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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | now | it’s | too | cloudy | |
| Steven’s Locks | 10-13 | 16-20 | 21-24 | 21-24 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 23-26 | 26-29 | 22-25 | 19-22 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 16-19 | 25-28 | 21-24 | 21-24 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 20-23 | 20-23 | 13-16 | 10-13 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 20-23 | 20-23 | 13-16 | 10-13 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Happy Friday! We’re starting off with quite a bit of wind this morning – mid to upper 20’s near Viento and Swell and also east of Maryhill. Gradients supporting this Dawn Patrol weigh in at .16 (pdx-dls) and .06 (dls-psc). River flow is 118kcfs this morning, and river temp is 68ish degrees. If the GFS is correct, Dawn Patrol will be the strongest wind of the day.
While that’s the model prediction, I think we’ll see solid wind all day long. Let’s call it 24-27 from Viento to Mosier early with 10-13 west of Viento, 15-18 near Lyle, and 20-23 from Maryhill to Arlington. Wind east of John Day Dam will slowly fade to 10-13 today. The Avery to Maryhill stretch will back off to 18-22. That leaves us with the tricky Stevenson to The Dalles stretch of river. The GFS thinks we’ll back off to 20-23 by noon. This feels extreme to me, given the clouds and gradients and predicted high temps on the west side. I’m going for a peak of 25-28 Viento to Doug’s by noon, then fading to 21-24 this afternoon, with Stevenson picking up from 10-13 to 18-22 when the clouds burn off.
Saturday sees a weak disturbance move through, and that’s creating some model disagreement. We start the day with 12-15 from Stevenson to Hood River. The wind will pick up to gusty 21-24 in the afternoon (GFS says 18-22) from Stevenson to The Dalles and 5-10 or less east of The Dalles. I think Swell may be the loser on Saturday with gusty 16-19 after a brief hour or two of steadier wind. Sunday sees high pressure build over the region as another heat wave kicks off. At best, we’ll have light east wind at 10-15 near Stevenson midday with calm wind everywhere else. Monday looks similar, with a slight chance of light westerlies late in the day under 100 degree temps.
BONUS: Jones Friday: 21-24. Saturday: 19-22. Sunday: 10-13. Sauvie’s Friday: 12-15. Saturday: 11-14. Sunday: 9-12. Coast (north/central/south). Friday: 20-25/25-30/35+, NW swell 4′ @ 7 seconds. Saturday: 15-20/20-25/30+, NW 6′ @ 7. Sunday: 20-25/15-20/probably light S, NW 4′ @ 8 seconds.
Random Morning Thoughts
Not today. Very long work day. Have an awesome day.
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Hot and clear.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Open your windows and bottle up all that nice 55 degree air, because we’re headed into another heat wave starting Sunday. For Friday, expect mid 50’s early and low 80’s in the afternoon. Strong west wind. No rainbows. Saturday looks sunny. Temps mid 50’s early and upper 80’s later. Moderate west wind. No rainbows. Sunday looks hot. Temps will be near 60 early and mid 90’s later. Calm wind with light easterlies midday. No rainbows. Smoky, maybe. The next five days after Sunday look hot, with temps in the upper 90’s each day.
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White Sprinter Van of the Week
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Road and Mountain Biking
Plains of Abraham is open. It joins Gunsight to complete our slate of open mountain bike rides. Get out and get some, and take plenty of water because it’s going to be hot. Trails in Hood River County are now closed to motorized use due to fire danger. Bicycles are fine.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events start with the weekly Kickstand Coffee run at 7. Get out and walk or jog 4 miles, and they’ll give you a cup of coffee and a donut when you return. Mountain view Cycles has a group mountain bike ride at 5 this evening to wrap up the work week.
The Gorge Downwind Champs continue today with shuttles for outriggers, Standup paddlers and surfskis. You can visit the Event Village at Hood River’s Waterfront Park. Cascade Locks has sailboat races tomorrow with the Wind Youth Regatta. From 10-2 tomorrow, Meadows has a mountain cleanup. Sign up ahead of time on their website and get a free scenic chairlift ride. Tomorrow afternoon at 1, there’s a standup paddle-based fundraiser for the SECRETS science program at the Nichols Boat Basin. Tomorrow evening is Harry Potter at Movies in the Park Hood River.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
