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Monday: another un-pnw heat wave

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The Forecast

Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Your favorite beach Dawn
Patrol
9am-
11:30a
11:30a-
3pm
3pm-
dusk
Rooster Rock hot sun hot buns
Steven’s Locks 5-10 LTV LTV 10-13
Viento 10-13 LTW LTW 10-13
Swell-Hood River 5-10 LTV LTV 10-13
Lyle to Doug’s LTV LTV LTV LTV
Rufus, etc. LTV LTV LTV LTV
Roosevelt & Arlington LTV LTV LTV LTV

Gorge Wind Forecast

100+ degree heat is in the forecast again this week, but it’s looking like we’ll have wind for at least part of this heat wave. Best wind bets in the next five days are Tuesday and Friday, which means I’m going to take a day or two off from forecasting (Wednesday? Thursday?) this week as I’m working more than usual and could use some morning exercise time!

Let’s look at Monday. Your best chance for wind is 1) Viento prior to 10am, where you’ll find 10-13. Second best chance: Stevenson to Hood River after 5pm when an evening thermal picks up to 10-13. River flow is 108kcfs, river temp is 71F, and high temp forecast is 86F.

Tuesday’s a bit of a bonus day. Offshore high pressure combines with a heat low pushing north. Hottest weather will be in the desert – on the west side, the heat low stalls south of the metro area and leaves us with a decent cross-Cascade temp gradient. Forecast: 13-16 from Viento to Swell in the morning with light wind to the east. Models suggest a midday dip to 11-14. Evening wind rises to 16-19 from Stevenson to Hood River with 13-16 to Mosier, 10-13 to The Dalles and light wind to the east. High temp will be 90F, and humidity will be increasing. Given the 1028mb offshore pressure, wind could actually beat the forecast. Nice day to be in the water!

High pressure and heat settles in all across the region on Wednesday. Viento starts the day at 9-12 and quickly fades to calm. Rest of the Gorge: calm all day. High temp: 98F. Thursday: light and variable. 106-109F in The Dalles on Friday will be enough to pull some evening westerlies into the Gorge. Stronger wind (maybe) is forecast for Saturday and Sunday. Models have a lot of spread, but they’re indicating a return to 75-85 degrees and windy next week. Until then, stay cool!  

Coast, Jones, Coast

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Monday: 20-25/20-25+/30-40, NW swell 5-6′ at 8 seconds. Tuesday: 20-25/25-30/30-35, NW 4-5′ at 7 seconds. Wednesday: 10-15+/15-20/LTS, NW 5′ @ 8. Jones Monday: 14-17. Tuesday: 16-19. Wednesday: 7-10. Sauvie’s Monday: 12-15. Tuesday: 13-16. Wednesday: 10-13.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clear sky today stays that way. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and mid 80’s later. Light and variable wind becoming light westerly in the evening. No rainbows. Tuesday will be clear and increasingly humid. Temps will be near 60 early and near 90 later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday will be muggy in the morning and slightly less muggy later. Temps will be in the upper 60’s early and upper 90’s, pushing 100, in the afternoon. Light and variable wind. No rainbows.

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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 and Huffman Peak are “temporarily closed” due to wildfire last year.

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. 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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By Temira

Temira Lital is a recreation and travel weather forecaster based in Hood River, Oregon. Temira uses they/them pronouns. They're also a mental health counselor. Temira bikes, skis, windsurfs, paddles a SUP, swims in mountain lakes, and loves gardening. Most recently they've taken up SUP foiling. Temira is powered by La Croix, protein, and beets.