| Your favorite launch | dawn patrol |
morning max | afternoon max | executive session |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwash (Rooster) Rock | clouds | fade | buns | invade | |
| Stevenson | E27-30 | switching | W23-26 | W23-26 | |
| Viento | E20-23 | switching | W23-26 | W23-26 | |
| Swell-Hood River | LTE | 20-23 | 23-26 | 23-26 | |
| Lyle to Doug’s | LTV | 20-23 | 25-28 | 25-28 | |
| Rufus, etc: 65-88kcfs flow | LTV | 20-23 | 25-28 | 25-28 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTV | 10-13 | 18-22 | 22-25 | |
| River flow last 24 hours: 65-88kcfskcfs | =River temp: 67.10F | HR High temp: 77F | |||
Gorge Wind Forecast
Hi friends! Fun day on tap today – if you get up and get at it early, you’ll have the opportunity for an east wind session and a west wind session. Westerlies, and only westerlies, are planned for Sunday. Easterlies return on Monday, both east and west wind are in the cards for Tuesday, and Wednesday may/may not be a stronger west wind day. Beyond that, ensembles contain lots of possibilities for the future, meaning that a forecast is not really possible. So, let’s talk about today, when most of you will be headed for the river!
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Saturday starts with offshore wind. In an interesting twist, at 5:30am, it was blowing west 10 at Iwash (rooster) Rock, E 28 at Stevenson, and E 20 at Viento. Expect a few hours this morning of E 27-30 at Stevenson, E 23-26 at Home Valley, and E 20-23 at Viento. Sometime between 10am and noon, the wind switches direction. Rapidly. A quick build to W 20-23 from Stevenson to Hood River is in the cards late morning. The wind climbs to 23-26 form Stevenson to Mosier and 25-28 from Lyle to Rufus mid-afternoon. Arlington and Threemile join for the evening executive session at 22-25. There is some indication that Swell will under-perform today thanks to metro area heating. Your response to this possibility, should you prefer the Hatch, is to jump on the wind there as soon as it gets going. River flow over the last 24 hours was 65-88kcfs, river temp is 67.10F, and high temp forecast is 77F for Hood River and 79F for Arlington.
A weak weather system swings through early Sunday, and this seems to be causing a bit of uncertainty in the forecast models. We’ll start with 22-25 from Viento to Mosier with 18-22 from Lyle to Threemile. Models suggest you’ll have a few hours of 22-25 west of Lyle before the wind drops to 15-18 between Stevenson and Mosier. Models then disagree on what happens to the east, and they disagree on how far to the east the wind will sustain itself. For now, let’s call it 21-24 from Lyle to Arlington through late afternoon with a pronounced drop-off after 5pm. High temp: 66F for Hood River and 71F for Arlington.
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Ridging returns on Monday, and this gives us east wind. You’ll find 27-30 at Iwash (Rooster) Rock and Stevenson to start with 23-26 at Home Valley and 20-23 at Viento. The wind should last until early afternoon. It then drops to 15-20 at Iwash, 14-17 at Stevenson, and 10 at Viento. To the east of Hood River, afternoon easterlies pick up to 10mph. High temp: 68F and rather arid.
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Extended: Tuesday brings east wind at 25mph or so in the morning. Late in the day, offshore high pressure rebounds, really rebounds, and sets us up for westerlies around 20mph. Hopefully that happens before sunset! Wednesday brings westerlies in the mid 20s, probably. Beyond that, there’s just too much model uncertainty to make any sort of call. Have a great day out there today!
Jones, Sauvie Island, Oregon Coast
North/Central/South coast, waves (swell forecast provided by NWS). Wind forecast for the afternoon (unless it’s a storm on the coast, in which case that’s peak wind during the day). Wind direction N (coast/Sauvie Island) and W (Jones) unless otherwise noted. Saturday: WNW15/N10-15/25, NW swell 10′ at 12 seconds. Sunday: 10-15/20/30-35, NW 6′ @ 11. Monday: 20/20-25/30-35, NW 4′ @ 10. Jones Saturday: 19-22. Sunday: LTW. Monday: LTE. Sauvie Island Saturday: 8-11. Sunday: 7-10. Monday: 10-13. Alan’s Sauvie Island Wind Sensor
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
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Very basic Hood River weather forecast. Don’t plan your life around this. You really should read Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook
Clear sky this morning adds high clouds. Temps start in the low 50s and rise to the upper 70s. Light easterlies early. Moderately strong westerlies later. No rainbows. Sunday will be partly cloudy then mostly clear. Temps start in the upper 40s and rise to the mid 60s. Moderately strong westerlies. No rainbows. Monday will be partly Nothing then mostly clear. Temps start in the low 40s and rise to the upper 60s. Calm wind early. Light easterlies later. No rainbows.
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Cycling
All vehicles on HR County forest roads need a gallon of water and a shovel – it’s fire season. Please see the HRATS/Hood River County for complete details on Post Canyon closures. Newly reopened in Post: lower Trail 100 paralleling the lower part of Post Canyon Road. The Twin Tunnels Trail between Hood River and Mosier is closed due to wildfire. That means you, all of you who’ve been riding it. Kreps and Green Diamond Lands have reopened. That includes Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, and Underwood. Closed: Gorge 400 and lots of other trails due to the Whisky Creek Fire. Trail near Mt. Adams due to the Williams Mine Fire. Remember that E-bikes are not allowed on USFS non-moto trails. They are allowed on moto trails.
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