| Your favorite launch | dawn patrol |
morning max | afternoon max | executive session |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwash (Rooster) Rock | sunny | buns | sweaty | fun | |
| Stevenson | LTE | E10-15 | W10-13 | W16-19 | |
| Viento | LTE | E10-15 | W10-13 | W16-19 | |
| Swell-Hood River | LTE | LTE | W10-13 | W16-19 | |
| Lyle to Doug’s | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| Rufus, etc: 144-210kcfs flow | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| River flow last 24 hours: 135-210kcfskcfs | =River temp: 66.56F | High temp: 100F | |||
Gorge Wind Forecast
Hi friends! We’re in the Gorge, where we’re usually talking about wind, but the highlight for the upcoming week is the heat. In an unusual twist, we’ll have light to moderate westerlies throughout this heatwave. That’s despite high temps being 100+ degrees through Monday, at least. Models suggest much stronger westerlies will return sometime in the Wednesday-Thursday time frame as high temps drop from the triple digits into the 90s. Not quite the cooldown you were hoping for, but certainly windy when it happens!
Friday kicks off with pressures of 30.13/30.11/30.11 for very light onshore gradients. The wind turns briefly easterly at 10-15 this morning near Stevenson before switching to westerly this afternoon. We’ll see a slow build to 16-19mph from Stevenson to Hood River with the strongest wind coming after 5pm. River flow over the last 24 hours was 135-210kcfs, river temp is 66.56F, and high temp forecast is 100F on the dot.
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Saturday brings a swap meet at Lot 1 on the Hood River waterfront. Sellers at 7am. Buyers at 8am. $10 to sell benefits Columbia Gorge Wind and Water Association (CGW2). The day starts perfect for a swap: dead calm. By early afternoon, westerlies rise to 12-15 from Stevenson to Mosier. They pick up a little more as we approach the evening: 18-22 from Stevenson to Doug’s. High temp: 100F. Again.
Friday starts dead calm. Break out the ski boats! Not much happens during the day. Models take the westerlies to 12-15 from Stevenson to Hood River, maybe to Rowena, after 5pm. High temp: 100F. A weak impulse moves through on Saturday. The day starts dead calm, again. From mid-afternoon on, we should see 17-20 or a bit more from Stevenson to Rowena. High temp: 101. Sunday looks like a carbon copy of Saturday with temps a few degrees hotter.
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Thanks to the heat low being centered over the Columbia Basin on Sunday, westerlies continue. The day starts with 10-13 from Stevenson to Viento. Westerlies build slowly as they wait for desert heat to outpace the urban heat island. By late afternoon, we’ll have 18-21 from Mosier to Doug’s with 14-17 at Swell and 18-21 from Stevenson to Viento. After 5pm, the wind picks up to 20-23 from Stevenson to Avery. High temp rise a few degrees above 100.
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Jones, Sauvie Island, Oregon Coast
North/Central/South coast, waves (swell forecast provided by NWS). Wind forecast for the afternoon (unless it’s a storm on the coast, in which case that’s peak wind during the day). Wind direction N (coast/Sauvie Island) and W (Jones) unless otherwise noted. Friday: 20-25/20-25/LTV (probably), W swell 5′ at 17 seconds. Saturday: 20/20-25/LTV (probably), W 4′ @ 16. Sunday: 15/15-20/25-30, W 3′ @ 16. Jones Friday: 15-18. Saturday: 12-15. Sunday: 20-23. Sauvie Island Friday: 17-20. Saturday: 13-16. Sunday: 11-14.
Alan’s Sauvie Island Wind Sensor
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
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Very basic Hood River weather forecast. Don’t plan your life around this. You really should read Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook
Clear sky for Friday. Temps start in the upper 50s and rise to 100. Calm wind early. Moderate westerlies late. No rainbows. Saturday will be sunny all day with a few high clouds in the morning. Temps start in the low 60s and rise to 100. Calm wind early. Moderate westerlies in the afternoon. No rainbows. Sunday will be sunny and clear. Temps start in the low-mid 60s and rise to 100+. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows.
Local-ish Events
Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!
There’s a weekly social for Wind Johnnies (The Gorge Wind Social) at Ferment Brewing every 3rd Monday this summer.
The Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club offers free roll sessions (gear provided) for kids at the Hood River Pool every other Tuesday from 5:30 to 7pm. Visit their website for more deets: https://www.columbiagorgejuniorkayakclub.org/. Amayah’s offers a free meal every First Thursday from 1pm to 4pm. Regular weekly events:. NK Studio’s by-donation Tuesday morning yoga class is back. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. There’s meditation with monks at 5:15pm (an hour) and 6:30pm (30 minutes plus a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. Columbia Gorge Tri Club meets at Mayer State Park at 6pm Tuesdays. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, there’s a run from Pine Street Bakery. On Fridays at 2:30pm, there’s a free meditation and stretching class at Yoga Samadhi. On Saturday at 9am, there’s a by-donation outdoor group fitness on the 2rd floor deck about Ferment Brewing.
Sign-ups are open for the Gorge Ultimate Summer League: https://gorge.ultimatecentral.com/e/summer-league-2024
Wingfoil racing starts July 2nd: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/mgmt_event_menu.php?regatta_id=28193
Post Canyon Junior Enduro MTB series: https://cooperspuralpineteam.org/mountain-bike/fun-fridays-kids-enduro-series-post-canyon/
Cycling
Dirt is great in post as of 6/19. Post, Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, Syncline, Columbia Hills, and Nestor are open. Eightmile, Knebal, Bottle Prairie, Surveyor’s, Dog River, SuperConnector, and Cook Meadows are open. Fifteenmile is clear of snow but has not been cleared of downed trees. Lewis River is open. I received an email that Falls Creek is open. That is USFS land, and E-bikes are not allowed. Cows are out on Hospital Hill. NO DOGS. That means you, all of you, even your dog that’s [insert adjective]. No dogs. Do not risk access for everyone. No parking at the corral.
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