GORGE WIND FORECAST
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SHORT-TERM gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! It’s a breezy, smokey start to Sunday, and westerlies are on your schedule (and in the Gorge wind forecast) for most of this week. Temps peak on Monday and are followed by, well, not The Cooldown You Were Looking For, but still a big surge in the westerlies on Tuesday and probably also Wednesday!
Sunday started with pressures of 30.11/30.01/30.02 indicating a less-driving day. Before you go anywhere wet, head to the very dry and dusty Port Lot on the Hood River Waterfront for the biggest CGW2 swap meet of the year. Speaking of, a friend of mine is looking for a Duotone SLS 135L downwind board (the purple one, or even this year’s). If you have one to offload, message me! Back to the wind…
Sunday dawn patrol was 12-15mph at Stevenson, Swell, and Hood River with Viento reading 25mph on the iWind/iKite sensors. Westerlies build to 19-22mph and fill in from Stevenson to Hood River by late morning. They should hold all day. Mosier may join as well. Lyle-Doug’s will pick up to 11-14mph if we’re lucky, but the focus will definitely be the Corridor (Viento to Hood River) on Sunday. River flow over the last 24 hours was 137-178kcfs (152-182 at Rufus), river temp is 66.0F (so close to 6-7), and high temp forecast is 88F with decreasing clouds.
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 Monday, offshore high pressure combines with a heat low in the desert for a decent setup. Dawn patrol will be 17-20mph from Viento to the Hatch. We may see a dip mid-morning as the temp gradient across the Cascades dips, but the wind will come roaring back (okay, maybe “meowing back”) in the afternoon: from mid-afternoon on, expect gusty 20-23mph from Stevenson to Doug’s with gusty 17-20mph near Swell. For the Executive Session, after 5pm, westerlies rise to 22-25mph from Stevenson to Rufus. East of Rufus: light/variable, but building overnight. High temp: 92F.
The desert never really cools on Monday night, but the west side does, and this sets us up for Dawn Patrol on Tuesday: 26-29mph from Viento to Mosier with 20-23mph from Lyle to Arlington. By afternoon, westerlies build to 28-33mph from Stevenson to Arlington with 24-27mph at Threemile and 20-23mph at Boardman. Given the lack of marine clouds and the moving pieces offshore, it’s possible the Hatch wind will fall apart, but if it does, just go somewhere else – it’ll be windy pretty much everywhere. High temp: 88F in Hood River and nearly 100F in the desert.
Marine clouds return to the west side on Wednesday morning. Models vary in what they think will happen – the GFS deterministic thinks poorly of Wednesday, but I’m thinking it’s an outlier. 49/50 members of the Euro ensemble call for strong wind, probably stronger than Tuesday, at least in the desert. Let’s call it 28-32mph for now and wait for the high-res GFS model tomorrow. High temp: 79F in Hood River and upper 80s in the desert.
Thursday looks a bit lighter, but uncertainty is quite high. There are hints of stronger westerlies (perhaps 60% of the Euro ensembles) next Friday. Uncertainty increases as we move into next weekend – there’s a decent chance of wind on Saturday, but uncertainty is too high to make a guess for Sunday. Let’s leave it there for today. 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 Sunday: 20-25/20-25/25-30, W swell 4′ at 12 seconds. Monday: 15-20/15-20/25, NW 6′ @ 11. Tuesday: 10-15/15/15, NW 4′ @ 10 and SW 2′ @ 17. Jones Sunday: 19-22. Monday: 24-27. Tuesday: 1417. Sauvie Island Sunday: 15-18. Monday: 14-17. Tuesday: 14-17.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy this morning. Less cloudy later. Temps start near 60 and rise to the upper 80s. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Monday will be mostly clear. Temps start in the upper 50s and rise to the low 90s. Moderate westerlies becoming moderately strong. No rainbows. Tuesday will be clear them mostly clear. Temps start in the upper 50s and rise to the upper 80s. Strong to nuking 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! How about we all dive into a warming trend together? Yay? Temps turn hot for the next few days before dipping on Wednesday and then slowly rebounding as we move into next weekend. I’m gonna try and keep this quick today so I can get it posted before I lead a meditation group at 7. Wish me luck!
Glenwood started as the answer to Life, The Universe, And Everything this morning with 42 degrees. Elsewhere, the temps were not 42 degrees. Hood River started at 60 degrees with lots of high clouds and smoke that’s coming from, well, I can’t figure out where it’s coming from, but local fire crews did a great job putting out several small fires yesterday. Fireworks = bad. Today’s temps rise to 88F in Hood River, 93F in The Dalles and 90F in Pasco. West wind: 15-20mph all day between Stevenson and Hood River with 10-15mph near Lyle and light/variable wind east of The Dalles.
Around the world today:
Bandar-e Mahshahr, Iran: 112, sunny, 12% humidity
Havana, Cuba: 82, partly cloudy, 80% humidity
Muscat, Oman: 98, partly cloudy, 56% humidity
Caracas, Venezuela: 72, partly cloudy, 84% humidity
Nuuk, Greenland: 44, partly cloudy, 88% humidity
Gaza City: 88, sunny, 61% humidity
Ottawa, Canada: 69, sunny, 62% humidity
Roads close to home: so far, as of 6:36am, they are clear of !Ce, but it’s really too early to make a determination on the day’s road conditions.
Monday starts at 50-60 degrees and rises to 92-97 degrees, hottest in The Dalles. We’ll have a few high clouds to start and a few little fluffy mid clouds to finish. Wind will be 15-20mph from Viento to Mosier in the morning (light to the east) and 20-25mph from Stevenson to Rufus in the afternoon with light/variable conditions east of Rufus.
Tuesday won’t be much cooler – highs range from 88F in Hood River to 99F in Pasco, but it sure will be windier: 30-35mph most of the day all the way from Stevenson to Arlington’s Triangle with 25-30mph to the east. Fire danger: extremely extreme. Wind conditions continue Wednesday, but at least it’ll be cooler. Highs range from 79-91 degrees. Beyond that: continued warm and breezy conditions into the weekend. Okay. That’s enough for today. I know that was really boring. Maybe I”ll have more time to be sassy tomorrow! Safe travels -TATAS
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