Monday: get your wind the next two days…

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Gorge Wind Forecast

That rest day you’ve been looking for arrives this week, but first you’ve got to make it through a couple more days on the river! Monday’s pre-dawn wind starts at 21-24 from Viento to Hood River with gradients of 0.11 (pdx-dls) and 0.02 (dls-psc). Models insist that mid-morning wind will be 14-17 from Stevenson to The Dalles, so let’s go with that. If it dips, it’ll be back: predictions for the afternoon are 20-23 from Stevenson to Mosier with 16-19 from Lyle to Doug’s and light and variable wind to the east. River flow is 112kcfs, river temp is 70F, and high temp forecast for Hood River is 90F.

Tuesday’s your day to go all out, because you’re likely to be resting or doing something else on Wednesday. Tuesday starts with 22-25 from Viento to Mosier with 11-14 to the east. That morning lull is present in the models again. We’ll include it in the forecast. If it happens on Monday, it’s likely to happen Tuesday. If not, ignore the prediction and stay on the water: 18-21 from Viento to Mosier with 11-14 at Stevenson and the eastern Gorge late morning. Afternoon wind forecast is 22-25 from Stevenson to Doug’s with Rufus likely to join late afternoon. East of there: 8-11 late in the day. High temp forecast is 86F for Hood River.

Wednesday brings lower pressure offshore and higher pressure in the desert. Those pressure are headed the wrong direction for wind. The day starts with 8-11 from Viento to Swell and picks up to 11-14 from Stevenson to Mosier. East of Mosier: light wind all day. High temp: 91F. Thursday looks to max out at 8-11 (96F), and Friday looks light and variable (97F, try Jones Beach or Nuke Alley for better wind). Weekend: a bit uncertain. Sunday is more likely to be windy than Saturday, which just looks hot AF. Enjoy the wind and the rest days this week!  

Coast, Jones, Coast

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Monday: 15-20/20-25/30+, SW swell 1′ at 16 seconds. Tuesday: 15-20/15-20/20-25??, SW 1′ @ 15. Wednesday: 15-20/15-20/LTN, SW 1′ @ 14. Jones Monday: 21-24. Tuesday: 17-20. Wednesday: 10-13. Sauvie’s Monday: 13-16. Tuesday: 8-11. Wednesday: 7-10.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clear sky this morning adds high clouds later. Temps will be in the upper 60’s early and near 90 later. Muggier as the day goes on. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Tuesday will be at least partly high overcast. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and mid 80’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday starts clear and turns partly cloudy. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and near 90 later. Light westerlies. 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

The Hood River County Fair runs through Saturday. Cheno’s workout is every Saturday at 10am at the Ferment Lawn in Hood River ($10).

IFPL 3 restrictions west of Highway 35 (source: Hood River County email) 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. 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.  

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