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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | too | cold | hot dog | buns only | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 13-16 | 23-26 | 23-26 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 22-26 | 26-30 | 28-32 | 20-25 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 14-18 | 20-26 | 28-32 | 28-32 | |
| Rufus, etc. | too much | current | 28-32 | 28-32 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 10-13 | 14-22 | 26-30 | 26-30 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s Monday, and it’s one of those days where all you have to do is Go Outside and Look At the River (GOLAR). With clouds in Portland, 1034mb high pressure off the coast, and a 20 degree temp spread today between Portland and Arlington, this one’s a darn sure thing. Dawn Patrol at 23-26 gives way to late morning westerlies at 28-32 from Viento to Rufus (too much current) and fills in to Arlington this afternoon. Stevenson will be in the clouds early with light wind. It’ll join in this afternoon with 23-26 or so.
River temps is 57 degrees (currently warmer than the air) and flow is 494kcfs, once again huge and too much for Rufus. Keep in mind that a raft of logs escaped Bingen yesterday midday. Logs and bundles of logs may still be floating in the river and in the eddy lines.
Tomorrow starts off with a nice marine layer in Portland and sunshine in the desert. A trough approaching in the afternoon will destabilize our wind field, making it gusty and unreliable. In other words, get out in the morning for the best results. The day starts with 22-26 from Viento to Mosier, climbs to 24-28 late morning, and then gets gusty and unpredictable with 20-25 from Stevenson to Rufus with 10-13 east of there.
Atmospheric dynamics mess with the wind on Wednesday. An approaching trough kicks a wave through in the afternoon for gusty 13-16 or so all day. Another system approaches on Thursday. Models disagree a big on the wind strength, but the most likely scenario at this time appears to be gusty 18-22 early and gusty 25-29 in the afternoon, concentrated in the western Gorge.
BONUS: Jones Monday: 12-15. Tuesday: 21-24. Wednesday: 18-22. Sauvie’s Monday: 12-15. Tuesday: 10-13. Wednesday: 8-12. Coast (north/central/south). Monday: 20-25/20-25/30+, W swell 7′ at 11 seconds. Tuesday: 10-15/30-35/35+, W 8′ @ 10. Wednesday: 20-25/20-25/30+, NW 7′ @ 9.
Random Morning Thoughts
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Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
For Monday, Mt. Hood will have clear sky. Free air freezing level (FAF) 13,000′. Wind: W 10 early, W 20 afternoon, SW 15 after midnight. Tuesday looks clear with high clouds possible. FAF: 12,000′ in the morning, steadily dropping to 7000′ after midnight. Wind: SW 15 early, SW 20 later, W 10 after midnight. Wednesday looks clear with high clouds possible, especially late, with clouds after midnight. FAF: 7000′. Wind: W 10 in the morning, NW 10 in the afternoon, and variable to 10 after midnight. Thursday looks cloudy with the FAF around 6000′ and a few flurries possible.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s a sunny start to the day, and that’s how it’ll stay. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and mid 70’s later. Strong west wind. No rainbows. Tuesday looks clear. Temps will be near 50 early and in the upper 60’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday looks clear with high clouds possible. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and low 70’s in the afternoon. Light westerlies. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Knebal, Eightmile and Surveyor’s are open. Fifteenmile is not. Lewis River is open. Hospital Hill has cows on it, so there are no dogs allowed at this time. The ticks are horrendous over there right now – expect to get bitten if you ride there. Deet is your friend. Wednesday is the women’s Post n’ Pinot ride at Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Mountain View has a mountain bike ride at 5pm on Thursday, and the Post n’ Pint ride is Thursday at Dirty Fingers at 5:30.
Upcoming Events
Events today include free yoga at 8:30 at Flow in Hood River and free yoga at 6 at Samadhi in White Salmon. There’s pickup kickball at Daubenspeck park in Bingen at 6 tonight and community Zumba at MidValley Elementary in Odell at 6:30.
On Friday and Saturday, Trailkeepers has work parties on the Wygant Peak Trail. There are free BMC bike demos on Sunday at Sandy Ridge. Next weekend is the White Salmon Riverfest with the Wild and Scenic Film Festival Friday night in Husum, the Green Truss extreme kayak race on Saturday, and the Community raft trip – $30 for locals – Sunday. Call Wet Planet Whitewater to get signed up. Registration is open now for Ultimate Frisbee. I believe that’s through community ed in Hood River.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
