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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | Clear | air | clean | buns. | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 16-20 | 25-29 | 25-29 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 21-25 | 28-32 | 28-32 | 25-28 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 13-18 | 21-24 | 28-32 | 28-32 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 13-18 | 21-24 | 28-32 | 28-32 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 13-16 | 15-18 | 18-22 | 22-25 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
If you thought yesterday afternoon near Swell was windy, wait until you see today. We started our Friday with gradients of .18 from Portland to The Dalles and .08 from The Dalles to Pasco. These gradients suggest that Just About Anywhere will be windy today. Get it today, because the wind will back off the next two days.
So, Friday… We start with 10-13 in the west, 21-25 Viento to Mosier, and 15-18 east of there. As the atmosphere stabilizes through mid-morning, the wind will pick up. 28-32 from Viento to Rufus seems like a safe call with 22-25 at Arlington and 25-29 at Stevenson. I wouldn’t be surprised, given the gradients, to see even stronger wind lat times between Mosier and Rufus. Take your smallest gear.
High pressure builds inland this evening and overnight, and a weak upper low approaches the coast Saturday afternoon. The one-two combo will result in significantly less wind on Saturday; we start with 15-18 (maybe 17-20) from Viento to Swell. That should hold all day, filling in to Doug’s later. Stevenson starts with 5-10 and picks up to 15-18. Areas east of Doug’s will remain in the 5-10 range.
The forecast for Sunday has changed again, and there’s also little agreement between the models. The GFS likes 12-15 ealry, fading to 7-11. The Euro, on the other hand, likes 12-15 during the morning with 18-22 in the afternoon. I imagine this is making for a tricky call for the Paddle Challenge Downwinder selection…
BONUS: Jones Friday: 23-26. Sautrday: 14-17. Sunday: 12-15. Sauvie’s Friday: 10-13. Saturday: 12-15. Sunday: 12-15. Coast (north/central/south). Friday: 5-10/15-20/30+, NW swell 5′ at 9 seconds. Saturday: 5-10/15-20/30+, NW 5′ @ 8. Sunday: W5/W5/30+, NW 5′ @ 8.
Random Morning Thoughts
Not today!
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Friday starts with high-level convective clouds and then turns clear. Free air freezing level (FAF) 13,000′ rising to 16,000′ overnight. Wind: W 10 early, NW 10 afternoon and evening. Saturday: Clears, fAF 16,000′. Wind: NW 10 early, W 5 in the afternoon, SW 5 overnight. Sunday: clear. FAF: 15,000′. Wind: SW 5 early, NE 5 afternoon.
Gorge Weather Forecast
The air quality index this morning is down to 42 in Hood River and 50 in Underwood, a welcome change from the last few days. Temps are lovely too: they’ll be near 60 this morning and near 80 this afternoon under high clouds early and clear, blue sky later. Nuking west wind. No rainbows. Saturday looks clear. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and the upper 80’s in the afternoon. Moderate west wind. No rainbows. Sunday looks hotter and muggier. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and near 90 in the afternoon. Smoke may return too. Light west wind. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Trails on private timberland (Hospital Hill, Whoopdee, Underwood, and anything else on Kreps, Stevenson, Weyerhauser, etc.) will remain closed to ALL uses until the end of fire session (significant rainfall). Washington and Oregon public lands have now banned smoking and campfires for the remainder of the season, telling you what are some of the main causes of wildfires.
Gorge 400 from Wyeth to Herman Creek has reopened. There are about 7 trees down. Plains of Abraham is open. Trails in Hood River County are now closed to motorized use due to fire danger. Bicycles are fine. The Petersburg Loop east of The Dalles has reopened for road biking. Highway 30 from Memaloose to Rowena has reopened Canyon Road in Odell has reopened.
Upcoming Events
Today’s community activities start with the donut and coffee run at 7 at Kickstand Coffee in Hood River. Mt. View Cycles has a shop mountain bike ride at 5 tonight. The Gorge Paddle challenge kickoff party is from 5:30 to 10 at Kickstand Coffee.
Pacific Crest Trail Days runs today through Sunday morning in Cascade Locks with outdoor movies tonight from 8-10. Other outdoor movies tomorrow include round two fo the PCT film servies at Thunder Island, Coco at Kramer Fieldt, and Beauty and the Beast at Jackson park.
The Gorge Paddle Challenge runs all weekend at Hood River’s Waterfront Park with the downwind race either Saturday or Sunday, most likely Saturday since that’s the windy day this weekend, so watch out for hundreds of SUPs, outriggers, and surfskis between Viento and Hood River tomorrow. Last thing this weekend is the Oregon Bigfoot Festival at Glenn Otto Park on Sunday.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
