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! Wind for the next week bounces around between westerly and easterly and not-windy-at-all. Best chance for something stronger comes in the window of next Thursday through Saturday. Until then… moderate westerlies Saturday and Monday. Moderate easterlies Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Pretty typical fall Gorge wind forecast!
Saturday started with pressures of 30.16/30.10/30.04 for gradients of 0.06/0.06. Strongest wind will be early this morning prior to a weak cold front swinging through. Pre-dawn wind was 16-19mph from Viento to the Hatch. A quick slide happens as drizzle arrives – westerlies fall to 11-14mph from Stevenson to Doug’s and rise to 14-17mph from Avery to Boardman.
After this weather system moves through and the western Gorge rain stops, the wind lands at 14-17mph from Lyle (or Avery) to Arlington with under 10mph between Stevenson and The Dalles (unless the Rowena area decides to join the 14-17mph club). River flow over the last 24 hours was 64-105kcfs, river temp is 63.3F, and high temp forecast is 67F and increasingly sunny.
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 return on Sunday. Morning wind will be 22-25mph at Iwash/Rooster Rock, Stevenson, Home Valley and Viento with light wind east of Viento. Our typical fade begins around 11:30. Easterlies finish the day at 12-15mph at all the listed spots above. Areas east of Hood River build to E 10mph in the afternoon. High temp: 65F with increasing high clouds.
Monday starts calm or nearly calm. Afternoon wind builds to 15-18mph from Stevenson to Mosier with 12-15mph from Lyle to Doug’s. High temp: 63F and mostly cloudy. Easterlies return on Tuesday – models currently suggest 15mph. Wednesday’s easterlies may be a bit stronger, perhaps 20mph. Models hint at the next weather system impacting us in the Thursday-Friday window. This carries the possibility of gusty westerlies in the 20-25mph range – we’ll keep an eye on it and perhaps get some of us on the water. Have a great day. 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 Saturday: 10-15/20/25-30, W swell 5′ @ 12 seconds and S 2′ @ 14. Sunday: 20-25/10-15/20, /w 8′ @ 12 and S 2′ @ 18. Monday: LTNW/LTW/LTV, W 6′ @ 11 and SW 3′ @ 16. Jones sautrday: LTV. Sunday: LTE. Monday: LTW. Sauvie Island Saturday: 8-11. Sunday: 12-15. Monday: LTV.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Partly to mostly cloudy this morning with a little drizzle possible early. Mostly clear this afternoon. Temps start in the upper 50s and rise to the upper 60s. Moderate westerlies 71% chance of rainbows. Sunday will be partly Nothing then high overcast. Temps start in the mid 30s and rise to the mid 60s. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Monday will be partly cloudy then high overcast. Temps start in the upper 30s and rise to the low 60s. Calm wind early. Moderate westerlies later. No rainbows.
BIKE TRAILS INFO
POST CANYON SHUTTLE DAY: Sunday, October 18th. Meet at the bottom of Post Canyon Road 9am-2pm. Suggested donation of $45 benefits HRATS.
NEXT WORK PARTY: October 25th and November 8th in Post Canyon with the HRATS.
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.
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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! Not much to talk about for the next week or so, but there is fun news towards the end of the month. Right on schedule, about 4 days before the end of October, models have clear signs of an increasingly wet and cool pattern. Take a look at the image for Cascade Locks 24-hour rainfall, and you’ll see most of the ensemble members jumping on the “wet” bandwagon. So, enjoy the dry bandwagon between now and then. Other than a little drizzle for a few of us this morning, things are looking pretty dry for a bit.
Saturday, however, brings a little bit of wet – just a small amount of drizzle that, if we’re lucky, makes it as far east as Hood River. East of there, the only hint of moisture will be some high clouds. Drizzle might continue as late as 2pm from Cascade Locks westward. After that: dry, just dry, and increasingly sunny. Today’s wind will be 15-20mph between Stevenson and Hood River early. The wind then falls to 10-15mph or less west of The Dalles and rises to 15-20mph from The Dalles to the Arlington Triangle. High temps: 64 in Stevenson, 67 in Hood River, 70 in the Dalles, and 71 in Pasco.
Sunday morning looks chilly – frost is possible away from the Nch’i Wana as dewpoints fall to 20-35, the sky clears, and east wind returns. This allows temps to fall to 36 or less many places. Glenwood: sub 30. Afternoon brings high clouds and temps from 64-67 in the lowlands. East wind will be 20-25mph in the usual east wind zone: Iwash (no, not a rooster) Rock to Viento. Easterlies pick up to 10-15mph in the WA hills, for areas from The Dalles eastward, and in South Wasco County.
Clouds move in Sunday night and leave us with a calm-wind, 40ish degree start on Monday. No rain. Just clouds. Afternoon brings west wind at 15mph between Stevenson and Mosier with 10-15mph near Rowena and light wind to the east. Temps max out in the 61-65F range. Tuesday looks a little warmer with light east wind. Wednesday looks warmer yet – highs will be pushing 70, with east wind in the morning and a calm afternoon. Models suggest a relatively weak, but much cooler, weather system will arrive in the Thursday-Friday window. This may open the door to fall-like weather – there still a lot of uncertainty beyond Thursday, but there are increasing signs of moisture. Fingers crossed! Safe travels. -TATAS
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