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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 | OPEN! | naked | buns | rejoice! | |
| Steven’s Locks | calm | calm | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
| Swell-Hood River | calm | calm | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | calm | calm | g18-23 | g23-26 | |
| Rufus, etc. | calm | calm | g18-23 | g23-26 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | calm | calm | g18-23 | g23-26 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Oregon and Washington are encouraging people to not travel more than 50 miles (not mph!) to access recreation. Non-essential travel is still being strongly discouraged in ALL jurisdictions. Land managers and law enforcement are carefully watching to see if people maintain social distancing. If crowding happens, water access will be revoked. If you are local and lucky enough to have water access in your community, please do this: rig, play, leave. There is NO camping allowed at any of the river parks. Please don’t camp unlawfully; doing so risks access for everyone, including for people who just want to use the parks for a picnic. Please follow the directions of your local government officials and help keep the Gorge community safe. Thank you!
It’s mostly calm and even glassy across the entire Gorge this morning as an occluded front sits overhead. We’ll see the wind pick up this afternoon as the system moves east. Westerlies of some sort continue Tuesday and Wednesday, with Wednesday likely being the windiest day of the week.
For Monday, expect calm wind through late morning as rain falls all across the land. When the sunbreaks start, it’s time to drive. Afternoon westerlies pick up to 10-13 from Stevenson to Moiser. From Lyle to Threemile, the wind picks up to 23-26 this afternoon. River flow is 315kcfs and temp is 58 degrees.
A weak area of low pressure sits off the coast Tuesday morning and moves inland mid to late afternoon. Behind it, high pressure builds to 1028 mb, plenty for solid westerlies, assuming that low shifts inland early enough. The day starts with W 5-8 through the whole Gorge. Maybe even less! Afternoon wind, probably after 1pm or 2pm, rises to 24-27 from Stevenson to The Dalles with 12-15 in the eastern Gorge.
Offshore high pressure combines with desert warmth on Wednesday for the windiest day of the week. Expect morning wind at 20-23 from Viento to Mosier with 10-13 east of there. By late morning or early afternoon, the wind builds to 25-28 from Swell to Avery with 13-16 west of there, 13-16 at Rufus, and 5-10 east of Rufus.
Jones, Sauvie Island, Coast
Coast (north/central/south – swell forecast provided by NWS). Monday: W10-15/W5-10/LTV, W swell 4′ at 7 seconds. Tuesday: NW5-10/LTNW/LTN, W 8′ @ 11. Wednesday: NW5-10/N15-20/N30-40, W 6′ @ 9. Jones: no for the next three days. Sauvie Island: nope, but maybe Wednesday?Open/Closed Launch Site List -All restrooms are closed!
Washington:Skamania County – Phase 2, recreate with 5 or less people outside household
Stevenson East Point, Bob’s Beach, Boat ramp: all open
Home Valley: Open
Swell City: Open
Spring Creek Hatchery: Open
Klickitat County – Phase 2
Wunderbar: high water
Bingen Point: Open
Lyle: you have to cross private property to access
Doug’s Beach: Open
Avery: Open
Maryhill: Open for day use only..
The Wall: Open.
Roosevelt: CLOSED due to windstorm damage..
Oregon: Phase one for Hood River. Phase two for Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam counties.
Rooster Rock: Open
Viento: Open
The Hook: Open
Waterfront Park: Closed
Event Site: Open
The Spit: Open
The Marina: Open
Boat ramp: open
Mosier: Only open for residents of 97040
Rowena: Open
Celilo: Open
Rufus: Open
Arlington: Open
Threemile: Open
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Mt. Hood Meadows is now allowing uphill travel within the permit area. However, you will need to park outside their parking lots. Timberline is open for lift-serve skiing with exemplary guidelines for protecting guests and staff from the transmission of novel coronavirus. Please read their guidelines and rules here. Well done, T-Line! The Mt. Hood weather forecast will be on vacation unless something interesting happens in the weather up there. Some of you will be tempted to go out backcountry skiing. Please don’t – accidents do happen, and you may put others at risk. Timberline is allowing uphill access outside the permit area on the climbers’ trail ONLY.Hood River Weather Forecast
Drizzly weather continues until early afternoon followed by partly cloudy sky. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 60’s later. Calm wind in the morning. Light westerlies later. 78% chance of rainbows. Tuesday looks drizzly in the morning and evening and dry in between. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 60’s in the afternoon. Light wind early. Moderate to strong westerlies in the afternoon. 99% chance of rainbows. Wednesday looks partly cloudy early and sunny later. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 60’s later. 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
Trail update 6/15: In Post Canyon, Uptrack (new upper 8 track) and Eldorado will be closed for at least several days due to logging operation in the area. It’s too wet to ride there right now, anyway! Syncline/Coyote Wall: Open. Mt. Hood National Forest: Open for day use. Surveyor’s, Dog River, and Oak Ridge snow-free. Kreps/SDS: open. Sandy Ridge: Open. Nestor Peak: open. Falls Creek: open. Columbia Hills State Park: open. Syncline: open . Skamania County trails outside the scenic area: open. Knebal, Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Surveyors, Dog River: open and cleared. Ape Canyon: Open!
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