Friday: a lovely windy day on tap for you!

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Another lengthy stretch of westerlies is on tap. As of this morning (it’s Friday), models suggest we’ll hold on to the wind through Tuesday. After that – quite a bit of range and quite a bit of heat in the models, but no certainty yet.

To start Friday, we have high clouds from atmospheric instability, we have a low moving inland near BC, and we have solid gradients to start the day. Pressures at 5am were 29.93/29.80/29.77 for gradients of .13 and .03. Westerlies were generally in the teens all the way to Arlington with 22-28 between Stevenson and Swell. Give it a couple hours to settle in for the day. By late morning, we’ll have 27-31 from Viento to Mosier. A couple hours later, the wind fills in at 27-31 from Lyle to Avery too. Rufus slowly builds; by midday, it should be in the 22-25 range. Models suggest that the low moving inland will allow the wind to fill to Arlington at 26-30 this afternoon with a good shot at stronger wind for 26-30+. Stevenson is getting started early today, you’ll find 22-26 there. River flow readings are 138-158kcfs, river temp is 70F, and high temp forecast for Hood River is 84F. Rufus: 92F.

Marine clouds push all the way to Hood River on Saturday morning. This shifts your dawn patrol a bit eastward; you’ll find 22-25 from Mosier to Arlington to Start the day. Viento: 20-25. Everywhere else west of Mosier: gusty 10-20 right off the bat. If you wait for the clouds to burn off, you’ll find westerlies at 24-27 from Stevenson to Arlington. No need to rush. The wind will last all day. High temp Hood River: 85F. Rufus: 92F.

Lesser offshore pressure and more heat inland on Sunday makes for a lighter day. As of this morning, models suggest 14-17 from Viento to Hood River to start with 17-20 midday and 20-23 in the afternoon. Ensembles suggest stronger wind on Monday, perhaps mid 20’s. Tuesday: lighter, but probably in the upper teens, just enough to get on the water. The middle of next week brings another round of warmer weather with a potential wind shutdown for a couple of days, but the details are far from clear. Have a great day today!  

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast

Coast forecast (north/central/south, waves). Swell forecast provided by NWS. Wind direction northerly unless otherwise noted. Friday: LW5-10/LTW/N25-30, W swell 4′ at 9 seconds. Saturday: LTW/N10-15/30-35, W 3′ @ 9. Sunday: 10-15/10-15/10-15, W 2′ @ 8. Jones Friday: 17-20. Saturday: 10-13. Sunday: 17-20. Sauvie’s Friday: 13-16. Saturday: 10-13. Sunday: 11-14.  

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – On vacation until next fall

Hood River Weather Forecast

High overcast sky this morning gives way to sunshine. Temps will be in the mid 70’s early (closed windows, sad) and mid 80’s later. Muggy. Strong westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday will have low clouds early and sunshine later. Muggy. Temps will be in the low-mid 60’s early and mid 80’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday will be sunny all day. Temps start in the upper 50’s and climb to the low 90’s. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows.

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Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know! The Wasco County Fair is this week. So is the Skamania County Fair. There’s a 5k race at the Skamania County Fair if you want to get your race on! The Post Canyon 50k Ultra-marathon is Saturday. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, you can get a donut and coffee for going for a run at Kickstand Coffee. The Small Boat paddlers have a group paddle at 6pm on Thursday at the Hatchery. Post and Pint happens Thursday evenings at 5:30. The women’s Post-and-Pinot ride is Wednesday evening at 5:30.  

Cycling

As of Monday, 8/17, the following trails are closed due to fire danger: Hospital Hill, Underwood, Whoopdee, and andy lands Owned or Managed by American Forest Management, Broughton Lumber Company, DGS Timber, Green Diamond, Kreps Ranch, Kreps Family LLC, Lupine Forest, Manulife Forest Management, Twin Creeks Timber, and Western Pacific Timber, LLC in Klickitat, Skamania, Stevens, Yakima, Hood River and Wasco counties.

Other news: some nice Hood River folks went and cleared the Smith Creek trail by St. Helens. That loop is now open. As a matter of fact, I’m not sure of anything being closed. No report yet on Boulder Lakes or Gunsight, but I’m sure someone will email me after changing this. Caveats: the road connecting Plains of Abraham to Smith Creek closes at noon Monday-Friday and will not be open to bikers during that time. Courtney Road (the road that goes up above Syncline) is closed until October. Do not attempt to use it to access trails. If you’re riding Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.  

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Have an awesome day!