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The Forecast
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Your favorite beach
Dawn
Patrol
9am-
11:30a
11:30a-
3pm
3pm-
dusk
Rooster Rock
better
bun
tan
later
Steven’s Locks
7-11
7-11
7-11
7-11
Swell-Hood River
7-11
7-11
7-11
7-11
Lyle to Doug’s
7-11
7-11
7-11
7-11
Rufus, etc.
LTW
LTW
G18-22?
G18-22?
Roosevelt & Arlington
LTW
LTW
G18-22?
G18-22?
Patrol
11:30a
3pm
dusk
Gorge Wind Forecast
The weather, as you can guess by looking out your window, just isn’t all that conducive for reliable or steady westerlies today. This pattern will continue through the beginning of next week – offshore low after offshore low plagues the region. On Friday, we have a trough of low pressure and a front approaching with some atmospheric instability and an atmospheric river. Not great. The day starts with westerlies at 7-11 in the west and light/variable wind east of The Dalles. Models suggest a bump to gusty 13-16 from The Dalles to Rufus midday with gusty 18-22 between Avery and Threemile ahead of the approaching front mid-afternoon. No promises, as instability could dampen the wind speeds. West of The Dalles, you’ll find 8-11mph or so all day long. River flow is 288-340kcfs (briefly over 360 last night), river temp is 55F (but warmer in the boat basin!), and high temp forecast is 70F.
A 997mb low offshore shuts down the gradients on Saturday. You’ll find calm wind until early afternoon with light westerlies, less than 10mph, in the afternoon. You’ll also have rain. High temp: 67F. A cold front swings through on Sunday and allows some brief, transient, dirty high pressure to build offshore. That said, the atmosphere, especially east of the Cascade Crest, will be quite unstable. For the morning, models show 5-10 in the western Gorge with gusty 12-15 from The Dalles to Boardman. Models hint at gusty 21-25 from Doug’s to Arlington after 1pm or so, but instability could interfere, and the dynamic nature of the weather makes the wind forecast unreliable.
Offshore high pressure on Monday might be well-enough timed for a shot at 17-21mph westerlies. After that, we’re likely to head into a couple days of inland high pressure and light wind. Once again, the best thing about all this is the advent of foil sports and the fact that there are a lot of other fun things to do in the Gorge!
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast
Coast forecast (north/central/south, waves). Swell forecast provided by NWS. Wind direction northerly unless otherwise noted. Friday: SW10-15/S25-30/S25-30, W swell 5′ @ 11 seconds. Saturday: SE15-25/S10-20/S30-40, W swell 5′ @ 10. Sunday: S to 30/S to 30/S to 20, SW 6′ @ 8. Jones Friday-Sunday: LTV. Sauvie’s Friday: SW10-15. Saturday: LTV. Sunday: S5-10.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – Back on vacation until next fallt
Hood River Weather Forecast
Clouds this morning stick around all day with intermittent showers through 11am or so then scattered sprinkles. A thunderstorm is not out of the question later. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and about 70 later. Light westerlies. 33% chance of rainbows. Muggy. Saturday will be drizzly in the morning, then just muggy, then rainy from late afternoon. It could be torrential overnight. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and upper 60’s later. Muggy AF. 44% chance of rainbows. Sunday will be showery with thunderstorms possible. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and upper 60’s later. Light westerlies. 98% chance of rainbows.
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Local-ish Events
Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!
This weekend is the Beargrass Bicycles Beatdown ride. It goes from the shop to the Eightmile Campground on Saturday and returns to town on Sunday. The shop will shuttle your camping gear and also provide food for you. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, you can get a donut and coffee for going for a run at Kickstand Coffee. The Small Boat paddlers have a group paddle at 6pm on Thursday at the Hatchery. Post and Pint happens Thursday evenings at 5:30 when Post is not too wet to ride. The women’s Post-and-Pinot ride is Wednesday evening at 5:30.
Cycling
There was an event on 5/22 on Dog River trail, which suggests it may be open. That’s not confirmed. A good portion of the Eldorado Trail (below the intersection with Riorden Hills Road (near the top, below the clearcut) is closed starting today for at least the next few days. Do not enter that area for your safety. Courtney Road (the road that goes up above Syncline) is closed until October. Do not attempt to use it to access trails. Starting now, you will need a parking pass to park at Post Canyon. This money will support trails. Hospital Hill: cows are out – no dogs allowed. Underwood: do not enter areas that are closed due to logging operations.
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