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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | too | hot. | burned | buns. | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | G 14-17 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | G 14-17 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | LTV | LTV | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 5-10 | 5-10 | LTV | LTV | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s Monday morning, and it’s still going to be very, very hot today: we’re expecting upper 90’s, which is better than 100+! The GFS has backed off on the wind strength for today, but the Euro is still liking the idea of significant wind. With the early morning gradient at .06 and predicted to increase as a weak low moves into the desert this afternoon, let’s go with a model blend. The wind starts with 5-10 pretty much everywhere except Viento, where 10-13 is the call. Our GFS friend likes 12-15 today, and the Euro likes 20-24. Given the dynamic nature of the setup, let’s go with gusty 14-18 after 2pm from Stevenson to Mosier. Before that, you can expect less than 11mph.
Tuesday looks a bit better as a coast trough helps drop the high temps a bit in the west. Blazing heat still rules the desert. This gives us 7-10 early in the morning from Stevenson to Swell with light wind east of there. In the afternoon, the wind picks up to 24-27 from Lyle to Rufus with gusty 19-23 from Stevenson to Mosier.
Marine clouds make it a bit farther inland on Wednesday, maybe to the metro area, setting up a 10 degree temp drop from Tuesday. We start with Dawn Patrol of 21-24 from Viento to Hood River. By late morning, you’ll find 25-28 from Stevenson to Rufus with 18-22 at Arlington in the afternoon. Thursday’s looking like it will max out at 25-29.
BONUS: Jones Monday: 17-20. Tuesday: 23-26. Wednesday: 22-25. Sauvie’s Monday: 12-15 late. Tuesday: 11-14. Wednesday: 10-13 late. Coast (north/central/south). Monday: 5-10/10-15/25-30, NW swell 7′ @ 8 seconds. Tuesday: W5/N 5-10/25-30, NW 6′ @ 8. Wednesday: 10-15/20-25/30+, NW 7′ @ 9.
Random Morning Thoughts
Given how late it’s getting, I’ll skip this today!
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Mostly clear sky for Monday. Free air freezing level (FAF): 15,000′. Wind: light and variable early, W 10 afternoon, SW 10 overnight. Tuesday looks clear. FAF 15,000′. Wind: SW 10 early, WSW 20 afternoon, NW 15 after midnight. Wednesday: clear, 15,000′, NW 15.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Still hot: temps in the mid 60’s early and upper 90’s later. Light west wind. No rainbows. Some high clouds are likely. Tuesday looks like low 60’s early and low 90’s later. Moderate west wind. No rainbows. Wednesday looks cooler, thank the stars! Temps will be near 60 early and mid 80’s later. Moderate to strong west wind. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Plains of Abraham is open. It joins Gunsight to complete our slate of open mountain bike rides. Get out and get some, and take plenty of water because it’s going to be hot.
Upcoming Events
Our Monday community events start with by donation yoga at Flow at 8;30.There’s meditation at Trinity Natural Medicine at noon, $5 Tai Chi at the Hood River Adult Center at 2:30, free stress reduction class at HAVEN in The Dalles at 5:30, yoga at Samadhi at 6, and Zumba at Mid-Valley Elementary at 6:30. There’s also pickup kickball at Bingen’s Daubenspeck Park at 6.
The Gorge downwind champs start today in Cascade Locks – there’s racing for outriggers, standup paddlers and Surfskis. The event also includes free shuttles for participants, so expect lots of downwind traffic on the river all week long. Not sure how I got the BOTG event date wrong, but it’s the last weekend in July. =) This weekend is the Wind Youth Regatta in Cascade Locks, and Saturday’s movies in the Park in Hood River – this time it’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, at dusk.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
