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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | cloudy | sky | buns | sigh | |
| Steven’s Locks | LTW | LTW | 7-10 | 12-15 | |
| Swell-Hood River | LTW | LTW | 7-10 | 12-15 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTW | LTW | 7-10 | 7-10 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Offshore low pressure continues to negative impact wind strength and steadiness over the next three days. Models are hinting at a return to stronger westerlies for at least a few days next week. Until then… light to moderate wind with afternoon showers.
Friday starts off nearly calm in many areas – not calm enough for glassy water skiing, but calm enough for spraying and road biking and fly fishing. Westerlies hold in the 0-10 range for the western Gorge most of the day with 10-13 east of The Dalles. Late in the day, after 5pm or so, the wind picks up to 12-15 from Stevenson to Hood River. River flow is 152kcfs and temp is 64 degrees.
Low pressure over the coast and inland areas on Saturday limit the wind speeds again. Afternoon thunder showers won’t help the situation! Saturday starts with west wind at 7-10 all the way through the Forge. 7-10 holds in the east. Stevenson to The Dalles picks up to 11-14 in the afternoon. That’s assuming thunderstorms don’t kick in, which they’re likely to do. All bets are off if cumulonimbus enters the picture.
Sunday’s wind speeds look a bit stronger than Saturday. Then again, models have been bouncing around all over the place. Morning westerlies look like 12-15 from Stevenson to The Dalles with 7-10 east of there. Afternoon wind looks likely to pick up to 15-18 from Stevenson to The Dalles. Tentative forecast for the start of next week, Monday and Tuesday, is 25-29.
COAST, JONES, SAUVIE’S: Coast (north/central/south, wind N unless otherwise specified). Friday: LTW/LTW/LTN, NW swell 3′ at 7 seconds. Saturday: NW5/LTNW/N10-15, NW 3′ @ 7. Sunday: NW10/NW10/N20-25, NW 3′ @ 7. Jones Friday: 8-11. Saturday: 18-22. Sunday: 21-24. Sauvie’s Friday: nope. Saturday: 7-10. Sunday: 11-14.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast: on vacation unless needed!
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Hood River Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy sky this morning gives way to scattered shower chances later. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 70’s later. Light west wind. 15% chance of rainbows. Saturday looks mostly clear and then cloudy. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and mid 70’s later. Solid chance of afternoon thundershowers. Light westerlies. 4% chance of rainbows. Sunday starts off sunny and ends with a chance of thunder. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and near 80 later. Moderate westerlies. 4% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Post Canyon yesterday had brown pow from Family Man upwards! All local trails are snow-free. The only unconfirmed trail I have right now is Huffman Peak. Whoopdee is closed for logging, but Ronnoc trail and the climb out are open. Red Hill Road is supposedly closed for logging. Ride at your own risk. If you’re riding Underwood, please do not park at the trailhead as per request by SDS. Continue past the trailhead 0.5 miles or so to the new parking area. The cows are off Hospital Hill!
Upcoming Events
If it’s not too late already, you can head to kickstand coffee in Hood River for the weekly coffee and donut run. Jog or walk 4 miles with a nice group of people, and you’ll get coffee and a donut.
Friday and Saturday bring the White Salmon Riverfest, Symposium, and low-cost locals raft trip. Call Wet Planet for more details. There’s a free concert at Hood River’s Waterfront Park Friday night if that’s not enough waterfront park for you, Columbia Gorge Pride is Saturday 10-2. Saturday is the Mt. Adams Country Bike tour, an obstacle challenge at the Hood River Saddle club, Mosier Fest, a bird walk with Ken at Steigerwald wildlife refuge, a free Windance kite demo at The Spit, a trail work party on Surveyor’s (meet at Little John at 9am), a cleanup at Mt. Hood Meadows (10-2), and the Twilight Scramble Fun Run at White River Sno Park at 5pm. Sunday is the Rainbow Fun Run 5k at Pride.
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Random Morning Thoughts: on vacation.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
