Monday: cloudy today, hot this week!

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The Forecast

Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Rooster Rock	beach	closed	buns	clothed
Steven’s Locks	5-10	10-13	g14-17	g14-17
Swell-Hood River	5-10	10-13	g14-17	g14-17
Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena	5-10	10-13	g18-23	g14-17
Rufus, etc.	5-10	10-13	g14-17	g14-17
Roosevelt & Arlington	5-10	10-13	g14-17	g14-17

Gorge Wind Forecast

Oregon and Washington are encouraging people to not travel more than 50mph to access recreation, and all land managers and law enforcement are carefully watching to see if people maintain social distancing. If crowding happens, water access will be revoked. If you are local and lucky enough to have water access in your community, please do this: rig, play, leave. Recreate and go home. That’ll help limit the spread of Novel Coronavirus. If you live in a place that’s still under a stay at home order, stay home – follow the guidance of where you live, not where you want to go.

Not much happens in terms of wind on Monday as a weak front moves through the area perhaps bringing some light drizzle. Morning gradients of .06 and .02 say something might happen, tho! We’ll start the day with 10-13 everywhere. For a short period late morning, the wind could pick up to gusty 18-23 from The Dalles to Avery. After that, expect gusty 14-17 through the whole Gorge. Before I forget – the Army Corps announced a while back that Roosevelt Park was open. That’s actually not true. Only the boat ramp is open. The park is not open to windsurfing and kiting after all. Nor is the park open to overnight camping. Apparently quite a few people violated the camping portion of this closure last week. Peeps, please don’t do that. Not only are you breaking the law, you’re putting access at risk for everyone!

On to Tuesday… High pressure builds over the Northwest, giving the models difficulty in predicting. The day starts with light westerlies. Afternoon wind builds to 14-17 from Stevenson to Hood River with 20-23 from Moiser to Avery. Models struggle even more on Wednesday. Currently they predict light west wind switching to light east wind. A more likely outcome is light westerlies building to perhaps 12-15 in the afternoon, solely driven by synoptic-scale pressure differences. Looking long-range for “the big day”, models predict increasing westerlies for Friday and Saturday.

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast: this portion is waiting for those counties to be ready for visitors. Coast hotels reopen on 5/26, so perhaps that’s when. However, non-essential travel is still restricted.

Open/Closed Launch Site List -All restrooms are closed!

Washington:
Skamania County – Phase two, recreate with 5 or less people outside household
Stevenson East Point, Bob’s Beach, Boat ramp: all open
Home Valley: Closed
Swell City: closed
Spring Creek Hatchery: Closed
Klickitat County – Stay at home order in place. Only recreate with household members
Wunderbar: high water
Bingen Point: Open
Lyle: you have to cross private property to access
Doug’s Beach: Closed
Avery: Open
Maryhill: Park closed. Boat ramp open.
The Wall: Closed. Reopening 5/27.
Roosevelt: UPDATE: Closed to day use and camping. Boat ramp open.

Oregon: Phase one for Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam counties – recreate with 10 or fewer friends from the county
Rooster Rock: Closed
Viento: Closed
The Hook: open
Waterfront Park: Closed
Event Site: Closed
The Spit: Open
The Marina: Open
Boat ramp: open
Mosier: Only open for residents of 97040
Rowena: Closed
Celilo: Closed. Boat ramp open. Full reopening 5/27
Rufus: Closed. Opening 5/27
Arlington: Open
Threemile: Open

Mt. Hood Weather Forecast

Timberline is open with exemplary guidelines for protecting guests and staff from the transmission of novel coronavirus. Please read their guidelines and rules here. Well done, T-Line! The Mt. Hood weather forecast will be on vacation unless something interesting happens in the weather up there. Some of you will be tempted to go out backcountry skiing. Please don’t – accidents do happen, and you may put others at risk. Timberline is allowing uphill access outside the permit area on the climbers’ trail ONLY. No uphill traffic is allowed at Meadows.

Hood River Weather Forecast

High overcast sky sticks around all day today with a chance of intermittent light mist or drizzle. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and low 70’s later. Light to moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Muggy! Tuesday looks cloudy to start and sunny later. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and upper 70’s later. Muggy! Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday looks sunny and dry. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and mid 80’s later. Light to moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday and Friday see temps climb close to 90! 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

Trail update: Post open to residents of HR County. No parking in HRC forests (staging areas, or anywhere). Syncline/Coyote Wall: CLOSED (it’s in the scenic area, and all those trails are closed – you risk a parking ticket or more if you’re there). Mt. Hood National Forest: trailheads and developed areas CLOSED. Trails: open if you can park somewhere that’s not a trailhead. Surveyor’s, Dog River, and Oak Ridge open according to Strava. Kreps/SDS: open. Sandy Ridge: Open. Nestor Peak: open. Columbia Hills State Park: CLOSED. Skamania County trails outside the scenic area: open. Ape Canyon: Closed. Falls Creek: too snowy to ride.

Current lawful social distancing requirements: only people from your household in Klickitat County. Only household members if you’re from Multnomah, Clark, or other ‘stay at home’ counties. Up to 5 friends in Skamania County. Up to 10 in Hood River County.