GORGE WIND FORECAST
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SHORT-TERM gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! We’re about to tip into a period of strong westerlies. We’re already cool, so it’s not “The Cooldown You Were Looking For”, but it’s definitely the Classic Gorge Setup starting Sunday. Strong offshore high pressure combines with low pressure inland and long-lasting marine clouds on the west side for day after day of near-nuking conditions.
It’s Saturday, and a few lingering moving parts will make today less-than-ideal, but still plenty windy. A low will drop south right along the coast and 1) interfere with our offshore high pressure connection and 2) trigger instability inland, especially west of The Dalles. Early gradients were 29.93/29.84/29.76 for pressures of 0.09/0.08, foreshadowing a near east and eastern Gorge day. Dawn Patrol wind was generally 12-15mph west of The Dalles and 23-26mph between Avery and Threemile. Areas east of Mosier are likely to be steadiest/strongest today. Stevenson may hang in the gusty 17-20mph range prior to rain this afternoon. Viento: similar. Hatch: probably less.
East of Mosier, westerlies build as the desert heats. By late morning, we’ll have 25-28mph from Avery to Arlington with 22-25mph at Threemile. Afternoon: gusty 28-31mph from Lyle to Arlington with gusty 22-25mph east of Arlington to Boardman. River flow over the last 24 hours was 133-178kcfs, river temp is 66.4F, and high temp forecast is 64F for Hood River and 76F in the desert.
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
All the piece fall into place on Sunday for a big west wind day: that previously mentioned coastal low leaves, a different low pressure drops into Idaho, and we’re left with a clean relationship with offshore high pressure. Marine clouds stick around on the west side all day. Early wind will be low teens at cloudy Stevenson, 18-21mph from Viento to the Hatch, 25-28mph from Mosier to Rufus, and 20-23mph east of Rufus to Boardman. From Lyle eastward, the wind just keeps building. Eventual peak: 32-26mph from Lyle to Arlington with 28-31mph east of Arlington to Boardman. Models disagree on whether marine clouds will burn back west of the Hatch; if they do, we’ll see gusty 22-26mph in the afternoon and evening from Stevenson to Hood River. High temps: 67F in Hood River and 80F in the desert.
Repeat the strong westerlies on Monday, but shift the location a bit. Dawn Patrol: 22-25mph from Viento to Boardman. By late morning, we’ll have 26-29mph from Viento to Rufus (Stevenson: cloudy with less) and 22-25mph from Arlington to Boardman. Afternoon wind rises to 22-25mph at Stevenson, 28-32mph from Viento to Rufus, 25-28mph at Arlington, and 20-23mph in the far east. All areas between Stevenson and Arlington fill in at 28-32mph in the afternoon. Remembering that the Swell sensor reads low (and this forecast predicts sensor readings), we have the potential for a true nuker in the Corridor (Viento to Hood River). High temps: 67F in Hood River and 78F in the desert.
Tuesday: Just as windy as Monday, and just as widespread. Wednesday – a weak system of some sort offshore dampens the Gorge’s enthusiasm, but we should still see mid to upper 20s. Moving parts continue to stymie the strongest possibilities on Thursday and Friday, but westerlies of some sort will persist. Looks like an awesome week, eh? 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 Saturday: W10-15/W10-15/N15-20, W swell 7′ at 9 seconds and SW 2′ @ 17. Sunday: LTNW/LTNW/N25-30, NW 7′ @ 9. Monday: NW10/NW10/N30, NW 7′ @ 9. Jones Saturday: LTW. Sunday: 10-13. Monday: 7-10. Sauvie Island Saturday: LTV. Sunday: NW10-15. Monday N7-10.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Clouds today with showers possible this afternoon. Temps start in the mid 50s and rise tot he mid 60s. Moderate westerlies. 18% chance of rainbows. Sunday will be mostly cloudy. Temps start in the upper 40s and rise to SIX SEVEN degrees. Moderate to moderately strong westerlies. 3% chance of rainbows. Monday will be mostly cloudy in the morning and partly cloudy later. Temps start near 50 and rise to SIX SEVEN degrees. Moderately strong westerlies early. Very strong later. 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! Cool, windy weather is on tap for the next five days or so. Let’s practice fire safety – several thousand acres burned out near Roosevelt yesterday, and conditions are only going to get windier over the next few days. Our only real chance of rain is today, when atmospheric instability could fire off some showers (or downpours!) west of The Dalles and perhaps in South Wasco County. Road conditions this morning: no !CE so far…
In Glenwood (WA, not CO) this morning, it’s 51 degrees and cloudy. Here in Hood River, it’s 54 degrees, and I’m pretty sure that the bag of “coffee” I found in my fridge when I ran out of my regular is decaf, which isn’t really coffee, hence the scare quotes above. People in Glenwood are drinking REAL coffee with raw milk from the cows next door. Elsewhere in the world, here’s the weather:
Tehran, Iran: 97, sunny, 12% humidity
Havana, Cuba: 83, sunny, 80% humidity
Muscat, Oman: 92, sunny, 74% humidity
Caracas, Venezuela: 70, cloudy, chance of rain, 87% humidity
Nuuk, Greenland: 39, partly cloudy, 89% humidity
Gaza City: 85, sunny, 63% humidity
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: 65F, sunny, 67% humidity
Here in the Gorge, a cool, breezy day is on tap. Clouds stick around most of the day, most places, even out in the desert, where a few mid and high level clouds linger. Thanks to cool air aloft and associated surface instability, showers could pop up in the afternoon. West of Hood River, intermittent heavy downpours are possible. Be prepared for this if you’re driving on 84/14 this afternoon. Temps rises to 64F in Hood River, 70F in The Dalles, and 76F in the desert. Wind will be 10-15mph west of Lyle and 25-35mph between Lyle and the Arlington equilateral triangle, aka “The Bush Of The Desert”.
Low clouds push to Hood River and beyond by Sunday morning, clear sky lingers near The Dalles, and mid and high clouds hang in the desert. Temps will be right around 50F to start the day. Looking at the Big Picture, we see (alongside the erosion of rights and protections), the PERFECT setup for blasting west wind. Westerlies start at 15-25mph all the way from Viento to Boardman. They rises to 20-30mph west of Lyle and 30-40mph from Lyle to Arlington’s Triangle. Highs: SIX-SEVEN in Hood River, 72F in The Dalles, and 80F in the desert.
Monday looks very similar to Sunday. Tuesday looks quite similar to Monday. Wednesday also looks similar, but less windy. For that three day stretch, the west-side low clouds will be deep enough, thick enough, wet enough, to drop a few sprinkles or a little drizzle west of Wyeth. Starting Thursday, temps climb, but it’s unclear how warm they will get. I’m voting for “no warmer than 80” for the rest of the summer, but nobody listens to me. Hmph. Safe travels. -TATAS
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