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Gorge Wind Forecast

The weather pattern is making a shift towards fall, and with it comes less consistency with the westerlies. Monday, however, starts off with some wind. At dawn, gradients were .08 and .04 with westerlies generally in the 10-13 range with 16-19 at Swell. The wind steadies out at 14-17 from Stevenson to Hood River and holds through the evening. Mosier will be in the 11-14 range, perhaps a touch stronger, and areas east of there will fade into the “light” zone. River flow is 90,800cfs, river temp is 69F, and high temp for Hood River is 73F.

High pressure builds inland on Tuesday and shuts down the westerlies. Mostly. Easterlies pick up to 15-20 between Stevenson and Viento midday, just for a couple hours. Rooster will be in the 10-15 range. By afternoon, the wind dips to E 10 in the western Gorge and picks up to E 5-10 eastward to Arlington. High temp: 80F.

An approaching front on Wednesday nudges the wind upwards, but the strength will be accompanied by gustiness. Early westerlies will be 13-16 from Viento to Hood River with 10-13 eastward to The Dalles. Midday: 21-24 Mosier to Avery with 12-15 in the western Gorge and light wind east of Avery. In the evening, the wind picks up go gusty 22-26 and fills in from Mosier to Rufus with 12-15 to the east and west. High temp: 78F under partial high overcast sky.

Looking deeper into the week, we see 24-27 for Thursday, 22-25 for Friday, 10-13 for Saturday, and light easterlies on Sunday. That, of course, could change as we get closer. Fingers crossed for that; KB4C is this weekend, and they need wind!  

Coast, Jones, Coast

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Monday: 10-15/20-25+/30-35+, NW swell 5′ at 8 seconds. Tuesday: 20/10-25/25-30, NW 4′ @ 8. Wednesday: LTW/LTNW/N20-25, NW 3′ @ 8. Jones Monday: 7-10. Tuesday: 13-16. Wednesday: 21-24. Sauvie’s Monday: 5-8. Tuesday: 8-11. Wednesday: 5-8.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clear sky all day Monday. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and low 70’s later. Light to moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Tuesday will be clear. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and near 80 later. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Wednesday adds high clouds. Temps will be in the upper 05’s early and upper 70’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows.

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

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. Columbia Hills is closed due to fire danger.

Open trails: Post, Falls Creek, Lewis River, Sandy Ridge, 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 has reopened. Huffman: not sure.

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

Kiteboard for Cancer is this weekend at the Hood River Event Site.

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. 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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