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Tuesday Gorge wind forecast & Gorge weather: hot today. west wind returns. cooler weather starts Wednesday and lingers…

Hi friends! Still chilling on the floor here with a messed up back writing forecasts. Someday I’ll be back out there with you! In the meantime… After a no-wind start to Tuesday (today is Tuesday, btw), we’ll see westerlies return through at least Saturday. Overall, the setup isn’t ideal – we’ll have thermal gradients (good),…

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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! Still chilling on the floor here with a messed up back writing forecasts. Someday I’ll be back out there with you! In the meantime… After a no-wind start to Tuesday (today is Tuesday, btw), we’ll see westerlies return through at least Saturday. Overall, the setup isn’t ideal – we’ll have thermal gradients (good), but they’re related to offshore low pressure (bad). Conditions are likely to be gusty, and they’re likely to under-perform what the models predict.

Tuesday started with pressures of 29.95/29.96/29.99 for very light offshore gradients. Wind through the Gorge was light and variable to start the day. As the desert heats up, onshore flow returns. By late morning, we’ll have 17-20mph from Stevenson to Hood River. Early afternoon wind builds to gusty 20-23mph from Stevenson to Mosier with 17-20mph from Lyle to Rowena. Later in the day, the wind drops to gusty 17-20mph from Stevenson to Mosier with gusty 20-23mph near Rowena. Wait until the evening, and you’ll also find gusty low 20s near Rufus. River flow over the last 24 hours was 91-155kcfs, river temp is 72.3F (poor salmon), and high temp forecast is 90 in Hood River.

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LONGER-TERM gorge wind forecast

How to interpret the Euro Ensemble: this is 50 different initial conditions. If the colors are similar for a given day, forecast certainty is high. If the colors vary wildly, uncertainty is high and you should only use pencil on your calendar.

Wednesday brings a similar setup: low pressure offshore and an onshore temp gradient. Moving pieces associated with this setup will make for gusty conditions. Early wind will be 20-23mph from Viento to Mosier with 14-17mph east of Mosier to Arlington. Stevenson will be cloudy with 14-17mph. The wind slowly builds to gusty 22-25mph between Stevenson and Avery by midday. We’re likely to see a dip to gusty 19-22mph between Stevenson and Hood River in the afternoon. AT the same time, areas between Mosier and Rufus build to gusty, very gusty, 25-28mph. High temp: 83 in Hood River and low 90s in the desert.

Another round of active (for summer, anyway) weather is forecast on Thursday as an offshore low opens into a trough, continues the onshore temp gradients, but doesn’t aid in wind quality. Early wind: 12-15mph from Stevenson to Arlington. Mid-morning: 17-20mph from Stevenson to Doug’s with gusty 22-25mph from Avery to Rufus. Afternoon: gusty 26-29mph from Mosier or Lyle to Arlington with Threemile potentially joining in the evening. Highs: 76 in Hood River (nice!) and mid 80s in the desert.

Overall dynamics change on Friday and persist into Saturday. As of this morning, both days look like 20mph or so, probably strongest from the Hatch to Doug’s. Uncertainty spikes on Sunday to the point where I can’t give you any sort of reliable forecast. I’m actually going to be helping on a retreat this weekend and am not sure yet if I can squeeze in a forecast or not. Probably should be able to get at least a short wind forecast out… Have a great day out there today. Hope to 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 Tuesday: SW 15-20/SW15/LT@, NW swell 4′ at 7 seconds and SW 2′ @ 17. Wednesday: SW10-15/LTSW/LTV, S 4′ @7 and S 3′ @15. Thursday: SW10-15/LTSW/N10-15, W 4′ @ 9 and S 3′ @ 15. Jones Tuesday: 20-25. Wednesday: 10-13. Thursday: LTW. Sauvie Island Tuesday: LTSW. Wednesday: N10-13 > 5pm. Thursday: LTV.

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Mostly clear today. Temps start in the upper 50s and rise to 90. Calm wind early. Moderate westerlies later. No rainbows. Wednesday will be partly cloudy then partly high cloudy. Pretty sunset. Temps start in the upper 50s and rise to the low 80s. Moderately strong westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be cloudy then mostly clear. Temps start in the upper 50s and rise to the mi d70s. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows.

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NEXT WORK PARTY: August 15th and September 5th on the 133 trail in Post Canyon. Meet at Post Flats Staging Area at 9am. Hosted by Hood River County.

CLOSED TRAILS: Anything south of the 44 Road due to the Grasshopper Fire / Forest Closure Order: for example – Boulder Lakes, Gunsight, Gumjuwac, Lookout Mountain, 450, Fifteenmile. ALL GREEN MOUNTAIN LANDS: Underwood Mountain, Whoopdee Trail. Consider Kreps lands (Hospital Hill) closed as well – they usually close at the same time as Green Mountain.

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HYPERLOCAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE COLUMBIA GORGE

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Good morning, neighbors! Darn nice morning here in the Gorge – cool, not-windy, not-too-smoky. While it’ll be warm today, we’ll shift into a cooler pattern Wednesday and hang on to relatively cool temps, sub-90 for The Dalles, through at least the first few days of September. If you need light wind for some activity, best chances are this morning (Tuesday) and Sunday morning.

Other than the spectacular weather and spectacular work by fire crews, not much spectacular is happening this morning. Actually, fuck it. The Gorge is ALWAYS spectacular. Glenwood was 45 degrees to start the day, just perfect for cooling off the house. Down in the lowlands, it’s closer to 60, and we’re pretty much all headed for 90+ today. Stevenson: 87. Hood River: 90. The Dalles: 97. Pasco: 95. West wind picks up to 15-20mph from Stevenson to Hood River late morning and spreads east to Rufus at 20mph this evening as a weak weather feature drives cooler air into the west side.

Overnight, low clouds form west of Wyeth. Morning temps fall to 55-65 degrees. To the east: a few high clouds. Early wind will mess with your fishing: 20mph between Viento and Mosier and 15mph east to Arlington’s Triangle. Afternoon wind will be no help either: 20-25mph between Stevenson and Mosier and 25-30mph between Lyle and Arlington. High temps will be down quite a bit over Tuesday: 80 in Stevenson, 83 in Hood River, 90 in The Dalles, and 95 in Pasco.

Thursday looks even cooler, yay! Morning: 50-60 degrees. Afternoon: 75-88 degrees, hottest in Pasco. Low clouds should make it to Hood River in the morning. To the east: clear. Early wind will be 12-15mph from Stevenson to Arlington. It quickly builds to 15-20mph between Stevenson and Murdoch with 25-30mph east to The Dalles to Arlington’s Triangle and beyond.

Cool(ish) weather continues Friday (75-85) degrees with west wind at 15-20mph in the afternoon. On Saturday, a few sprinkles are possible west of Wyeth. Highs will be sub-80 all across the Gorge. Cool weather continues on Sunday and into the first few days of September. Beyond that, model uncertainty increases. Ensembles give about a 50% chance of measurable rain as far east as Cascade Locks sometime between 9/1 and 9/4. Better than nothin’! Safe travels. -TATAS

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