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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | Smoked | buns | tasty | buns. | |
| Steven’s Locks | LTW | 5-10 | 14-17 | 14-17 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | LTW | 5-10 | 14-17 | 14-17 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTV | LTV | LTE | LTE | |
| Rufus, etc. | LTE | LTE | LTE | LTE | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTE | LTE | LTE | LTE | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
An upper level low over Oregon will move eastward today as another system drops down from British Columbia. Once again, we have model disagreement on wind strength. Things are more clear on Tuesday, as models agree on easterly flow. Timing will be everything on Wednesday. After that, we experience a big pattern change with a return to seasonal temps (that’s 70’s and 80’s, not 90’s and 100’s!) and stronger westerlies.
For Monday, expect a smoky day on the river and everywhere else. Early morning gradients of .06 and .02 hint at moderate westerlies for the day. The GFS likes the idea of basically no wind, but it’s been way off the mark the last few days. The Euro likes a slow build to 14-17 this afternoon between Stevenson and Mosier. Let’s go with that. River flow is 107kcfs and temps is 70 degrees.
Models agree on east wind Tuesday as a heat low builds along the west side of the state. Let’s call it 15-20 between Stevenson and Viento and E 20-25 between Rooster Rock and Dalton Point. The wind will fade in the afternoon, leaving us with light easterlies after 2pm.
Wednesday starts with light east wind at 10mph or less and quickly switches to light west wind at 5-10 between Stevenson and Viento. Timing is everything: the current forecast has 13-16 mid afternoon and 22-25 late afternoon between Stevenson and The Dalles, filling in to Rufus late. Additional detail: upper flow turns NW Wednesday afternoon, starting to clear out the smoke.
Looking long-range, models agree on cooler weather through the weekend. Marine clouds in Portland and sunshine in the desert set up 27-31 Thursday and Friday and moderate to strong westerlies over the weekend too. Best part? 70 degrees for a high on Sunday!
BONUS: Jones Monday: nope. Tuesday: nada. Wednesday: 24-28. Sauvie’s Monday: 11-14. Tuesday: nope. Wednesday: 10-13. Coast (north/central/south). Monday: 5/10-15/25-30, NW swell 5′ at 8 seconds. Tuesday: 15-20/15-20/15-20, NW 4′ @ 8 and W 3′ @ 12. Wednesday: no/no/nothing, NW 4′ @ 7 and W 3′ @ 11. Surfing, anyone?
Random Morning Thoughts
Not today!
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Clear and smoky for the next three days with a chance of thunder Monday and Tuesday evenings. Monday: free air freezing level (FAF) 13,000′. Wind: N 15-20 early, NE 10-15 evenign and overnight. Tuesday: Smoky. FAF: 14,000′ rising to 16,000′. Wind: NE 15 become SE 5 after midnight. Wednesday: Smoky becoming clear overnight. FAF: 16,000′. Wind: SE 5 in the morning and NW 5 in the afternoon, increasing overnight.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Today’s smoke is even yuckier than yesterday’s smoke, and it won’t go away until Wednesday evening. One nice thing: that’ll keep the temps down below where they “should” be. For Monday, we’ll have mid 60’s early and low 90’s later. Moderate west wind. No rainbows. Slight chance of thunder this evening. Tuesday looks smoky. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and low 90’s later. East wind. No rainbows. Thunder in the eastern Gorge. Wednesday looks smoky turning clear overnight. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and mid 90’s later. Light west wind until the evening, when the wind will pick up. No rainbows. Clear sky and 80 degrees Thursday!
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Road and Mountain Biking
Trails on private timberland (Hospital Hill, Whoopdee, Underwood, and anything else on Kreps, Stevenson, Weyerhauser, etc.) will remain closed to ALL uses until the end of fire session (significant rainfall). Motorized vehicles, chainsaws, campfires, and smoking are banned from public lands in Oregon and Washington as we are at IFPL 4.
Group bike rides: Triathlon practice Tuesday, 6pm at West Mayer Park. Wednesday: Post n’ Pinot women’s MTB ride at Dirty Finger, 5:30. Families at Family Man: 6pm Wednesday. Thursday: Mountain View Cycles women’s MTB, 5:30, bottom of Post. Post n’ Pint: race-pace coed ride from Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Free pint of beer after. Friday: Mountain View Cycles MTB ride: 5pm (shop? Bottom of post?). Saturday: Mountain View Cycles road ride: 9am at the shop.
Upcoming Events
Community activities today start with free yoga at 8:30 at flow and free meditation at Trinity at noon. There’s another free yoga class at 6 tonight at samadhi, and free zumba at Mid-Valley Elementary at 6:30. Pickup kickball is Monday’s at 6 at Daubenspeck Park in Bingen.
There’s triathlon practice at West Mayer park tomorrow night at 6, and if you’ve given yoruself an overuse injury from all that sporting, there’s a free talk at Nichols Landing tomorrow night at 5. The Wasco County Fair and Rodeo kicks off on Wednesday, there’s house music at the Logs on Friday night, and movies in the parks on Saturday evening. If you want to meet Greg Walden’s challenger, she’ll be a Pine Street Bakery from 9-10:30 on Wednesday morning.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
