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! Active weather and tricky forecasting continues today, when westerlies should be just enough to get some of you out there. Moderate easterlies arrive for Wednesday, and westerlies return on Thursday afternoon. Strongest conditions this week are likely to be on Friday, when offshore high pressure combines with a slight dip in west-side temps for a storybook day (okay, 20-25mph… better than nothin’!) at the Hatch. Lesser wind is likely on the weekend, but uncertainty remains high. Uncertainty skyrockets next Monday when there’s at least ten degrees of range in high temps – impossible, really, to predict the wind! Speaking of predicting… this forecast is for Tuesday & Wednesday – I need to take back a couple hours tomorrow morning to write a couple talks!
Tuesday is not an impossible prediction, but moving parts will impact wind quality and forecast accuracy/reliability. Early pressures were 30.03/29.95/29.98 for gradients of W 0.08 and E 0.03. Despite the gradients, the wind was under 10mph all through the Gorge. By late morning, we should have 17-20mph from Stevenson to Hood River.
Early afternoon brings 17-20mph from Stevenson to Doug’s. As a low moves overhead this afternoon, areas between Stevenson and Mosier drop to 10-13mph while Lyle to Arlington rises to gusty 16-19mph. River flow over the last 24 hours was 62-76kcfs, river temp is 67.6F, and high temp forecast is 70F and cloudy.
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
Easterlies take hold of Wednesday as west-side heating outpaces the desert. Early wind will be 15mph at Iwash/Rooster and 10mph at Stevenson with 15mph at Viento. Peak wind will be around 20mph at the usual easterly spots for a couple hours mid-morning. After 11am or so, the wind drops and keeps dropping, finishing the day at 10mph. High temp: 77 in Hood River.
Thursday starts with light easterlies, probably 10mph or less. As the heat low shifts to the desert in the afternoon, west wind returns. By 2pm, we’ll have 11-14mph from Stevenson to Mosier. For the rest of the afternoon, the GFS deterministic offers 14-17mph from Stevenson to the Hatch with 17-20mph from Hood River to Doug’s. If you listen to the GFS, evening brings 17-20mph from Stevenson to Mosier with 20-23mph from Lyle to Avery and perhaps Rufus. Euro ensembles: way, way less optimistic. They give us basically nothing east of The Dalles and potentially less wind near Hood River. Ah, autumn forecasting, you’re tough! High temp: 82 in Hood River.
Not all models/ensemble members are on board for Friday, but the overall setup does look good: cool high pressure offshore and warmer, lower-pressure conditions in the desert. For now, let’s call it 21-24mph from Stevenson to Hood River in the morning with the Mosier-Doug’s zone joining as the day progresses. High temp: 80 in Hood River. Uncertainty climbs for the weekend. Some ensemble members are giving us 17-20mph, but not all. Let’s wait a day or two before making plans, okay? I’m still on injured reserve, so get out there and get some for me, okay? 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: 15/5-10/30, NW swell 4′ @ 7 seconds. Wednesday: 20/20-25/25-30, N 6′ @ 7. Thursday: 15/10-15/LTN, NW 5′ @ 8. Friday: north coast: no. central & South coast 20. Saturday: 20/20/20. Jones Tuesday: 10-13. Wednesday: LTV. Thursday: 19-22. Sauvie Island Tuesday: 11-14. Wednesday: 13-16. Thursday: 11-14.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy this morning and mostly cloudy this afternoon. Temps start near 50 and rise to 70. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Slight chance of a few sprinkles in the afternoon and evening. Wednesday might start with a few Nothing clouds, but it’ll clear quickly. Temps start near 50 and rise to the upper 70s. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be sunny then partly high cloudy. Temps start in the low 50s and rise to the low 80s. Calm wind early. Moderate westerlies later. No rainbows.
BIKE TRAILS INFO
NEXT WORK PARTY: No known upcoming work parties. Lemme know if you hear of one!
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. Gates are closed in Post Canyon due to fire danger.
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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! This morning I was reading the definition and parameters of the NWS Area Forecast Discussion. It states that updates shall be provided if the weather is “interesting”. Wise advice! Given that the weather will be rather uninteresting this week, I shall make today’s forecast for today and tomorrow and take a day off! Generally speaking, we’ll have warming conditions through Saturday. Max temps Thursday through Saturday will be 80-85 degrees all through the lowlands of the Gorge. Our only chance of rain is a few sprinkles Tuesday night, and there’s no clear sign of significant rain in the next couple of weeks.
Tuesday morning started cloudy everywhere thanks to a low pressure system moving overhead. Glenwood, despite the cloud blanket, still dropped to 40 degrees last night. Other locations: 45-50 degrees, mostly. Mostly cloudy sky is forecast all day, which will limit temps to 70 west of The Dalles and 74 from The Dalles into the desert. At dawn, there were lots of people fishing. Good luck to all of you! By late morning, westerlies pick up to 15-20mph between Stevenson and Hood River. The wind eventually builds to 15-20mph between Stevenson and The Dalles. Late in the day, wind drops to 10-15mph west of Mosier and picks up to 20mph as far east as Arlington. This concludes your fishing weather forecast for Tuesday.
On Wednesday, it’s possible the Nothing will test us by putting out a few Nothing clouds along the Nch’i Wana. This is similar to how authoritarians test what they can get away with. For example, they may threaten FCC licenses if people plan broadcasts the authoritarian doesn’t like; they may start rounding up people with certain characteristics; they might take monetary payments and gifts from other authoritarians; they might do illegal things and see if the courts will do anything more than wrist-slap; they might try to limit voting rights for certain populations, and they might engage in extreme gerrymandering. And once they get away with some of these things, they’ll do more and more, just like the Nothing cloud in the Gorge. Before you know it, you’re stuck in a season-long Nothing cloud (or authoritarian regime) for goodness knows how long! So watch out if you see the Nothing testing us on Wednesday.
For the rest of Wednesday, we’ll have clear sky and sunshine. Morning temps: 45-55 degrees. Afternoon: 77 in Hood River, 81 in The Dalles, and 78 in the desert. Wind will be easterly at 15-20mph for the windiest spots between Iwash (it’s not a rooster, nope, it’s not) Rock and Viento. To the east: light easterlies. After 2pm, the wind drops to 10mph all through the Gorge.
Fishing looks great Thursday morning: clear sky, light easterly or calm wind depending on location. In the afternoon, temps rise to 82 on the west side, 85 in The Dalles, and 79 in Pasco. Westerlies return after 2pm and build to 15-20mph between Hood River and Rufus by evening.
Friday looks warm (80-85), sunny, and breezy (20-25mph). Saturday: Warm and sunny with 15-20mph wind in the morning and (probably) less wind in the afternoon. Sunday: Warm, probably sunny, and breezy. Cooler weather is likely starting next Monday, but ten degrees of spread (or more) is present in the high temp forecasts, so I have no deets for you. Scattered hints at precipitation are present in the extended forecast, but there are no clear signs of a significant rain event. So we’ll just keep trucking along in the dry weather, which is great for standing up to authoritarianism and corruption. Keep speaking up, y’all! Safe travels. -TATAS
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