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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | outdoor | shower | wet | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 10-15 | G 20-24 | rainy | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 5-10 | 18-22 | G 25-29 | rainy | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 5-10 | 18-22 | G 25-29 | rainy | |
| Rufus, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | G 25-29 | G 25-29 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | 18-22 | G 25-29 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Friday’s starting off with light westerlies and sunshine, but that’s all going to change this afternoon as a cold front sweeps into the Gorge. We’ll see westerlies at 7-12 this morning. Around 11am, the wind will start picking up, giving us gusty 19-23 from Stevenson to Mosier through 2pm or so. That’s about when the front will hit Stevenson, starting up the rain there. Areas to the east will see a short-lived (up to 2 hours?) burst of gusty 25-29 (big gusts!), moving rapidly eastward to Arlington. Rain will shut down the wind at all the beaches by 8pm. Preemptive driving might work best with this setup. River temps is 59 degrees. Flow is way down at 278kcfs, a totally reasonable flow for the Rufus stretch.
Saturday brings showers to the western Gorge along with afternoon atmospheric instability for all locations. This will impact wind quality and predictability. The day starts with less-than-10 west of Hood River and 7-12 from Mosier eastward. The wind will slowly build to an afternoon max of gusty 24-29 from Lyle to Arlington, assuming the atmosphere doesn’t destabilize enough to shut it down.
An upper level low approaches the coast on Sunday, replacing Saturday’s offshore high pressure. Gradients slacken, and so does the wind. Western Gorge showers keep the wind at 5-10 or less near Stevenson all day. Other locations start off with 10-13, perhaps, although not certainly, maxing out with 15-18 in the afternoon from Hood River to The Dalles. Monday doesn’t have much in the way of wind.
BONUS: No bonus forecast today due to south or west wind on the coast for the next three days. Only chance at Jones is gusty 13-16 on Saturday, but it’s also likely to be raining, so I wouldn’t advise driving for that. Nothing happening at Sauvie’s either.
Random Morning Thoughts
The random morning thoughts are currently on vacation!
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Friday starts off partly cloudy on the mountain, turns rainy in the afternoon, and switches to wet snow after midnight. The snow level will be 10,000′ for much of the day, falling to 5500′ after midnight. Up to 1/2” water value falls, mostly as rain, but with up to 3” of new snow possible at the higher elevations of Timberline. Wind Friday will be SW 15 in the morning, S 25-30 in the afternoon, and SW 20 after midnight.
Snow continues on Saturday with the possibility of heavy periods in the afternoon and even some thunderstorms. Snow level 5500′ all day, falling as low as 3500′ overnight. UP to 1/2” water value falls during the day (really hard to predict!), for a few inches of wet snow above 5500′. Wind: WSW 20 early,WNW 25 afternoon, W 30 after midnight. Sunday brings cloudy sky and snow flurries. Snow level 3500′ early, 5500′ in the afternoon, and 5000′ after midnight. Just a trace of new snow will fall. Wind W 30 in the morning, SW 20 in the afternoon, and W 15 after midnight.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Friday starts off partly cloudy and turns rainy mid-afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and near 70 later. Light westerlies early, strong 2-6pm, then light. 18% chance of rainbows. Saturday looks showery all day with thundershowers possible in the afternoon. Temps will be near 50 early and near 60 in the afternoon. Light west wind early, moderate to strong in the afternoon, 99.99% chance of rainbows. Sunday looks showery. Temps will be near 50 early and near 60 in the afternoon. Light west wind. 89% chance of rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Week
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Road and Mountain Biking
All the road bike rides are open. There is a work party on Surveyor’s Ridge on Saturday. Meet at Little John snopark at 9am. Fifteenmile is now open. Not sure about 450. Gunsight, Boulder Lakes and High Prairie remain closed. No word on Huffman Peak. Falls Creek is open top to bottom. Be aware that the snow level will be around 5000′ on Saturday and 4000′ on Sunday.
Upcoming Events
Today’s Friday, and the day starts with the Kickstand Coffee run at 7, where walking or jogging 4 miles earns you a free cup of coffee and a donut. The workweek finishes up with a group mountain bike ride that leaves mountain View Cycles at 5. On Saturday morning, there’s a trail run at 8am in Post Canyon (wet!) and a group road bike ride (also wet!) from Mountain View Cycles at 9am.
The community rebuild of the Hood River Children’s Park continues through the weekend – you can sign up to build, loan tools, or donate money at the City of Hood River’s website. The Pistol River Wave Bash continues this weekend down in Gold Beach. Ranger Jimmy T has a work party planned for the Surveyor’s Ridge trail tomorrow. You can join in by meeting at Little John Snowpark at 9. Yoga Samadhi is hosting a free half-day meditation workshop tomorrow from 1-5.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
