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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | now | it’s | too | cloudy | |
| Steven’s Locks | 10-13 | 16-20 | 21-24 | 17-20 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 21-24 | 21-24 | 21-24 | 17-20 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 12-15 | 15-18 | 17-20 | 17-20 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 12-15 | 9-12 | 5-10 | 5-10 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 12-15 | 9-12 | 5-10 | 5-10 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s a cool and windy Saturday morning. If you like wind, you’ll want to jump on it, because the westerlies will take a break for a couple of days after today. The early gradient today was .11 from Portland to The Dalles with just .01 east of the. With clear sky in Hood River and Portland, you’ll want to stay in the central Gorge today.
We’ll have 21-24 through late morning from Viento to Mosier with 5-10 in other locations. Given the forecast today, it seems likely that we’ll see the wind fade after late morning as the concrete jungle heats up. Stevenson should join in with 17-20 late morning. By early afternoon, the Viento to Mosier stretch will also fall to 17-20. Lyle to Doug’s will probably max out at 16-19 today, holding through late afternoon. Locations east of The Dalles will see 5-10 this morning and light west wind this afternoon.
Depending on where the heat low sets up tomorrow, we could see a couple of outcomes. Most likely is a heat low over the Willy Valley, leaving us with calm wind early, east 10-15 from Cascade Locks to Viento midday, and calm wind again in the afternoon as temps equalize. If east flow develops on a wider scale, we could see smoke from the Substation fire drift into the central Gorge. Wickedly hot weather everywhere on Sunday gives us calm wind for much of the day followed by west wind at 5-8 late in the afternoon between Stevenson and Hood River with calm wind everywhere else. At this point, the long-range forecast is calling for a return to moderate westerlies (with wicked hot temps) starting Tuesday.
BONUS: Jones Saturday: 16-19. Sunday: 5-10. Monday: 21-24. Sauvie’s Saturday: 13-16. Sunday: 13-16. Monday: 10-13. Coast (north/central/south). Saturday: 15-20/20-25/30+, NW swell 5′ at 7 seconds. Sunday: 10-25/15-20/light, NW 5′ @ 7. Monday: 15-20/15-20/Light, NW 4′ @ 16.
Random Morning Thoughts
These thoughts slept in today.
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Hot and clear with wind at 10mph or so for the next three days.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Today’s going to be the last cool day for a week or so, so enjoy it. Temps will be in the upepr 50’s early and low 80’s later. Moderate west wind. No rainbows. Sunday looks hot. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early (trap that air!) and mid 90’s later. Light east wind or calm wind. No rainbows. Monday looks hot. Temps will be near 60 early and 99 in the afternoon. Calm wind with light westerlies late in the day. No rainbows. The heat sticks around all week with increasing west wind.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Plains of Abraham is open. It joins Gunsight to complete our slate of open mountain bike rides. Get out and get some, and take plenty of water because it’s going to be hot. Trails in Hood River County are now closed to motorized use due to fire danger. Bicycles are fine. The Petersburg Loop east of The Dalles is currently closed and under a level 3 evacuation order due to the Substation Fire.
Upcoming Events
Today’s community activities start with a trail run in Post Canyon at 8. There’s a group road bike ride from Mountain View Cycles at 9. There’s a free yoga class today at Lewis and Clark Festival Park in The Dalles at 10:30.
The Gorge Downwind Champs finish up today with one last round of shuttles from western Gorge locations to Hood River, so keep an eye out for boats headed downwind. The Wind Youth Regatta sailbaot races happen in Cascaade Locks today. Mt. Hood Meadows has a slope cleanup from 10-2, and there’s a standup paddle fundraiser for the SECRETS science program at the Nichols Boat Basin from 1 to 4. Big Winds is hosting the meet n’ greet for the Patagonia Hood Jam this afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30. Free beer is available at that one. Tomorrow, windless tomorrow, is a practice day for the event, and the event window starts on Monday.
If you like Harry Potter, be at Jackson Park in Hood River at dusk tonight for the Sorcerer’s Stone at Movies in the Park.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
