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The Forecast
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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 | LTV | LTW | 17-20 | 12-15 | |
| Swell-Hood River | LTV | LTW | 17-20 | 12-15 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTV | LTW | 17-20 | G21-24 | |
| Rufus, etc. | LTV | LTW | 17-20 | G21-24 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTV | LTW | 17-20 | G21-24 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Here is the latest update on launch sites. All land managers are encouraging people to not travel to access recreation, and all are carefully watching to see if people maintain social distancing. If crowding happens, water access will be revoked. If you are local and lucky enough to have water access in your community, please do this: rig, play, leave. Recreate and go home. That’ll both help limit the spread of SARS-COV-2 and will increase parking availability.
Ok. Washington and Oregon State Parks in the Gorge will likely remain closed until the end of may (Rowena, Doug’s, Hatchery, Viento). Swell City is closed. The Hook is open for windsurfing and SUP. No kiting allowed from the Hook. The Spit and Marina are open. The Event Site is closed. Army Corps sites (Rufus, The Wall, Roosevelt) are closed. Mosier is only open for residents of Mosier. As best I can tell, the launches in Stevenson are still closed.
On to the wind forecast… Tuesday starts light and variable. The wind picks up to W 17-20 from Stevenson to Mosier around 2pm. It then shifts east in a gusty way as a front approaches. After 5pm, we’ll have gusty 12-15 in the west and gusty 21-24 from Avery to Rufus.
Wednesday sees another weather system come in. That’ll drop the high temp about 12 degrees. More importantly, high pressure will build in behind this system. It’ll be a little too close to shore for perfect results, but it’ll be close enough! Expect some rain in the west in the morning. Westerlies start at 5-10 from Stevenson to Hood River, gusty 15-20 from Mosier to The Dalles, and 23-26 east of The Dalles. Eastern Gorge garbage cans and tumbleweeds will arise and head east – expect 28-32 from Avery to Boardman in the afternoon.
BIG pattern change happens on Thursday as high pressure builds inland and temps start to climb. We’ll have calm wind in the morning, E 10-15 from Rooster to Viento midday, and E 5-10 everywhere else. Looks like easterlies will stick around through Sunday (along with 80 degrees). There will be periods where the easterlies will be strong enough through the whole Gorge for kiting, foiling, and possibly downwind/downcurrent paddling. Stay tuned!
Jones, Sauvie’s, and Coast forecast are on break to discourage travel.
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
The Mt. Hood weather forecast will be on vacation for the summer after today unless something significant happens up in the hills. Perhaps the USFS will reopen forests in time for spring hiking turns, and perhaps not. For now, and neither in-bounds nor out-of-bounds snowsports are available to you. Some of you will be tempted to go out backcountry skiing. Please don’t – accidents do happen, and you may put others at risk. Timberline, Skibowl, and Meadows are all closed to uphill traffic at this time.Hood River Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy sky Tuesday morning turns clear in the afternoon and cloudy overnight with drizzle after 2am. Temps will be int eh upper 40’s early and low 70’s later. Moderate westerlies in the afternoon. No rainbows. Drizzle starts the day on Wednesday. It ends by noon. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 60’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Thursday looks clear and chilly early and clear and arid later. Temps will be int eh upper 30’s early and near 70 in the afternoon. Light to moderate easterlies. No rainbows. Same through Sunday with high temps nearing 80. 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
Trails and roads on Hood River County land (Post Canyon, Pine Mont), have opened for residents of Hood River County ONLY. Staging and parking areas will remain closed – you will have to ride to the trailhead. The Sheriff will be checking ID’s; it is a class C misdemeanor with civil penalties (fines) for violating this “locals only” order. USFS lands (Syncline, 44 Road Trails) remain closed. State Parks (Columbia Hills) are closed. Kreps and SDS lands have reopened. Most DNR lands (including Buck Creek, Nestor Peak, and I believe Cold Creek) have reopened. BLM trails in Oregon (Sandy Ridge) appear to be open. Please do not travel outside your own community to access trails at this time. Please maintain social distancing and do not recreate with people from outside your household.
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