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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
sunshine
makes it
buns
time
Steven’s Locks
13-16
13-16
16-20
20-24
Viento
24-27
20-24
20-24
20-24
Swell-Hood River
13-16
13-16
16-20
20-24
Lyle to Doug’s
13-16
13-16
16-20
20-24
Rufus, etc.
24-27
20-24
10-13
10-13
Roosevelt & Arlington
20-23
16-20
10-13
5-10
Patrol
11:30a
3pm
dusk
Gorge Wind Forecast
In the wake of yesterday’s cold fronts, the wind is all over the place this morning. Give it a little while to settle down for the best results. Unless you’re up for chasing a couple hours of 10-15mph easterlies, Saturday is a rest day from the river. Westerlies return Sunday afternoon, just strong enough, and for just long enough that KB4C is likely to pull off the derby.
Let’s look at Friday. Scattered low clouds are lingering in the western Gorge. Gradients sit at .08 and .05 to start the day. It’s best to ignore that eastern Gorge wind/gradient unless you’re already there. Late morning wind steadies out at 13-16 from Stevenson to Mosier with 10-13 to The Dalles and 7-10 east of there. Once the desert heats up, the wind builds to 20-24 from Stevenson to The Dalles (late in the day from Lyle to Doug’s) with 10-13 at Rufus and light westerlies at Arlington. River flow is 88,700cfs, river temp is 69F, and high temp forecast is 73F for Hood River.
High pressure builds over the region on Saturday and a heat low pushes into the west side from California. We start with calm wind. Easterlies build to 10-15 from Stevenson to Viento for a couple hours mid-morning before fading back to 10mph or so and extending to Rooster. East of Viento, the wind will be essentially calm all day. High temp: 83F.
Sunday starts dead calm and perfectly clear. Nothing happens wind-wise in the morning. Around noon, the wind starts to build. By 2pm or so, it’ll be 10-13mph from Stevenson to Swell. From then on, it’s an upward climb to 20-23ish from Stevenson to The Dalles in the evening. See – enough to get that kite derby done. Looking deeper into the forecast, we have a tentative plan for 27-31 both Monday and Tuesday with 22-25 on Wednesday. After that, models have too much spread for guesses. Have a great day!
Coast, Jones, Coast
Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Friday: 10-15/20-25/30-40, NW swell 5′ @ 9 seconds. Saturday: 20-25+/20-25+/35-45, NW 6′ @ 8. Sunday: 20-25/20-25/30-40, NW 4′ @ 7. Jones Friday: 10-13. Saturday: 11-14. Sunday: 21-24. Sauvie’s Friday: 9-12. Saturday: 14-17. Sunday: 15-18.
Mt. Hood Weather forecast
On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy sky this morning turns clear later. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and low 70’s this afternoon. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday will be sunny. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 80’s later. Calm wind. No rainbows. Sunday will be clear all day. Temps start in the upper 50’s and end in the mid 80’s. Calm wind early. Moderate westerlies later. No rainbows.
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Cycling
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 in Eastern Washington (Buck Creek / Nestor Peak) is all closed to recreation due to fire danger. Columbia Hills is closed due 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. Huffman: not sure.
Maple Road in Post Canyon is closed. DO NOT drive past the closed signs. If you do so, you will jeopardize TRAIL access for the entire summer. This is the road that runs to the west, just north of the Binns/Riorden intersection. Also, the trail from the bottom of Post Canyon to Seven Streams Staging Area is now closed. It’s on private land. Respect the closure.
Local Events
Kiteboard for Cancer is this weekend at the Hood River Event Site.
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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