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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | shade | on | your | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 10-13 | 13-18 | 21-24 | 16-19 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 21-24 | 21-24 | 21-24 | 16-19 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
| Rufus, etc. | strong | current | 5-10 | 5-10 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
I woke up quite early this morning, and the Dawn Patrol was already happening at the Hatchery at 18-22. While the models suggest the wind will back off today, I think it’ll at least hold through midday. Let’s go with 21-24 through 1pm from Viento to Mosier early and Stevenson to Mosier late morning. As flow turns more northerly this afternoon and the clouds burn off, the wind will likely back down to 16-19. River temp is 55 degrees. Flow is 500,000cfs.
Tuesday looks warmer as high pressure builds over the northwest for a day. The GFS likes the idea of zero wind. The ECMWF likes the idea of 10-13. With higher pressure offshore than inland, I think we’ll have W 5-10. Maybe. Things looks more clear on Wednesday. Marine clouds push into Portland giving us a low-level stable layer below unstable mid and upper level air. This setup will make the wind gusty, especially as we may see thunderclouds in the afternoon. Wednesday starts with 19-23 from Viento to Hood River. In the afternoon, we’ll have gusty 24-27 from Stevenson to The Dalles.
General picture for the rest of the week: 24-27 Thursday, 21-24 Friday, big days (possibly out East) with the possibility of thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday. The long range forecast tends to be unreliable, but models do agree on the general picture for next weekend, so let’s keep an eye on it!
BONUS: Jones Monday: 19-22. Tuesday: 19-22. Wednesday: 22-25. Sauvie’s Monday: 12-15 late. Tuesday: 17-20. Wednesday: 5-10. Coast (north/central/south). Monday: 15-20/20-25/30-35, W swell 4′ at 10 seconds. Tuesday: 10-15/15-20/20-25, W 5′ @ 9. Wednesday: 5-10 everywhere, W 6′ @ 12.
Random Morning Thoughts
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Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Monday looks clear. Free air freezing level (FAF) 11,000-12,000′. Wind W 5-10. Tuesday looks clear. FAF: 10,000′ early, 13000′ in the afternoon. Wind W 5 early, NE 5 in the afternoon, light and variable overnight. Wednesday starts off clear. Convective clouds build in the afternoon with a chance of thunderstorms. FAF: 12,000′ early and 13,000′ in the afternoon. Wind light and variable early, W 10 in the afternoon, S 10-15 after midnight. Thursday brings high clouds and a wee chance of thunder, especially south of Mt. Hood.
Gorge Weather Forecast
The week is starting off clear and sunny. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 80’s this afternoon. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Tuesday looks sunny. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and mid 80’s in the afternoon. Models disagree on wind, so let’s go with light westerlies. Wednesday starts off clear and ends with convective clouds over the Cascades. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and mid 80’s in the afternoon. Moderate westerlies. 5% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Not much to report here. Knebal, Eightmile, Surveyor’s, Bottle Prairie and Lewis River are open. There are lots of ticks and cow poo on hospital hill. No dogs are allowed there at this time because the cows are out. The Sisters Stampede bike race is next Sunday. The builder of the Whoopdee Trail is selling his house here in Hood River, so you can support local trails by purchasing it. The Sisters Stampede is next Sunday.
Upcoming Events
Today starts off with a free yoga class at 8:30 at Flow in Hood River. There’s meditation at noon at Trinity Natural Medicine, and $5 Tai Chi at the Hood River Adult Center at 2:30. There’s a stress reduction class at HAVEN in The Dalles at 5:30, community yoga at Samadhi in White Salmon at 6, pickup kickball at Daubenspeck Park in Bingen at 6, and free Zumba at Mid-Valley Elementary at 6:30. The monks are back tomorrow night for the weekly meditation at Samadhi in White Salmon at 6:30.
Later this week we have the Oregon Washington Border War in Klickitat starting on Friday. The Rufus Catfish derby is this weekend and so is pioneer days in Lyle. ODFW has a free learn to fish clinic for female-identified folks at Glen Otto Park on Saturday. Trailkeepers has a work party on the 400 trail at Wyeth on Saturday, but that’s one’s full already, so keep an eye out for other work parties in the burn area.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
