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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | blue | sky | brown | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 10-16 | 18-22 | 18-22 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 21-24 | 18-22 | 18-22 | 18-22 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-13 | 16-20 | 21-24 | 21-24 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-13 | 10-13 | 16-20 | 21-24 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 5-10 | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Happy Labor/Labour Day weekend, everyone! Looks like we’ll have moderate westerlies each day this weekend, including Monday. Fingers crossed that the wind is light enough early for those Cross Channel swimmer!
Saturday started off with low 20’s in the usual windy zone: Viento to Mosier. Other locations were lighter, mostly in the 10-13 zone. A weak offshore front will move through this morning, increasing clouds in the far west and decreasing the wind quality by a notch or two (however much that is!). You can expect 21-24 pretty much all day today. Specifics include 21-24 from Viento to Moiser this morning and 21-24 from Mosier to Avery this afternoon. It looks like we’ll see a midday lull to 18-22 for all windy locations midday; the Swell to Hood River stretch will not recover from the lull. As for Stevenson, let’s go with a slow build to 18-22. Rufus may join in after 5 tonight, and Arlington will languish at 10-13 or less all day.
Sunday’s model predictions agree on a light westerly start that may be as strong as 7-10 or may not. One model likes no wind, but let’s toss that out. I think we’ll see 16-20 from Stevenson to The Dalles tomorrow afternoon. That might be a bit optimistic… the lower end of that is likelier than the higher end.
Looking at Labour Day, the wind starts with 17-20 from Viento to Hood River and picks up to 20-23 from Stevenson to Avery. Depending on the approach path of incoming low pressure areas, we could see more wind than that. Tuesday looks like east wind at 20-25.
BONUS: Jones Saturday: 12-15. Sunday: 20-23. Monday: 10-13. Sauvie’s Saturday: 12-15. Sunday: 15-18. Monday: 13-16. Coast (north/central/south). Saturday: 20/20-25/30+, W swell 4′ at 13 seconds. Sunday: 20-25/25-30/30+, NW 5′ @ 11. Monday: 15-20/20-25/35+, NW 5′ @ 10.
Random Morning Thoughts
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Saturday: clear. Free air freezing level (FAF): 13,000′. Wind: NW 10-15. Sunday: clear becoming high overcast after midnight. FAF: 14,000′. Wind: NW 10 turning to W 15 late. Monday: High clouds early, clear later. FAF: 13,000′. Wind: W 15 AM and WNW 10 PM.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s clear and sunny and will stay that way. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and mid 70’s later. Moderate west wind. No rainbows. Sunday looks sunny. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 80’s later. Light wind early, moderate in the afternoon. No rainbows. Monday may start with some high clouds, but should end up clear. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and mid 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Next chance of rainbows is next weekend, maybe even Friday.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Trails on private timberland (Hospital Hill, Whoopdee, Underwood, and anything else on Kreps, Stevenson, Weyerhauser, etc.) will remain closed to ALL uses until the end of fire session. Motorized vehicles, chainsaws, campfires, and smoking are banned from public lands in Oregon and Washington.
Group bike rides: Triathlon practice Tuesday, 6pm at West Mayer Park. Wednesday: Post n’ Pinot women’s MTB ride at Dirty Finger, 5:30. Families at Family Man: 6pm Wednesday. Thursday: Mountain View Cycles women’s MTB, 5:30, bottom of Post. Post n’ Pint: race-pace coed ride from Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Free pint of beer after. Friday: Mountain View Cycles MTB ride: 5pm (shop? Bottom of post?). Saturday: Mountain View Cycles road ride: 9am at the shop.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events start with a trail run in Post Canyon at 8, the Riverhawk Run at Sorosis Park in The Dalles, and the Three Corner Rock ultramarathon at Whistle Punk trailhead. There’s a free bootcamp workout at 10 at Sorosis park, and a garden party and tea party at Pacific Hermitage starting at 10:30. The wind/pink windsurfing throwback party is at the Hood River Inn the next couple of nights. Tickets are $70.
Tomorrow’s the last swap meet of the season, happening at Luhr Jensen in Hood River from 7 until noon – it’s $10 for sellers and free for buyers. If you need extra motivation to get there early, Northwave is providing coffee and donuts. There’s free yoga tomorrow at 9 at Samadhi in White Salmon, all-ages touch rugby at 11 at the Hood River Marina.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
