Friday: TGIF. Wind today. Heat this weekend.

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Gorge Wind Forecast

There’s enough wind on the river on the lovely Friday morning for you to be out there doing your thing. Most of the day will bring enough wind for most of you to end up with a smile on your face. Westerlies continue on Saturday, and then the wind shuts down Sunday, not to return until late Monday or better yet, Tuesday.

Looking deeper into Friday’s details, we see offshore high pressure, zero marine clouds in Portland, a trough forecast to move inland, and a temp gradient across the Cascades. The day starts with gradients of .10 (pdx-dls), .01 (dls-psc), and high pressure offshore. Wind speeds are mostly in the 14-17 range with the exception of Arlington (calm) and Viento (mid 20’s). Your morning session, through 11am or so, brings 21-24 from Viento to Mosier with 14-17 from Lyle to Doug’s and light wind to the east. Stevenson has a slow climb to 21-24. It’s likely we’ll see a midday lull thanks to desert heating. Do not despair. That trough moves inland and nudges the gradients and wind speeds upward late afternoon through the evening. You’ll find gustier 24-27 from Stevenson to Rufus mid to late afternoon. Arlington joins in this evening. It’s likely the wind will only last a couple hours at Swell, so be quick to take advantage. River flow: 158kcfs (250kcfs below normal for this date, a sign of how bad the drought is). River temp is 61F. High temp forecast: 85F.

Let’s look at Saturday. For one, it looks muggy. For two, it looks windy, but you’ll have to be strategic about your timing. Dawn Patrol westerlies should be 22-25mph from Viento to Mosier with 13-16 near Lyle and Stevenson and light wind east of The Dalles. Get it quick. Heating in Portland knocks the wind down to gusty 14-17 from Stevenson to The Dalles midday. If you exercise patience, you’ll be the beneficiary of afternoon thermal assistance; models call for 21-24 from Mosier to Doug’s after 5pm with 13-16 west of Mosier and eastward from The Dalles to Rufus. High temp: 84F.

Sunday. Meh. We could see 10-13 to start the day from Stevenson to Swell. East of there: just some light westerly flow, not even enough to be labeled “wind”. Models suggest afternoon will bring 91 degrees and light easterlies. Westerlies return late Monday and should be stronger on Tuesday and Wednesday when temps are forecast to drop back into the 80’s. Another option for the next few day: the Oregon Coast, where the wind will be quite strong. Have a great day!  

Coast, Jones, Sauvie’s

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Friday: 20-25+/25-30+/40, W swell 3′ at 8 seconds. Saturday: 15-20+/30-35/40, W 4′ @ 10. Sunday: 25-30/25-30/30-35+, NW 6′ @ 9. Jones Friday: 19-23. Saturday: 15-18. Sunday: 11-14. Sauvie’s Friday: 15-18. Saturday: 14-17. Sunday: 17-20.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clear sky for three days and gradually warmer. Friday: sunshine. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and mid 80’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday starts in the upper 50’s and ends in the mid 80’s. Moderate westerlies. Muggy. No rainbows. Sunday will be sunny and hot. Temps start in the upper 50’s and end near 90. Light and variable wind. No rainbows.

Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.  

Cycling

Trail guesses: Whoopdee, dry; Post,, mixed; 44 Road, good. Falls Creek: good. From the 44trails.org website… Open trails: Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Dog River, Superconnector, Cedar, Knebal, Cooks (to 1.5 miles above the 4410 road), 450 to the junction with 15 mile, Underhill. Upper 450: patches of snow and 10 trees down.

Post Canyon: the trail from the bottom of Post Canyon to Seven Streams Staging Area is now closed. It’s on private land. Respect the closure. Surveyor’s Ridge: clear of snow and trees. Other 44 Road Trails: clearing in progress. Cows are out on Hospital Hill. No parking at the corral. No dogs on the trails. No exceptions. Please respect the wishes of the landowners – they let us use their land, and in return, we respect their rules! New Whoopdee: open.  

Local Events

Mountain View Cycles women’s ride is every Thursday, bottom of Post at 5:30pm. 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. The Small Boat Group does paddles every Thursday evening at 6pm. Hatch laps are the latest thing they do. Coming up next weekend, we have 12 Hours of Post at Family Man on Saturday and the third race in the Epic Paddle series, location TBD, on Sunday.  

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