GORGE WIND FORECAST
today’s gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! It’s Saturday, and another breezy day is on tap. After a period of rest on Sunday and much of Monday, westerlies return and stick around for a while. There’s some uncertainty in the Gorge wind forecast starting Tuesday, but generally speaking, it’ll be windy. For the sure thing, clear your calendar for Wednesday (Stevenson to Arlington), but there’s good potential for Tuesday in the Corridor as well. Before I forget… tonight’s the CGW2 Pray For Wind party at Kickstand Coffee in Hood River! And if you haven’t donated to the fundraiser for Bingen Bart (who lost his home in the Rowena Fire), please do. I’m gonna guilt you a little here – if you can afford to do these expensive wind sports, you can kick down a few bucks for the Gorge’s original forecaster.
Saturday started off with pressures of 30.17/30.10/30.09 for gradients of 0.07 and 0.01. At dawn, westerlies were already in the 16-19 range from Viento to Swell with 10-13 from Hood River east to Rufus. Stevenson, likely cloudy, was under 10mph to start the day. For some unknown reason, Rufus was reading 20-23 this morning. That’s very unlikely to hold and is some sort of weird anomaly given the current pressures.
Models suggest clouds will increase through mid-morning in the metro area. If that plays out, the desert will get a solid upper hand on the heating game. This scenario sets us up for 18-21 this morning from Viento to Mosier and 20-23 this afternoon from Stevenson to Doug’s. For the Executive Session (after 5pm), Stevenson to Mosier drops to 16-19, and Lyle-Avery falls to 18-21. If clouds burn off earlier than expected in the metro area, the 20-23 session at the Hatch becomes less likely; expect 18-21 instead. River flow over the last 24 hours was 111-195kcfs (121-195kcfs at Rufus), river temp is 65.1F, and high temp forecast is 79F for Hood river.
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
tomorrow’s gorge wind forecast
Sunday sees hotter weather all across the metro area, Gorge, and Columbia Basin. In response, the wind turns easterly, barely: the wind starts calm, rises to E 15mph for a few hours mid-morning between Stevenson and Home Valley, and then turns calm again in the afternoon. If waterskiing is still a thing, it’ll be a good day for it! High temp: 90 F under clear sky.
extended Gorge wind forecast
On Monday, a low moving towards BC allows cooler air to swing around the north side of the offshore high late in the day. In response, the heat low shifts east of the Cascades and turns pressures onshore. Out in the desert, triple-digit temps are forecast. Early wind will be calm or very light easterly. Depending on the timing of things, we could see see late-day westerlies. Models suggest the possibility of 95-degree, 20mph wind from Stevenson to Swell or Hood River late in the day. It’s possible, but it’s also possible the wind will wait until after dark to arrive; this is often the case with this particular setup. Let’s just call ourselves lucky if we get some wind on Monday evening.
Cooler weather is forecast for the west side on Tuesday, but the desert will still be blazing hot. Combine this thermal gradient with offshore high pressure at 1027mb, and you’ve got… WIND! With a fair bit of uncertainty still present in the temp forecast, I can’t yet give you an exact wind forecast. That said, the focus should be on the Corridor; 25-30mph seems totally possible between Stevenson and Mosier with the Rowena zone joining in the afternoon. There’s a darn good chance of “nuking” at Swell that day. There’s uncertainty about the Rufus-Arlington zone. Maybe?. Even cooler weather is forecast on the west side on Wednesday along with deeper cloud cover. Models currently have strong wind all the way from Viento to Rufus with Arlington a maybe. Westerlies at 20+ mph continue through next weekend. Looks like a great stretch of wind coming up once we make it through this brief heat wave. See you out there on the river!
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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. Saturday: 20/20/30-35, W swell 4′ at 8 seconds. Sunday: 25/20-25/30-35, W 3′ @ 9. Monday: 25/25/35-40, W 4′ @ 9. Jones Saturday: 10-13. Sunday: 15-18. Monday: 24-27. Sauvie Island Saturday: 12-15. Sunday: 17-20. Monday: 20-23.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
A few high clouds this morning give way to clear sky later. Temps start in the low 60s and rise to the upper 70s. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday will be sunny. Temps start in the mid 50s and rise to the lo w90s. Calm wind. No rainbows. Monday will be clear. Temps start in the low 60s and rise to the low 90s. Calm wind early. Moderate westerlies late in the day. 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! We’re on the verge of a short little heat wave, but all things considered, it’s not going to be too bad. All we have to do is compare this heat wave to the one we had in 2021. Today, after all, is the day of the record of all records: record high temp today, set in 2021, is 111 for Hood River and 118 for The Dalles. You might remember the notorious and evil heat dome that settled over us that week. Those are the highest temps ever set in the Gorge, thank you climate change. You can read all about it if you want – I’ve had the State Climate Extremes Memorandum bookmarked forever… maybe this will be my nudge to read it!
Monday – hot sunny, and muggy – might be the day to cuddle up with that memorandum near a waterfall.
glenwood and today’s gorge weather forecast
But first, let’s do our morning thing and check in with Glenwood. It was 40 degrees there this morning. FORTY! Brrrr. It was in the low 60s and rather muggy most other places. Timberline started the day at 45 degrees, warmer than Glenwood. Sheesh. For the rest of us today, temps slowly climb to 79 (west) and 87 (far east). Westerlies rise to 15-25mph from Stevenson to The Dalles this afternoon with 10mph or less east of Avery.
sunday’s gorge weather forecast
On Sunday morning, temp start in the mid 50s. You’ll want to suck all that cold air into your home with the force and enthusiasm of TATAS giving a hummer after a long period of not doing so. TATAS loooooves BJs. Temps on Sunday rise to 90 degrees under clear sky in the west and 95 degrees under the blazing sun to the east. Wind will be calm most places most of the day with easterlies at 10-15mph near Stevenson for a short period midday. That is all.
monday’s gorge weather forecast
Humidity and temps both increase on Monday, which is a complete bullshit combo. Nobody likes hot and muggy weather. Or at least, I don’t think anybody does, but maybe some people do? Anyway, if you’re one of those folks, you’ll love Monday: after a 60-65 degree start, temps rise to 95 (west) and 100 (east). Humidity increases late in the day. Wind will be calm to start. It may or may not pick up out of the west before dark. If it doesn’t pick up before dark, it will pick up after dark.
extended gorge weather forecast
We then enter a two-day period of very strong wind and slowly decreasing temps. Keep a close eye on your rubbish bin, because it’s going to go on walkabout. Fire danger will be off the charts for Tuesday and Wednesday as models have west wind at 30mph for that period all the way from Stevenson out to Arlington and perhaps beyond. If you have time to do fire mitigation on your property between now and then, do so. Temps on Tuesday in The Dalles (just a convenient place to talk about) max out at 93-99. On Wednesday, temps max out at 82-90. Thursday: 75-82. Generally speaking, temps are forecast to hold in that zone through next weekend before (probably) climbing again the following week. But there’s a shitton of uncertainty in the forecast beyond next weekend: 10-20 degrees of range in the possible high temps. Know what there’s no sign of in the forecast? Rain. But maybe we’ll get lucky and get inches of rain as soon as the cherries are harvested? That would be excellent. Let’s leave it there for now. Safe travels. -TATAS
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