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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
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| Rooster Rock | sun | buns | hot dogs | fun! | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 12-15 | 19-22 | 19-22 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 13-16 | 19-22 | 19-22 | 16-19 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 5-10 | 10-13 | 19-22 | 19-22 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | 14-18 | 19-22 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 5-10 | 5-10 | LTV | LTV | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s Friday morning, and there’s no sign at all of the west wind stopping any time soon. We’ll see another round of moderate westerlies this weekend followed by stronger westerlies late Sunday into… who knows when?!!?
Offshore high pressure Friday combines with a heat low in the desert and morning marine clouds in the western half of the state for all-day moderate westerlies. Strongest, steadiest, longest-lasting wind will be found in the Corridor today. By mid-morning, westerlies pick up to 19-22 from Stevenson to Mosier. Stevenson quickly follows, once the marine layer burns off. Afternoon westerlies spread out to the Rowena stretch of the river (also 19-22mph). There’s a good chance the HR-Mosier stretch will back off then, due to Portland heating. Your chance at Rufus comes late in the day, when the wind will pick up to 19-22 there. However, river flow today is 329kcfs, which is quite a lot of water for the Maryhill stretch. River temp is 57 degrees.
Offshore high pressure holds steady on Saturday, setting up another round of moderate westerlies. The day starts with 17-20 from Viento to Mosier. By midday, the wind builds to 23-26 from Stevenson to Avery. Rufus joins in late afternoon with 20-23. Not much will be happening farther east, as hot weather across the desert shuts down the far-east gradients.
Sunday looks interesting – the day starts the same as Friday and Saturday: shallow marine clouds in the desert, offshore high pressure, heat low in the desert. Westerlies open the day with 16-19 from Viento to Hood River and build to 20-23 from Stevenson to The Dalles by early afternoon. Things get interesting late in the day as a trough pushes down from Alaska bringing cooler air. If the timing is right, we could see a late-day bump into the upper 20’s first in the Corridor and then out east. The strong wind continues through Monday, which currently has a forecast of 28-32.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: Coast (north/central/south, wind N unless otherwise specified). Friday: 10-15/20-25/30-35, SW swell 2′ at 15 seconds. Saturday: 20-25/25-30/35-40, W 3′ @ 10. Sunday: 15-20/20-25/30-35, W 3′ @ 10. Jones Friday: 23-26. Saturday: 25-28. Sunday: 27-30. Sauvie’s Friday: 12-15. Saturday: 12-15. Sunday: 10-13.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast: on vacation unless needed!
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Hood River Weather Forecast
Clear sky Friday morning gives way to another round of thunderheads on Friday afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and low 80’s later with the dewpoint in the mid 50’s. Muggy. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday looks sunny. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and low 80’s in the afternoon. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday looks sunny. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and low 80’s in the afternoon. Moderate westerlies become strong late in the day. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
If you’re looking for Brown Pow, you’ll find it all over the place. Post is good. Knebal, 8-Mile, Bottle Prairie and Surveyor’s are “open with patches of snow”, according to 44 Trails Association. Logging has begun on Whoopdee, so the main loop is closed. Ronnoc trail will remain open, and so will the climb out. Other open trails: Post, Nestor, Columbia Hills, Hospital Hill, Dog River, Sandy Ridge, Syncline, and Falls Creek from the top. Lower Lewis River is open.
If you’re riding Underwood, please do not park at the trailhead any more as per request by SDS. Continue past the trailhead 0.5 miles or so to the new designated parking area. 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
Events today start with the always delicious Kickstand Coffee and donut run, where a 4 mile jog gets you coffee and a donut. At 9:30, there’s Zumba Gold at the Hood River Adult Center.
Coming up Saturday, Husum has the Fire on the mountain point-to-point trail half-marathon, and Hood River has the Vortex Paddle downwinder race from Viento. Trout Lake has the Family Fun and Run footrace, and White Salmon has the Springfest footrace on sunday. Goldendale has trials bike competitions all weekend, and it’s women’s weekend at the Washougal motocross track. There’s a disc golf tournament and lessons at Morrison Park on Saturday morning.
This weekend is ODFW’s free fishing weekend. The Wheatacres Ranch and Trail Challenge is this weekend too. Your chance to help build trails this week comes at Punchbowl falls in Dee on Saturday. Like Rally cars? There’s a race at Deere Run Vineyards in Dufur Sunday. Pacific hermitage has a potluck, work party, and tea time with monks on Saturday starting at 10:30am. Team Finger is putting on a bike gear swap at the Power Station in Hood River from 9am to 1pm on Sunday.
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Random Morning Thoughts: on vacation.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
