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Gorge Wind Forecast

Clear sky and clean air is back, and so are the westerlies. Add in marine clouds starting on Tuesday for a stretch of stronger wind. Models all like the idea of the strongest day being Tuesday, so carve time out of your day if nuking westerlies are your thing.

Looking at Monday, we see an approaching frontal system impacting the wind. Keep that in mind for the afternoon. The day breaks with gradients of 0.11 (pdx-dls) and 0.04 (dls-psc), a good sign for a chance to head east. Morning wind starts with 17-20 from Viento to the Hook with 10-13 east to Arlington and 5-10 at Stevenson. By late morning, the wind builds to 22-25 from Viento to Mosier with 18-22 at Avery, 10-13 out east and 14-17 at Stevenson. Remember that front I mentioned earlier? It will disrupt the afternoon wind. Expect areas west of Mosier to drop to 11-14 or so. Don’t panic. Head anywhere between Mosier and Arlington for gusty 26-29. River flow is 94,600cfs. River temp is 71F. High temp forecast is 83F for Hood River and 93F for Arlington.

As the front swings through tonight, it pulls deep marine clouds far into the Gorge. A shortwave in the afternoon keeps the clouds around. Dawn Patrol wind may be 20-24 from Viento to Hood River, but it will back off soon, eventually falling to gusty 10-14. From Mosier to Threemile, the day starts with 24-27. Very strong offshore ridging combines with low pressure inland for afternoon westerlies at 28-32 from Mosier to Arlington. High temp Hood River: 72F. Arlington: 77F.

Looking at Wednesday, we see 12-15 everywhere to start the day. Partly cloudy sky in Hood River quickly turns clear, meaning the western Gorge will be the place. It’s going to be a slow and steady build to gusty 20-23 from Viento to The Dalles with light and variable wind out east. Stevenson may stay cloudy; if it does, the wind won’t climb above 10mph. Looking deeper into the week, we see quite a bit of spread in the models. That said, the general picture indicates wind through the weekend. Have a fabulous week on the river!  

Coast, Jones, Coast

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Monday: LTW/LTNW/N20-25+, W swell 3′ at 10 seconds. Tuesday: NW5/NW5/N30-35, NW 7′ @ 8. Wednesday: NW5-10/NNW10-15/N30-35, NW 7′ @ 9. Jones Monday: 13-16. Tuesday: 9-12. Wednesday: 15-18. Sauvie’s Monday: 9-12. Tuesday: 7-10. Wednesday: 8-11.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clear sky today turns partly cloudy tonight. Temps will be near 70 in the morning and in the low 80’s later. Muggy. Moderate morning westerlies become strong. No rainbows. Tuesday starts cloudy and ends mostly cloudy. Slight chance of sprinkles early, but highly unlikely. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and low 70’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies early. Light to moderate westerlies later. 0.1% chance of rainbows. Wednesday starts partly cloudy and ends clear. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and low 80’s later. Moderate westerlies. 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

SDS (Whoopdee, Underwood), BLC, HFM, DGS, and Kreps Land (Hospital Hill) are now closed until the end of fire season. It is also vital that people respect this closure to maintain positive relationships between the landowners and trail users. DNR land in Eastern Washington (Buck Creek / Nestor Peak) is all closed to recreation due to fire danger.

Open trails: Post, Falls Creek, Lewis River, Sandy Ridge, Columbia Hills, Gorge 400, Plains of Abraham / Ape Canyon. 44 Road: Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Dog River, Superconnector, Cedar, Knebal, Cooks Meadows, 450 to the top, Gunsight, Underhill. Siouxon has reopened. Huffman: not sure.

Maple Road in Post Canyon is closed. DO NOT drive past the closed signs. If you do so, you will jeopardize TRAIL access for the entire summer. This is the road that runs to the west, just north of the Binns/Riorden intersection. Also, the trail from the bottom of Post Canyon to Seven Streams Staging Area is now closed. It’s on private land. Respect the closure.  

Local Events

IFPL 3 restrictions west of Highway 35 went into effect on 7/16. No more motorized use in Post Canyon trails. Mountain View Cycles women’s ride is every Thursday, bottom of Post at 5:30pm. They have an all-genders ride at 6pm on Wednesday, end of the pavement on Post Canyon Road. Their shop road ride leaves at 9am on Saturday for a 2 hour ride. 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. Oregon E-Bikes has ladies’ rides at 7:30am Sunday and Monday. The Small Boat Group does paddles every Thursday evening at 6pm at the Hatchery.

Other weekly events. Normally on Tuesday night there’s meditation with the Pacific Hermitage Monks at 5:15 (1 hour) and 6:30 (30 minutes followed by a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. In-person meditation is on “pause” due to the recent Covid surge. It will happen on the Pacific Hermitage YouTube page at 6:30. Triathlon practice with the Tri Club is Tuesday at 6pm at West Mayer State Park. Sailboat races happen Wednesday night from the Hood River Marina. There are also lesser races on Friday nights. Cheno’s workout is every Saturday at 10am at the Ferment Lawn in Hood River ($10). Families in the Park starts August 5th at Jackson Park and runs for several weeks on Thursday evening.  

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