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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | blue | sky | tan | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-8 | 5-8 | 11-14 | 15-18? | |
| Swell-Hood River | 5-8 | 5-8 | 11-14 | 15-18? | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTW | LTW | LTW | LTW | |
| Rufus, etc. | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Today’s Westerlies drop off on Sunday, but they won’t stay light for long. Stronger wind returns on Monday and sticks around for at least a few days. On Sunday, clear sky in Portland and matching afternoon temp predictions for the Gorge and Portland point towards a lighter day. Early gradients were .04 and .01, and there was a 1030mb high offshore. The GFS likes zero wind today, but the ECMWF and gut instinct point towards building westerlies. Let’s call it 11-14 from Stevenson to Moiser midday and 15-18 this afternoon. River flow is 98kcfs (not much at all) and temp is 69 degrees.
Pressures drop in the desert on Monday and combine with offshore high pressure for a stronger day. Dawn patrol wind looks like 18-21 from Viento to Mosier with 8-11 near Stevenson and Rowena. The wind builds to 22-25 by late morning from Stevenson to Moiser, filling in to Doug’s in the afternoon. It’s probably that the wind will drop off near Swell in the afternoon as well.
Low pressure moves towards Vancouver Island on Tuesday, introducing a little extra oomph and a little more gustiness into our wind. Morning westerlies will be gusty 22-25 from Viento to Moiser with 12-15 from Rowena to Roosevelt and also at Stevenson. The wind will build to 24-27 by early afternoon from Stevenson to Roosevelt. Models have been all over the place with Wednesday’s wind: yesterday it was 13-16. Today’s it’s 20-23. Not enough agreement is present beyond Wednesday to say anything other than … continued gusty westerlies.
COAST, JONES, SAUVIE’S: Coast (north/central/south, wind N unless otherwise specified). Sunday: 15-20/15-20/30-35+, W swell 3′ at 9 seconds. Monday: 15-20/15-20/25-30, NW 5′ @ 7. Tuesday: 5-10/5-10/25-30, NW 3′ @ 8. Jones Sunday; 22-25. Monday: 22-25. Tuesday: 12-15. Sauvie’s Sunday: 12-15. Monday: 12-15. Tuesday: nope.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast: on vacation unless needed!
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Hood River Weather Forecast
Clear sky Sunday stays that way. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early (open windows) and upper 80’s later (close windows). Light westerlies. No rainbows. Monday will be sunny. Temps will be near 60 early and in the mid 80’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Tuesday may have a few little clouds in the morning, but it will end up clear. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and low 80’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Red Hill Road is currently closed to cars due to logging. Folks have ridden it on bikes on the weekend, but ride at your own risk. Riorden Hill Road will close from pavement end to Family Man from August 1st to August 22nd. Industrial Fire Level is now Level II. Moto is allowed in Post Canyon still and on improved roads (rocked, no vegetation) in forests, but all other trails are closed to motorized use at this time.
All local trails are snow-free. The only unconfirmed trail I have right now is Huffman Peak. Apparently Boulder Lakes is quite overgrown. Mt. Margaret still has snow. Whoopdee is closed for logging, but Ronnoc trail and the climb out are open. Red Hill Road is supposedly closed for logging. Ride at your own risk. If you’re riding Underwood, please do not park at the trailhead as per request by SDS. Continue past the trailhead 0.5 miles or so to the new parking area. The cows are off Hospital Hill!
Upcoming Events
Community events today include sailboat races in Cascade Locks. If you want to ride on a sailboat, you can join the Gorge Junior Sailing Team at the Hood River Marina at 6 tomorrow night. Back to today, there’s $5 yoga at Samadhi in White Salmon at 9, and free art classes for kids at Columbia Art Gallery at 1. The wee hours of tomorrow morning and Tuesday morning are the peak of the Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower.
There are trail work parties next week in the Gifford Pinchot from Thursday through Sunday to prepare for the Trans-Cascadia Mountain Bike race. Saturday at 10’s the grand opening of the new section of bike trail by Shellrock Mountain along with a bike ride leaving Cascade Locks at 9.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira