GORGE WIND FORECAST

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Keep in mind that this forecast attempts to predict what the iKite/iWind sensors will read. Think like a local! All sensors are not equal. Swell reads low. Viento/Arlington/The Wall read high compared to Swell. 30mph at Rufus (The Wall sensor) is about 23-24mph at Swell. 30mph at Swell is about 35-37mph at Rufus/Viento/Arlington. Hope that helps!

SHORT-TERM gorge wind forecast

Hi friends! Mother Nature’s dishing up a lot of moving pieces over the next week to ten days, but the westerlies will continue. I’m gonna be helping teach a retreat this weekend, but I’ll do my best to get some forecasts out while I’m there. In the meantime… here’s your Gorge wind forecast for Thursday.

Pressures this morning started at 30.04/29.97/29.91 for gradients of 0.07/0.06. Early westerlies were in the low to mid teens all the way from Stevenson out into the desert with 17-20mph from Viento to the Hatch. By mid to late morning, westerlies climb to 17-20mph all the way from Stevenson to Arlington. As a cold front clears the area, clouds are reinforced west of Mosier. This knocks the Stevenson-Hood River zone to gusty 16-19mph. As the cold front clears the area in the afternoon, westerlies will build east of Hood River, and conditions should become less gusty.

Afternoon: from Mosier (or maybe Lyle) to Rufus, westerlies build to 25-28mph. There’s potential for 27-30mph from Avery to Arlington and 24-27mph from Threemile to Boardman late afternoon. Westerlies drop to 23-26mph after 5pm east of The Dalles. River flow over the last 24 hours was 104-141kcfs, river temp is 72.1F (poor salmon), and high temp forecast are 75 for Hood River and low to mid 80s 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

On Friday, offshore high pressure slowly rebuilds and lends a helping hand. Cool morning temps knock down the early wind: we’ll have just 11-14mph, and just from Viento Hood River. You’ll want patience on Friday. Expect a slow build to 19-22mph from Stevenson to Mosier by early afternoon with 13-16mph near Rowena. Westerlies eventually build to 21-24mph from Stevenson to Avery, but not until after 2pm. Westerlies linger at 17-20mph from Stevenson to Mosier in the evening with 20-23mph from Lyle to Rufus. High temps: 77 in Hood River and low 80s in the desert.

Another system swings through on Saturday. Clouds linger west of Hood River all day. Models suggest mid-teens to start west of The Dalles with 18-21mph out in the desert at daybreak. Afternoon wind slowly climbs to 26-29mph from Lyle to Threemile. West of Lyle, the wind is likely to stay relatively light, up-and-down, and gusty all day long. High temps; 69 in Hood River and mid 70s in the desert.

Uncertainty spikes on Sunday. Models suggest some sort of west wind, but they’re far from committal on strength or timing. Uncertainty lingers Monday and Tuesday, but there’s a decent chance of 17-20mph or more somewhere in the Gorge both days.

Beyond that, we move into an active weather pattern with the possibility for rain each day into Friday. This setup is not conducive to strong or steady westerlies, but it is likely we’ll see moderate, very gusty, short-lived westerlies… enough to get you on the river somewhere for a little while if you’re super-duper in need. All right. Y’all have a great day on the river. I’m gonna keep at it with my PT routine and pool swimming. Hope to see you on the Nch’i Wana soon!

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BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST

Partly cloudy this morning and mostly clear later. Temps start in the mid 60s and rise to the mi d70s. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Friday will be partly cloudy then mostly clear. Temps start near 50 and rise to the upper 70s. Moderate westerlies becoming moderately strong. No rainbows. Saturday will be cloudy then partly cloudy. Temps start in the low 50s and rise to the upper 60s. Moderate westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows. Rainbow chances rise starting Tuesday.