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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | cloudy | day to | practice | tanning | |
| Steven’s Locks | G13-16 | G13-16 | G13-16 | G13-16 | |
| Swell-Hood River | G13-16 | G13-16 | G13-16 | G13-16 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | G18-22 | G18-22 | G18-22 | G18-22 | |
| Rufus, etc. | G18-22 | G20-25 | G27-32 | G27-32 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | G27-32 | G27-32 | G27-32 | G27-32 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Offshore low pressure combines with even lower inland pressure on Friday for a day of strong and gusty westerlies. Easterlies return for much of Saturday followed by another round of westerlies on Sunday and Monday. After that, models disagree, so you’ll want to vote early and often for the GFS; it’s predicting at least three days in a row of 25-29 in the central Gorge. The Euro is having none of that, so no solid predictions are possible past Monday.
Back to today, Friday, we’re looking at a day of strong and gusty westerlies in the eastern Gorge. Clouds and sprinkles will limit the wind in the west; expect 13-16 from Stevenson to Hood River today, all day. It’s likely the wind will be slightly stronger from Mosier to Doug’s. That stretch will likely remain cloudy, but may hold at gusty 18-22 today. Winning locations today will be east of The Dalles – Avery to Boardman will max out at gusty 27-31, fading after 5pm. In case you were wondering, day-starting gradients were .09 and .09, flow was 299kcfs (that’s swift for Rufus, but people have done it – definitely experts only), and river temp was 54 degrees.
On to Saturday: a giant area of low pressure sets up off the Oregon Coast. Surface wind turns easterly and upper flow turns southerly. The nature of this system will lead to widespread easterlies. Max wind will be 20-25 near Rooster and Stevenson. The rest of the Gorge, probably all the way east to Arlington, will see easterlies at 10-15 with higher gusts. A front moving in late afternoon will turn the wind around to westerly fast as whiplash, so be prepared for a switch to W 10-13 with rain.
We’ll be back to westerlies on Sunday as transitory high pressure appears offshore. The day starts with 5-10 and clouds int eh west wind 12-15 from The Dalles eastward. Midday wind looks like 16-19 everywhere, and peak wind will be Mosier to Rufus, 2pm to 5pm, at 22-25. If Monday’s GFS is correct, we’ll see 26-30. After that? No agreement between models. Vote early and often for the GFS.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: Jones Friday: no. Saturday: no. sunday: 10-13. Sauvie’s Friday: no. Saturday: nope. Sunday: 8-11. Coast (north/central/south). Friday: S25-30/S25-30/S20-25, W swell 5′ at 9 seconds and SW swell 3′ at 15 seconds. Saturday: S5/S20/S25-30, W 7′ @ 13. Sunday: W5/W5/W5, W 7′ @ 12 and S 4′ @ 8.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast: on vacation unless needed!
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Hood River Weather Forecast
It’s a cloudy morning in Hood River, and it’ll likely stay mostly cloudy (at best today) while drizzle continues west of Hood River. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. 47% chance of rainbows. Saturday looks dry until mid-afternoon and then quite wet. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 60’s later. East wind until 5pm or so. Then light westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday looks dry after a few early morning sprinkles. More sprinkles move back in from the east after midnight. Temps will be near 50 early and in the mid 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. 28% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
First, this week is National Bike to Work Week! Falls Creek is rideable, but there is some snow (unclear how much) if you ride from the pass. An out and back from the bottom is a better bet. Dog River is open. Other 44 Road trails are not. Nestor is open. With about 0.2” of rain in the last 24 hours, Post is likely to be a combination of slick, tacky, and dry spots. Remember that there is a race in Post on Saturday the 18th.
If you’re riding Underwood, please do not park at the trailhead any more as per request by SDS. There is a parking area 0.5 miles farther down the road. The cows are out on Hospital Hill, which happens to be private land owned by the Kreps family. Do not take your dog or you 1) endanger the life of your dog and 2) endanger access to the land for everyone.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events start with the Kickstand Coffee Run in Hood River, where a 4 mile run earns you 350 calories of free coffee and donut. Today’s also National Bike to Work Day, so do it if you can. Tomorrow is Bryant Pipe’s grand reopening with BBQ, and there’s also BBQ at the spring cookout and giveaway on the river in Lyle.
Food-free events Saturday include the Cascadia Dirt Cup bike race in Post Canyon, Gorge Invite sailboat race in Cascade Locks, and the Dressage show at the Hood River Saddle club. CyclePath has free Pivot bike demos at Sandy Ridge on Saturday. Windance has a swap meet on Sunday.
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Random Morning Thoughts: on vacation.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
