Friday: easterlies today, westerlies this weekend, rain next week.

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Gorge Wind Forecast

It’s an easterly day in the Gorge, and that will be followed by a couple of gusty westerly days before we head into another cycle of rain. So, let’s look at this sunny Friday. To start the day, we have E 30-35 at Rooster, 20-25 at Stevenson, and 15-20 at Viento. We should see the wind pick up to 25-30 at Stevenson and (perhaps) 20-25 at Viento. Don’t expect much east of Swell. Perhaps 5mph max. Those easterlies hold through 1pm or so and then fade by 5-10mph. River flow is 94,200cfs, river temp is 64F, and high temp forecast is 82F.

Saturday will be another sunny day, but the wind will turn westerly. The day starts with W 8-11. By mid-morning, we’ll have 13-16 from Stevenson to Mosier with 8-11 to the east. It does appear the wind will get gustier and just a touch stronger in the late afternoon: gusty 15-18 from Stevenson to Avery with 10-13 in the eastern Gorge. High temp: 83F.

Moving on to Sunday. We have a cold front approaching from offshore. It’s a solid one, and will have detrimental effects on wind quality. The day starts with gusty 15-18 from Stevenson to Mosier (maybe significantly more at Viento) with 7-10 near Rowena and 13-16 in the eastern Gorge. In the afternoon, as the front draws near, we’ll see gusty 17-22 from Stevenson to Arlington minus the Rowena stretch of river. Pick somewhere else for best results.

Looking at the start of next week, we have rain. Yay! It starts late Sunday and continues intermittently through Tuesday. That, of course, will make the wind gusty and unreliable. That said, it will be westerly, and you will be free to chase it around. Enjoy!  

Coast, Jones, Coast

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Friday: 15-20+/10-15+/S10, NW swell 5′ at 10 seconds. Saturday: NW5-10/LTNW/S5-10, W 5′ @ 10. Sunday: S30-35/S30/S15-25, W 5′ @ 13. Jones Friday: LTV. Saturday: 17-20. Sunday: LTV. Sauvie’s Friday: 5-8. Saturday: LTV becoming N5-8 after 5pm. Sunday: S 10.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Friday will be sunny all day. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 80’s later. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Saturday will be sunny. Temps start in the mid 50’s and end in the low 80’s. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday starts clear and ends rainy overnight. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and low 70’s later. Moderate gusty westerlies. No rainbows.

Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.  

Cycling

Local landowners plan to reopen lands when IFPL drops to 1. Do not access SDS, Kreps, or other private lands until told they are open – we are still in fire season, and those lands are still closed to public access. Dirt Surfer bridge has been replaced and the trail is open again.

SDS (Whoopdee, Underwood), BLC, HFM, DGS, and Kreps Land (Hospital Hill) are now closed until the end of fire season. It is also vital that people respect this closure to maintain positive relationships between the landowners and trail users. DNR land (Buck Creek / Nestor Peak) has reopened. Columbia Hills is closed to fire danger.

Open trails: Post, Falls Creek, Lewis River, Sandy Ridge, Gorge 400, Plains of Abraham / Ape Canyon. 44 Road: Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Dog River, Superconnector, Cedar, Knebal, Cooks Meadows, 450 to the top, Gunsight, Underhill. Siouxon has reopened, but it is burned and heartbreaking according to trip reports.  

Local Events

IFPL 3 restrictions west of Highway 35 went into effect on 7/16. No more motorized use in Post Canyon trails. Mountain View Cycles women’s ride is every Thursday, bottom of Post at 5:30pm. They have an all-genders ride at 6pm on Wednesday, end of the pavement on Post Canyon Road. Their shop road ride leaves at 9am on Saturday for a 2 hour ride. Dirty Fingers has the Post n’ Pint on Thursday evenings at 5:30pm from the shop. They also have the women’s Post n’ Pinot Wednesday evening at 5:30pm from the shop. Oregon E-Bikes has ladies’ rides at 7:30am Sunday and Monday. The Small Boat Group does paddles every Thursday evening at 6pm at the Hatchery.

Other weekly events. Normally on Tuesday night there’s meditation with the Pacific Hermitage Monks at 5:15 (1 hour) and 6:30 (30 minutes followed by a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. In-person meditation is on “pause” due to the recent Covid surge. It will happen on the Pacific Hermitage YouTube page at 6:30. Triathlon practice with the Tri Club is Tuesday at 6pm at West Mayer State Park. Sailboat races happen Wednesday night from the Hood River Marina. There are also lesser races on Friday nights. Cheno’s workout is every Saturday at 10am at the Ferment Lawn in Hood River ($10). Families in the Park starts August 5th at Jackson Park and runs for several weeks on Thursday evening.  

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