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The Forecast
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | sun | shine | bun | time | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 17-20 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 15-18 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 17-20 | |
| Lyle to Doug’s | 10-13 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 13-16 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-13 | 5-10 | LTV | LTV | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Will it be windy this week? Yes, just barely, just enough to get you foil fiends on the water! Temps climb about 5 degrees each day this week and max out on Wednesday or Thursday. The metro area will also be hot, but even hotter weather in the desert should keep the westerlies moving through the Gorge most of the week. Lightest day: Wednesday. Possibly strongest day: Friday.
Let’s look at Monday morning. Pressures are 30.06/30.00/30.00 to start the day for 0.06 from PDX-DLS. Models suggest best results today will be late afternoon into the executive session as desert heat gives a thermal nudge to the wind. So. Westerlies at 14-18 to start the day from Viento to Swell with 7-10 to the east and west with nearly-calm wind out in the desert. Models suggest gradients will dip with midday heating leaving us with 10-13 from Stevenson to Swell by late morning. Afternoon: 17-20 from Stevenson to Hood River with a shot at 20-24 for the evening Executive Session between Stevenson and Mosier with 13-16 from Lyle to Doug’s. River flow readings are 122-151kcfs, river temp is 70F, and high temp forecast for Hood River is 88F (Pasco: 96F).
On Tuesday morning, there just might be a short-lived Dawn Patrol at 21-24 from Viento to Swell with 15-18 at Hood River. East of there: calm. Get it quickly, because the metro area heat drives the gradients down mid-morning. Midday wind is likely to dip to 13-16 and spread from Stevenson to Hood River with 10-13 at Mosier. The farther east you go, the less wind and more heat you will find. That desert heat gives us late afternoon westerlies at 16-19 between Stevenson and Mosier. High temp: 93F.
Wednesday’s likely to be affected by atmospheric instability. It’s also going to be hot: 99F for a high. Combine the heat and the instability for a tricky forecast day. Models suggest 14-17 to start with a quick drop to “light and variable”. Evening westerlies return at 8-12mph, but thunderstorms could shut the wind down. Current forecast for Thursday is 20-23 from Stevenson to Mosier, but lingering instability could change that. Looking at Friday, we see models suggesting a cooldown in the 10-20 degree range. Ensemble members are calling for a wide range of possibilities for the wind; we could see light wind, or we could see nuking wind. Pretty unhelpful forecast, right? I’m leaning towards “windy” because that’s what I want, but we’ll really need to wait a couple of days for more model agreement. Have a great week. Stay cool!
Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast
Coast forecast (north/central/south, waves). Swell forecast provided by NWS. Wind direction northerly unless otherwise noted. Monday: NW10/NW10/N25-35, W swell 3′ at 9 seconds. Tuesday: 20-25/20-25/30-40, W 3′ @ 8. Wednesday: 20-25/15-20/25-30, W 3′ @ 9. Jones Monday: 21-24. Tuesday: 21-24. Wednesday: 23-26. Sauvie’s Monday: 13-16. Tuesday: 16-19. Wednesday: 16-19.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – Back on vacation until next fall
Hood River Weather Forecast
Clear sky all day Monday. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early (open windows, bake pie) and upper 80’s later (closed windows, eat pie with ice cream). Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Tuesday will be sunny. Temps start near 60 and rise to the low 90’s. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday will be partly high overcast then high overcast with a chance of thunder especially overnight. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and upper 90’s later. Moderate westerlies early. Light midday onward. 5% chance of rainbows.
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Local-ish Events
Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know! The Wasco County Fair is this week. The Post Canyon 50k Ultra-marathon is Saturday. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, you can get a donut and coffee for going for a run at Kickstand Coffee. The Small Boat paddlers have a group paddle at 6pm on Thursday at the Hatchery. Post and Pint happens Thursday evenings at 5:30. The women’s Post-and-Pinot ride is Wednesday evening at 5:30.
Cycling
Some nice Hood River folks went and cleared the Smith Creek trail by St. Helens. That loop is now open. As a matter of fact, I’m not sure of anything being closed. No report yet on Boulder Lakes or Gunsight, but I’m sure someone will email me after changing this. Caveats: the road connecting Plains of Abraham to Smith Creek closes at noon Monday-Friday and will not be open to bikers during that time. Courtney Road (the road that goes up above Syncline) is closed until October. Do not attempt to use it to access trails. If you’re riding Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.
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