesday night. Sunday will be mostly clear with a chance of a few scraggly thunderheads in the afternoon. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 6000′ int eh morning and 7000′ from midday onward. Wind: light NE early, light and variable in the afternoon, and SW 5-10 overnight.
Monday looks sunny. The FAF will be 7000′ in the morning and 8000′ from midday on. Wind: SW 5-10 in the morning, SW 15-20 from mid-afternoon on through the night. Tuesday: sunny becoming cloudy after midnight. FAF: 8000′ all day. 7500′ after midnight. Wind: SW 15-20 in the morning, W 20 in the afternoon and evening.
Up to 1.0” rain falls on the slopes Wednesday with the snow level around 7500′. About 0.2” WV falls as snow overnight, for a couple inches above 5000′. wind Wednesday will be W 20-30 during the day and NW 30-35 in the evening and overnight. After that, we’re back to intermittent cloudiness with light drizzle possible at widely spaced intervals.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy or mostly clear sky sticks around Sunday with a wee chance of a thunderhead and downpour this afternoon. Temps will be near 50 early and a few degrees shy of 70 this afternoon. Light west wind. 1% chance of rainbows. Monday looks partly cloudy then sunny. Temps will be near 40 early and in the low 70s’ later. Light westerlies build to moderate. No rainbows. Tuesday looks partly cloudy. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and mid 60’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday looks quite wet with light wind. Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.Cycling
ALL trails in the Gorge are closed. Hood River County (Post Canyon, Pinemont, HRC forest roads), SDS (Underwood, Whoopdee), and Kreps (Hospital Hill) lands are closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus by incoming hoards of visitors. DNR land (Nestor) is closed per the DNR website and a little tiny sign at the bottom of the Nestor trail. USFS (44 Road trails, Syncline) are closed. State Parks (Columbia Hills, Twin Tunnels) are closed. There were two considerations: protecting medical professionals, and keeping crowds away when the weather is nice. Google Sun Valley’s Covid-19 rate if your are curious what crowds of recreation visitors can do to spread coronavirus.
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