| Your favorite launch | dawn patrol |
morning max | afternoon max | executive session |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwash (Rooster) Rock | muggy | buns | not so | fun! | |
| Stevenson | 10-13 | 21-24 | 19-22 | 19-22 | |
| Viento | 20-23 | 21-24 | 19-22 | 19-22 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 20-23 | 21-24 | 19-22 | 19-22 | |
| Lyle to Doug’s | 10-13 | 14-17 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
| Rufus, etc: 78-163kcfs flow | LTV | 14-17 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTV | 5-10 | 19-22 | 19-22 | |
| River flow last 24 hours: 83-205kcfskcfs | =River temp: 71.24F | HR High temp: 92F | |||
Gorge Wind Forecast
Hi friends! How do you feel about getting back on the river today? Excited? Yeah, me too! It was way too hot and muggy yesterday, and today started out too hot and muggy. Let’s get wet! Starting today, we have a long string of “strong-enough” west wind for many sports – not enough for windsurfers wanting nuking conditions, but enough for most of you. Before I forget, I know many of you like to mountain bike as well. Most trails in Post Canyon are closed so fire crews can conduct lines. You’ll want to check in with HRATS on what’s open/closed. K, back to wind…
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Friday kicks off with pressures of 30.10/29.99/29.99. That’s 0.11 PDX-DLS and says “Corridor” to start. A system approaches and nudges the wind east later. It also fires off some instability along the Cascade Crest, which could do anything or nothing to the wind. We start with 20-23 from Viento to Swell with 13-16 from Hood river to Mosier, 10-13 near Rowena, and light/variable wind out east. We’ll see the wind rise to 22-25 from Stevenson to Mosier this morning and fill in at 14-17 from Lyle to Rufus by late morning or early afternoon. A nudge from a system heading north offshore knocks Swell down to gusty 16-19 early afternoon. Stevenson and Mosier and maybe Hood River hold. Between Rowena and Rufus, barring thunderstorms, westerlies pick up to gusty 24-27 on the iWind sensors. Caveat: sensors east of Doug’s read high compared to the Swell sensor. River flow over the last 24 hours was 83 (morning) to 205kcfs (evening). River temp is 71.24F. High temp forecast is 92F and muggy for Hood river and 99F and muggy out east.
Saturday starts with kick-ass dawn patrol: 23-26 from Viento to Mosier with 14-17 east to Rufus and 10-13 at Arlington. Instability will be present, especially east of the Cascades, and this is going to mess with wind quality and reliability. That said, models knock the wind down to 21-24 from Stevenson to Mosier late morning with 14-17 from Lyle to Rufus. Afternoon wind fills in at 20-23 from Stevenosn to Rufus with 14-17 at Swell and Hood River, which do not respond well to systems moving through. High temp: 88F and muggy in Hood River and 94F out east.
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Sunday starts with a 20-23 dawn patrol near Swell and fades to 17-20. The faded wind fills in all the way from Stevenson to Arlington. Caveat: instability all the way from Iwash (Rooster) Rock to the eastern Gorge. High temp: 93F under clear sky.
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Extended: offshore high pressure slowly rebuilds, and temps stay above normal across the area. While we won’t have the support of a marine layer, we will have the support of thermals and a synoptic-scale gradients. Expect at least 20mph each day next week. Tuesday looks like the windiest day, with ensembles agreeing on 25mph or a bit more. That’s all for now. Go hop in the river and cool off. I’ll see you out there!
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: LTNW/LTNW/N15, NW swell 3′ at 9 seconds. Saturday: LTNW/N15/N20-25, NW 4′ @ 9. Sunday: 10-15/20/20-25, NW 4′ @ 8 and SW 2′ @ 12. Jones Friday: 20-23. Saturday: 22-25. Sunday: 18-21. Sauvie Island Friday: 11-14. Saturday: 12-15. Sunday: 10-13.
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
Partly high overcast for Friday with a chance of thunderstorms. Temps start in the upper 70s (record high-low) and rise to the low 90s. Muggy. Moderately strong westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows. Saturday looks mostly cloudy. Temps start in the low 70s and rise to the upper 80s. Muggy. Moderately strong westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday will be clear. Temps start in the mid 60s and rise to the low 90s. 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. There’s a free community paddle at Wylde Wind and Water every Saturday at 10am (gear provided, all ages). They also have a free community wingfoil orientation every Thursday at 5:30pm at the Hook (all ages, gear provided). Northwave and GoFoil sponsor wingfoil races on Tuesday evenings.
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.
Cycling
All vehicles on HR County forest roads need a gallon of water and a shovel. All areas to the west of 140 trail in Post Canyon are closed. Please see the HRATS for complete details, but essentially, all that is open is 7 Streams, Eldorado, 140, GP, and other trails in those areas. Mobius, Mitchell Ridge, Spaghetti, etc are all closed. People have been riding the closed trails. If this continues, all of Post will be closed. The sheriff is patrolling, and will ticket you. The Twin Tunnels Trail between Hood River and Mosier is closed due to wildfire. Kreps and Green Diamond Land (formerly SDS) are now closed to fire danger. That includes Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, and Underwood. Those lands will remain closed until significant rain in the fall. Also closed: Gorge 400 and lots of other trails due to the Whisky Creek Fire. Ape Canyon and Plains of Abraham are open per USFS website. 44 Road trails are all open and clear, including upper 450 and Fifteenmile. Gunsight is open. Boulder Lakes and other more remote trails are not bucked out yet. Remember that E-bikes are not allowed on USFS non-moto trails. They are allowed on moto trails.
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