Monday: alternating windy/not-windy days…

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Moderate westerlies today and Wednesday alternate with not-windy Tuesday and Thursday. For Monday, we’re in a post-frontal environment with strong high pressure offshore and high pressure building inland. It looks like we’ll have enough gradient to get on the river. Morning westerlies will be 10-13 in the west and 14-17 east of The Dalles. Give the wind a few hours to steady out. You’ll find 18-22 from Stevenson to The Dalles with 12-15 east of The Dalles. Models suggest evening wind will fade to 12-15 all through the Gorge. River flow is 73,800cfs, river temp is 61F, and high temp forecast is 56F.

A cold front approaching the coast on Tuesday combines with a weak inland ridge of high pressure. Models aren’t quite in agreement on the early wind: it could be west 5-10. That’s normally not much to talk about but would have a big impact on morning temps. Anyway, the rest of the day looks light and variable or light westerly at 5mph or less. High temp: 57F.

That cold front swings through on Tuesday night and leaves us post-frontal on Wednesday. The day starts with gusty 15-18 from Stevenson to The Dalles with light westerlies to the east. Midday: gusty 23-26 from Lyle to Rufus with gusty 11-14 in the western Gorge. Models like the idea of rain Wednesday afternoon in the west, so you’ll probably have to move yourself east. Late afternoon wind: 22-25 from Mosier (or Lyle) to Rufus with gusty 17-20 in the west, maybe. Thursday looks light and variable. We then head into the extended forecast. Models are all over the place, so there’s no point in guessing about long-range wind prospects. Have a great week!  

Coast, Jones, Coast

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Monday: 10-15/15-20/25-30, NW swell 11′ at 12 seconds. Tuesday: S25-30/S15-20/LTV, W 8′ @ 11. Wednesday: W 5-10/LTV/N10-15, NW 10′ @ 12. Jones Monday: 10-13. Tuesday/Wednesday: LTV. Sauvie’s Monday: 8-11. Tuesday/Wednesday: LTV.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

Mt. Hood snow forecast returns sometime around the beginning of November.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy sky this morning turns clear midday and partly cloudy later. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and mid 50’s this afternoon. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Tuesday starts clear and cold. High clouds arrive later, and rain moves in overnight. Temps will be in the low 30’s early and upper 50’s later. Light westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday will be rainy early partly to mostly cloudy midday, and showery in the afternoon. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and low 50’s later. Moderate westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows.

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Cycling

Please help the HRATS out: sign up to volunteer for the Post Canyon Enduro the weekend of the 15th. HRATS receives money from the event organizers, and that money goes towards building and repairing trails. SDS and Kreps lands have reopened. Washington DNR land is also open now. All other trails are open at this time. Motorized use is still not allowed in areas where it was closed due to fire season. In other news… thanks to last week’s rain, the dirt is nearly perfect in most places. More rain is coming, so get ready for more brown pow!  

Local Events

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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