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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 | sunny | buns | afternoon | moons | |
| Steven’s Locks | 19-22 | 19-22 | 22-25 | 22-25 | |
| Viento | 25-30 | 25-30 | 22-26 | 22-26 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 23-26 | 23-26 | 20-23? | 17-20/20-25 | |
| Lyle to Doug’s | 14-17 | 17-20 | 23-26 | 25-29 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 7-10 | 13-16 | 10-23 | 25-29 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 10-13 | 13-16 | 10-23 | 25-29 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s going to be a windy weekend, but thanks to some weak weather impulses moving through, some of you may end up doing a bit of chasing. Some of you will say, “Never leave wind to find wind,” and you’ll stay in place. You’ll have more places to chase too – the current has dropped quite a bit over the last couple of days, and yesterday, at least, stayed below that magical 300kcfs number for at least part of the day.
Let’s look at Saturday. As you can see, there are some high clouds scattered about. That’s a hint of some “stuff” happening, and “stuff” often shifts the wind about. We’ll start the day with pressures of 30.00/29.87/29.84 for gradients of 0.13 and 0.03. That suggests you should stay relatively close to Hood River to start the day. Viento is wildly overperforming this morning with readings in the upper 20’s. Take that as a hint of a system moving through. Most other locations started in the teens. Exception: Lyle to Doug’s in the single digits. By mid morning, we should be seeing 23-26 from Stevenson to Doug’s with 18-22 near Rufus and 15-18 near Arlington. At some point late morning or early afternoon, the strongest wind is likely to shift east. Later in the day, you’ll have 17-21 from Stevenson to Swell with 25-29 from Hood River (or Mosier) to Arlington. River flow yesterday was 231-348kcfs. Today’s starting at 236kcfs. River temp is 59F. High temp for Hood River: 74F.
A deeper marine push on Sunday sets us up for another windy day. But this windy day is different than other windy days – it starts with a swap meet at Lot 1 brought to you by CGW2. Once again, a weather system may impact the wind in the afternoon. The day starts with 21-24 from Viento to Mosier with 10-13 at Stevenson and 10-13 or a bit more east of Mosier to Arlington. Midday wind rises to 25-28 from Stevenson to Doug’s with 10-13 east to Rufus (which may overperform) and light westerlies at Arlington. Models suggest we’ll see a drop to 22-25 in the afternoon with those speeds between Stevenson and Avery. Rufus: 20-23. Arlington: 11-14.
Monday stops the silliness with the weather systems and tosses out clear sky. Dawn Patrol of 17-21 (Viento to Swell) rises to the mid 20’s in the late morning or early afternoon as far east as Celilo. Westerlies at 20mph or better are forecast to continue through Thursday. Sounds like a great holiday weekend followed by a great next week!
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Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast
Wind speed in knots. Direction Northerly unless otherwise noted for Coast. Westerly for Jones. Northerly for Sauvie Island. North/Central/South, waves. Wave forecast provided by NWS. Saturday: 10-15/15-20/25-30, NW swell 4′ at 9 seconds. Sunday: 15-20/20-25+/30-35, W swell 3′ at 8 seconds. Monday: 20/20-25/25-30, NW 4′ @ 10. Jones Saturday: 12-15. Sunday: 17-20. Monday: 21-24. Sauvie Island Saturday: 12-15. Sunday: 11-14. Monday: 12-15.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
On vacation until fall unless something extraordinary happens.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Scattered high clouds this morning add cumulus and a slight chance of thunder this afternoon and clear this evening. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early (put cat on leash then open windows and doors) and mid 70’s later (open windows). Moderate to strong westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows. Sunday starts with a few marine clouds and then adds high clouds. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 70’s later. Strong westerlies. No rainbows. Monday will be sunny. Temps start near 50 and rise to 80 or so. Moderate westerlies. No 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! CGW2 has a swap meet on Sunday, May 28th at Lot 1 in Hood River. June 10th is the Gorge Adventure Race in White Salmon. Multi-discipline = multi-sport day.
Regular weekly events: NK Studios in Bingen has a donation-based yoga class at 7:30am every Tuesday. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. There’s meditation with monks at 5:15pm (an hour) and 6:30pm (30 minutes plus a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, there’s a run from Pine Street Bakery. On Fridays at 2:30pm, there’s a free meditation and stretching class at Yoga Samadhi. On Saturday at 9am, there’s a by-donation outdoor group fitness on the 2rd floor deck about Ferment Brewing.
Regular bike rides (thanks to the Hood River Area Trail Stewards for collecting). Tuesday is Mountain View’s ride. Meet at 5:45pm on Post Canyon Drive where the pavement ends. Wednesday is the Evo/Kickstand all-ability, no-drop Post Canyon ride. 5:30 from the shop or join along the way. All abilities welcome. Thursday is Mountain View’s women’s ride. 5:30pm, Seven Streams Trailhead. No drop. Thursday is also the Dirty Fingers Post and Pint. 5:30 from the shop or later at Family Man. This is hardcore, race-pace. Saturday morning is the Mountain View road/gravel ride. Two hours. 12-14mph average speed. Starting May 6th, Oregon Ebikes has the women’s ride at 8:30am. Meet at Seven Streams parking lot for a 1.5 to 2 hour ride.
Cycling
Eldorado has re-opened. Post is clear of snow to the top. Nestor Peak is clear of snow. Falls Creek isn’t even close! Current Post Canyon closures: 140/Blue Car Downhill and connections closed indefinitely. On weekdays, Upper GP, Lower GP, and the top of Baby GP are closed through approximately May 17th. Chorus, and FMS are currently closed and will reopen approximately May 11. Do not violate these closures. Post Canyon is a tree farm, and we ride there at the grace of Hood River County. Thank you!
Cows are in on Hospital Hill. That means dogs are no longer allowed. Even if your dog is cool. Even if you’re a local. Even if … you get the picture! Hospital Hill is private land. Please respect the wishes of the landowners – they’re generous enough to let folks use that land, and dogs have been shot there before. Please don’t ride muddy trails, or you’ll do permanent damage. Always remember to consider gravel riding! If you’re parking at Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.
Valuable Advice for Gardeners Inhabiting Neighboring Areas
Valuable Advice for Gardeners Inhabiting Neighboring Areas: with cool weather in the forecast for at least a few days, it’s a great time to get more seeds in the ground. It’s also a great time to plant. Plants like cool weather. But maybe wait until after today’s windstorm, because plants don’t like nuking westerlies any more than you do! Those of you planting sweet potatoes (yes, you can grown them in the lowlands here) will want to plant those slips like you plant tomatoes – deep. Bury them up to their last set of leaves. They’ll make lots of roots, and lots of roots make for healthy plants that make lots of sweet potatoes. Happy gardening.
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