| Your favorite launch | dawn patrol |
morning max | afternoon max | executive session |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwash (Rooster) Rock | LTV | E5-10 | LTV | LTW | |
| Stevenson | TLV | E10-15 | W5-10 | W14-17 | |
| Viento | E15 | E15 | W5-10 | W14-17 | |
| Swell-Hood River | LTE | LTE | W10 | W14-17 | |
| Lyle to Doug’s | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| Rufus, etc: 78-163kcfs flow | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| River flow last 24 hours: 78-163kcfskcfs | =River temp: 70.70F | HR High temp: 101F | |||
Gorge Wind Forecast
Hi friends! Today might not be quite the rest day you were looking for, but it’s almost certainly going to be a rest day from wind sports. That’s the first rest day in goodness knows how long! Make the most of it. Westerlies return on Friday and stick around at least through the weekend and probably longer.
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Thursday starts with nearly-flat pressures: 29.98/29.98/30.00 for a light east gradient. Viento responded with E 14mph, but all other locations are less than 10mph. We’ll see a few hours of E 15ish this morning at Stevenson and Viento before the wind turns calm early afternoon. Heat in The Dalles outpaces heat in the metro area by about 5 degrees today, and this turns the wind westerly late afternoon. You’ll find W 10mph near Stevenson by 2pm or so. The wind slowly builds to 14-17 from Stevenson to Swell with 12-15 at Hood River. To the east: calm. River flow over the last 24 hours was 78-=163kcfs, river temp is 70.70F, and high temp forecast is 101F for Hood River.
Expect a warm, muggy, breezy start to the day on Friday. A weak offshore high knocks the temps down a little on the west side, but the east side remains blazing hot: 107F for Pasco. Tons of moisture will be present, and that means instability will be present to diminish wind quality. All that said… expect dawn patrol at 21-24 from Viento to Mosier with 14-17 from Lyle to Rufus and 10-13 at Stevenson and Arlington. This holds for a few hours. Things destabilize in the afternoon, and this knocks the wind down at Swell and nudges it upward from Lyle to Arlington. Expect afternoon wind at gusty 15-18 near Swell with 19-22 elsewhere between Stevenson and Mosier. From Lyle to Rufus, and perhaps Arlington too, you’ll find gusty 23-26. Remember that these numbers are for iWind sensor readings, and the sensors for The Wall and Arlington generally read about 5mph higher than the same wind at Swell. High temp: 93F for Hood River and 100F for Arlington.
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Saturday brings another round of moderately strong westerlies that are affected by instability. Things will be most stable in the morning, and you’ll want to stay west of Rufus – wind out in the desert is forecast to turn light by late morning. Dawn patrol is your friend. You’ll find 21-24 from Viento to Mosier with 12-15 at Stevenson and areas between Lyle and Arlington. That lasts until 11am or so. Instability kicks in midday. The wind drops to gusty 18-22 from Stevenson to Mosier and fills in at 15-18 from Lyle to Doug’s. To the east: light and variable. Barring surface-based thunderstorms, afternoon wind rises to gusty 20-23 from Mosier to Rufus with 13-16 from Stevenson to Hood River and light/variable wind east of Rufus. High temp: 89 for Hod River.
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Extended: Instability sticks around on Sunday for a similar forecast to Saturday. Ensembles hint at the potential for slightly stronger wind on Monday and a windier (but not nuking) day on Tuesday. Generally speaking, the extended ensembles hold on to moderate westerlies beyond Tuesday, but there’s quite a bit of range. Don’t plan around it yet. Stay cool today!
Jones, Sauvie Island, Oregon Coast
North/Central/South coast, waves (swell forecast provided by NWS). Wind forecast for the afternoon (unless it’s a storm on the coast, in which case that’s peak wind during the day). Wind direction N (coast/Sauvie Island) and W (Jones) unless otherwise noted. Thursday: 10-15/LTNW/LTS, NW swell 4′ at 9 seconds. Friday: LTNW/LTNW/N15-20, NW 3′ @ 8. Saturday: 10-15/15/20-25, NW 4′ @ 9. Jones Thursday: 14-17. Friday: 21-24. Saturday: 20-23. Sauvie Island Thursday: 10-13. Friday: 10-13. Saturday: 14-17.
Alan’s Sauvie Island Wind Sensor
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
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Very basic Hood River weather forecast. Don’t plan your life around this. You really should read Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook
Clear sky this morning adds a few high clouds later. Temps start in the low 60s and rise to 100 or so. Muggy. Calm wind most of the day. Light west wind late. No rainbows. Friday will be partly high cloudy. Temps start near 70 and rise to the low 90s. Muggy. Moderately strong westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows. Saturday will have lots of high clouds and a chance of thunder. Temps start near 70 and rise to 90. Muggy. Moderately strong westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows.
Local-ish Events
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There’s a weekly social for Wind Johnnies (The Gorge Wind Social) at Ferment Brewing every 3rd Monday this summer. There’s a free community paddle at Wylde Wind and Water every Saturday at 10am (gear provided, all ages). They also have a free community wingfoil orientation every Thursday at 5:30pm at the Hook (all ages, gear provided). Northwave and GoFoil sponsor wingfoil races on Tuesday evenings.
The Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club offers free roll sessions (gear provided) for kids at the Hood River Pool every other Tuesday from 5:30 to 7pm. Visit their website for more deets: https://www.columbiagorgejuniorkayakclub.org/. Amayah’s offers a free meal every First Thursday from 1pm to 4pm. Regular weekly events:. NK Studio’s by-donation Tuesday morning yoga class is back. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. There’s meditation with monks at 5:15pm (an hour) and 6:30pm (30 minutes plus a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. Columbia Gorge Tri Club meets at Mayer State Park at 6pm Tuesdays. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, there’s a run from Pine Street Bakery. On Fridays at 2:30pm, there’s a free meditation and stretching class at Yoga Samadhi. On Saturday at 9am, there’s a by-donation outdoor group fitness on the 2rd floor deck about Ferment Brewing.
Cycling
Areas in Post Canyon above Binn’s Hill staging area are now closed so fire crews have better access. That includes Dirt Surfer, Sexy Beast, and other trails and roads up there. The Twin Tunnels Trail between Hood River and Mosier is closed due to wildfire. Kreps and Green Diamond Land (formerly SDS) are now closed to fire danger. That includes Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, and Underwood. Those lands will remain closed until significant rain in the fall. Also closed: Gorge 400 and lots of other trails due to the Whisky Creek Fire. Ape Canyon and Plains of Abraham are open per USFS website. 44 Road trails are all open and clear, including upper 450 and Fifteenmile. Gunsight is open. Boulder Lakes and other more remote trails are not bucked out yet. Remember that E-bikes are not allowed on USFS non-moto trails. They are allowed on moto trails.
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