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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | red | white | blue | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 16-20 | 20-24 | 24-27 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 15-18 | 18-22 | 24-27 | 20-24 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 7-10 | 16-20 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 7-10 | 16-20 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 7-10 | 16-20 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
West wind of various sorts continues for a few more days before an offshore low knocks down the windspeed. There’s actually a lot of variation in models after the weekend, so a precise forecast is impossible starting Monday. Let’s stick with what we know – the next three days!
For Friday, offshore high pressure combines with an approaching trough from the north today for moderate to strong, and gusty, afternoon westerlies. Early gradients were .08 and .02, suggesting that the Corridor is the place to be in the morning. As this system approaches later, you’ll find wind pretty much everywhere. Morning westerlies range from close to nothing near Stevenson, 15-18 from Viento to Mosier, and 7-10 east of there. After 11am, the wind starts to pick up. You’ll find gusty 24-27 from Stevenson to Arlington. The Swell-Hood River stretch doesn’t do well with this kind of setup, so do be prepared to look elsewhere if the wind drops. River flow is 126kcfs and temp is 65 degrees.
Deep marine clouds on Saturday morning will likely stick around for much of the day near Hood River. That means you’ll have to shift yourself eastward for the stronger and steadier wind. Morning wind will be 10-13 under the clouds and 20-23 from Mosier to Roosevelt. Afternoon westerlies will probably hold at 12-15 under the clouds from Stevenson to Hood River, but will rise to 27-31 from Mosier to Roosevelt.
Low pressure moves over the region on Sunday and brings another round of deep marine clouds. Synoptic scale (big picture) gradients drop in response, and so does our local wind field. Expect 5-8 in the western Gorge early with 12-15 east of Mosier. Afternoon wind picks up to 12-15 in the west and 18-22 from Mosier to Arlington. After that, there’s quite a bit of disagreement in the models, so it’s not really possible to be exact about the forecast. Not-nuking westerlies are likely.
COAST, JONES, SAUVIE’S: Coast (north/central/south, wind N unless otherwise specified). Friday: W5/NW5/20-25, SW swell 2′ at 16 seconds. Saturday: W5/NW5/15-20, SW 2′ @ 16. Sunday: W5/W5/25-30, SW 2′ ! 16 and NW 3′ @ 8. Jones Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: light westerly. Sauvie’s Friday: 10-13. Saturday and Sunday: nope and nada.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast: on vacation unless needed!
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Hood River Weather Forecast
It’s a smoky morning out there. Some high clouds might join in late today. Temps will be near 60 early and near 80 later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday looks mostly cloudy in the morning and partly cloudy later. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and mid 70’s later. Strong westerlies east of Hood River. 2% chance of rainbows. Sunday looks mostly cloudy with a chance of sprinkles early and partly cloudy later. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and low 70’s later. Light west wind. 3% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
All local trails are snow-free. The only unconfirmed trail I have right now is Huffman Peak. Whoopdee is closed for logging, but Ronnoc trail and the climb out are open. Red Hill Road is supposedly closed for logging. Ride at your own risk. If you’re riding Underwood, please do not park at the trailhead as per request by SDS. Continue past the trailhead 0.5 miles or so to the new parking area. The cows are off Hospital Hill!
Upcoming Events
Today’s events start with the weekly coffee and donut run at 7am at Kickstand in Hood River. Jog 4 miles, and they’ll feed you a healthy breakfast of black coffee and a cake donut. This evening is First Friday in Hood River – the streets will be closed and the artists and social butterflies will all be out.
If you like sports gear, there are two wind and water sports swaps this weekend – there’s one on Saturday morning at Luhr Jensen Beach in Hood River, and there’s one Sunday morning at Windance. Northwave Sails will be providing free donuts and coffee at the Saturday swap, and they’ll also have a free intro to foil-boarding lesson at 10:30.
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Random Morning Thoughts: on vacation.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
