GORGE WIND FORECAST
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SHORT-TERM gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! I had a chuckle (and empathetic joy) yesterday for all the exhausted people coming off a multi-day, nuking-wind Rufus binge. Westerlies will be less, but still breezy, for half of the next five days. The rest of the days: windy! Strongest wind in the upcoming week or so looks to be Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. In other words, the Gorge wind forecast holds plenty of wind for you.
Friday started with pressures of 30.08/30.02/30.01 for gradients of 0.06/0.01. A weak cold front will slide through today, but there won’t be much impact from it other than a bit of gustiness. Early wind was in the 10-13mph range from Viento to Doug’s with 15-18mph near Rufus and less to the east. Stevenson was under 10mph thanks to cloud cover. By late morning, westerlies build to 18-21mph from Stevenson to Mosier with 13-16mph from Lyle to Rufus.
Afternoon brings 20-23mph from Stevenson to Avery with 17-20mph at Rufus and 12-15mph near Arlington. In the afternoon, thanks to a system well offshore, it’s likely the Hatch will under-perform with gusty 16-19mph. River flow over the last 24 hours was 155-242kcfs (166-242 at Rufus), river temp is 65.7F, and high temp forecast for Hood River is 81F and sunny. One last Friday thing: free Duotone demos at Luhr Jensen 10am to 5pm, and Duotone kite demo at the sand bar from noon to 5pm.
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
Saturday sees a weather system approaching and then moving through. Generally speaking, this pattern will give us solid wind prior to and after the system and up-and-down, suppressed wind while it’s moving through. Dawn Patrol brings 21-24mph from Viento to Mosier. The wind quickly builds to 23-26mph from Stevenson to Mosier (more at Viento) with 17-20mph near Rowena and 14-17mph at Rufus. Somewhere between mid-morning and late afternoon, the wind is likely to fall for a few hours. Somewhere mid to late afternoon, it surges as high pressure builds offshore: 24-27mph from Stevenson to Hood River with 28-32mph from Mosier to Arlington. Farther east: less than 20mph. High temps will be low 80s in Hood River and near 90 east of The Dalles.
Sunday starts with low clouds to the west, moderately strong offshore high pressure, and sun in the desert. It also starts with a CGW2 swap on Lot 1 at the Hood River Waterfront (the dusty, hot dirt lot). Models don’t suggest much wind (but the swap should be good!), but I suspect we’ll see conditions over-perform. Let’s call it 17-20mph from Stevenson to Mosier pretty much all day with less to the east. High temp: 87F.
Monday’s ensembles have a lot of uncertainty, but 17-20mph or more seems likely. Stronger wind is forecast on Tuesday and Wednesday as we enter a period of cooling. As of this morning, Wednesday looks stronger than Tuesday, but both look stronger than the wind this weekend. Beyond that, uncertainty increases, so I’ll leave you for now. 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 Friday: NW10/N15/N25, NW swell 6′ at 8 seconds. Saturday: 10-15/15-20/30-35, NW 5′ @ 7. Sunday: 20-25/25/30-35, NW 5′ @ 11. Jones Friday: 16-19. Saturday: 15-18. Sunday: 18-21. Sauvie Island Friday: 11-14. Saturday: 14-17. Sunday: 17-20.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy this morning. Mostly clear later. Temps start in the mid 60s and rise to the lo w80s. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday will be partly cloudy then mostly clear. Temps start in the mid 50s and rise to the low 80s. Moderately strong westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday will be mostly clear. Temps start in the low 50s and rise to the upper 80s. Moderate westerlies. 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! TATAS is sooooooo excited this morning. Why? It’s not about the weather – it’s about the fact that I’ve MADE IT IN THE WORLD! Yesterday on one of my posts about la Migra (they were in Hood River yesterday terrifying people and did snatch a local resident), a troll transvestigated me. For those of you not aware, transvestigation is when someone accuses someone of being trans. It’s a well-known tactic used by right-wing agitators against famous people. It implies that being trans is a bad thing, but being trans is rad (because it’s just a way of being human). So apparently TATAS is JUST THAT FAMOUS! FYI, TATAS identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, and it’s nobody’s business but my own what lies within my pants, but everyone, apparently wants to know. I must be HOT!
Glenwood and other friends around the world this morning
Know where it’s not hot this morning? Glenwood. I’m kinda wishing I was there, cuz it’s 44 degrees and I WANT SOME OF THAT (in my pants)! Wishing I had 44 degrees to store in my house for this afternoon’s warmth. Elsewhere in the world in places threatened by this administration, it’s definitely hot, mostly:
Tehran, Iran: 91, sunny, 20% humidity
Havana, Cuba: 87, sunny, 70% humidity
Muscat, Oman: 90, sunny, 75% humidity
Caracas, Venezuela: 73, cloudy, 85% humidity
Nuuk, Greenland: 44, partly cloudy, 85% humidity
Gaza City: 86, sunny, 63% humidity
Ottawa, Canada: 80, sunny, 71% humidity
Regarding Muscat, I don’t even know why they have a forecast. It’s always hot (even at night, when it rarely drops below 80), and it’s always muggy. Muscat, however, is not the city with the world’s worst weather. Apparently that’s Kuwait City or Bandar-e Mahshahr, Iran, according to Google. Both those places are even hotter and even muggier! Maybe I will replace Tehran (where the weather isn’t all that bad) with Bandar-e Mahshahr?
Today’s Gorge weather forecast
Around here today, the weather will be pretty darn tolerable. We start with low clouds west of Hood River and sun to the east, and we finish sunny everywhere. High temps range from 79F in Stevenson to 81F in Hood River, 87F in The Dalles, and 89F in Pasco. West wind builds to 20-25mph between Stevenson and The Dalles this afternoon with 15-20mph between The Dalles and Rufus and less farther east, which will make the Bighorn Sheep happy, especially those sleeping in the Arlington Triangle, which has the same weather as the Bermuda Triangle.
Independence Day Gorge weather forecast
Temps Friday night fall into the 45-55 degree range which gives us a very pleasant start to Independence Day, weather-wise, anyway. What’s not so nice is that our Liberal Democracy has backslide into an Illiberal Democracy and is rapidly (faster than any country before, not cool!) sliding into authoritarianism. Sad! Covfefe! Scholars at Harvard say we’re in “Competitive Authoritarianism”, the Century Foundation’s democracy meter shows a huge drop in actual democracy between 2024 and 2025 (where’s my f’ing 2026 score?!?!), and CIVICUS has downgraded our civil freedom assessment and placed us in the same category as Brazil, South Africa, and Cote d’Ivoire.
A few clouds will be present early Saturday morning along with the lingering shreds of democracy – low clouds to the west and mid/high clouds east of Hood River. Afternoon: mostly clear and war with highs ranging from 79F in Stevenson to 88F in The Dalles and 92F in Pasco. During the day, a weak weather system clears the area (hence the mid/high clouds early) and leaves us with strong wind. Wind plus fireworks is a bad combo, so obey all those fireworks bans. Blow shit up for New Year’s, okay? Saturday wind will be 20-25mph between Stevenson and Mosier in the morning with 10-15mph east of Mosier to the Arlington Triangle. Afternoon: 25-30mph everywhere between Stevenson and Arlington’s Triangle.
Sunday’s Gorge weather forecast and the extended Gorge weather forecast
Sunday: partly cloudy to the west and sunny to the east with temps in the 50s to start the day. Highs range from 83F (Stevenson) to 93F (The Dalles. West wind will be 15-20mph west of Lyle with light/variable wind east of The Dalles. Monday: warmer and minimally breezy. Tuesday: 5-10 degrees cooler with strong west wind. Ditto on Wednesday. That’s enough for now. I’m sure I have something to do other than continue typing. Oh, yes, I’m going to go check under my clothes and see if what I have matches my gender Identity, gender Expression sexual orientation, and sex (physical traits). For those of you curious, that is the SIEO model of human gender and sexual identity. You too can learn about yourself through those distinctly separate categories. Safe travels. -TATAS
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