Saturday: cloudy, muggy, breezy day!

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The Forecast

Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Rooster Rock	OPEN!	naked	buns	rejoice!
Steven’s Locks	5-10	5-10	13-16	13-16
Swell-Hood River	13-16	13-16	13-16	13-16
Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena	13-16	13-16	22-25	22-25
Rufus, etc.	13-16	13-16	22-25	22-25
Roosevelt & Arlington	13-16	13-16	22-25	22-25

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!

A weak weather system moves through during the day Saturday setting the Gorge up for a round of moderate, gusty westerlies. High pressure starts to rebuild offshore on Sunday. That leads to varying westerlies for most of the rest of the week.

For Saturday, the early gradient tin the western Gorge was .06. that’s enough for 13-16 from Viento to Doug’s to start the day with light west wind other locations west of The Dalles and light and variable wind east of there. After this weather system moves through midday, westerlies pick up. We’ll still have clouds in the west, and that will keep the wind in the 12-15 range west of Lyle. From Lyle to Arlington, you can expect gusty 22-26 after 11am or so. River flow is 282kcfs and temp is 59 degrees.

Clouds in the west on Sunday morning give the desert a jump on heating. Westerlies start the day in post-frontal mode, with 12-15 from Viento to Arlington and 5-10 in Stevenson. We’ll see the wind build to 24-27 from Stevenson to The Dalles in the afternoon with 13-16 at Rufus and light wind east of there.

Monday sees high pressure start to push inland. Upper flow turns northerly. This is good for the coast and Sauvie’s, and not so great for the Gorge. We’ll see 12-15 from Stevenson to Swell to start the day with light westerlies in Hood River and Mosier and calm wind east of there. Afternoon wind picks up to gusty 16-19 from Stevenson to Hood River. We’ll probably see lighter wind on Tuesday as temps rise near 90. Cooler air filters in to the west side on Wednesday for a windier day.

Jones, Sauvie Island, Coast

Coast (north/central/south – swell forecast provided by NWS). Saturday: W5-10/LTW/LTW, W swell 5′ at 10 seconds. Sunday: N15-20/20-25/30-35, W 5′ @ 10. Monday: 20-25/25-30/35-40, NW 2′ @ 10. Jones Saturday: LTW. Sunday: 12-15. Monday: 10-13. Sauvie Island Saturday: nope. Sunday: 12-15. Monday: 16-19.

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: Open
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

Cloudy sky on Saturday morning stays that way and possibly adds a few sprinkles late morning, drying out in the afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 60’s early and mid 70’s later. Muggy. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday looks cloudy in the morning and sunny in the afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and mid 70’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows. Monday looks sunny. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and mid 80’s in the afternoon. Moderate 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 (150) has reopened. Eldorado should reopen sometime next week. 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!