Saturday: hot and not windy

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Gorge Wind Forecast

It’s Saturday, and it’s a rest day! The lightest wind we’ve had in a good long while will allow you to take a break or switch to a different activity today. Westerlies return in the 20ish zone for Sunday and Monday before possibly spiking a bit higher on Tuesday.

Saturday kicks off with the last day of the Hood River county Fair and the first light-wind day. Take advantage of that combo! Early gradients were 0.06 (pdx-dls) and 0.00 (dls-psc). Viento was the only place windy early; it was reading 15-20. That’s really your only chance today. The wind drops below 10mph everywhere during the day (light and variable east of Mosier) and holds until early evening. Late-day westerlies, after 5pm or so, pick up to 11-14 from Stevenson to Hood River. River flow is 129kcfs, river temp is 69F, and high temp forecast is 94F.

Sunday gets you back on the river. Temps will still be hot, but they’ll be down just enough in the west and up just enough in the east to nudge the wind speeds up. Dawn brings 14-17 from Viento to Swell with light westerlies at Stevenson and to the east of Swell. By late morning, the wind picks up to 18-21 from Stevenson to Hood River. Light and variable wind is the forecast through late afternoon east of Hood River, and you may want to avoid the desert anyway – temps will be just below 100F near Biggs. You will have that option if you like the idea of blow dryer wind. Westerlies pick up to gusty 23-26 from Stevenson to Rufus after 4pm and hold through sunset. Arlington stays light. High temp: 91F.

Monday starts clear and ends high overcast with highs in the upper 80’s. Westerlies will be in the 20-23 range from Viento to Swell early and Stevenson to Mosier in the afternoon. Lyle to Doug’s join mid afternoon with 16-19. Current extended forecast: Tuesday, gusty 24-28; Wednesday, 20-23; Thursday, 12-15. Next weekend: nearing 100F and light wind. Have a great day!  

Coast, Jones, Coast

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Saturday: 20-25/20-25/30ish, SW swell 1′ at 13 seconds. Sunday: 15-20+/20-25/30+, SW 1′ @ 18. Monday: 15-20/15-20/25-35, SW 1′ @ 16. Jones Saturday: 19-23. Sunday: 23-26. Monday: 23-26. Sauvie’s Saturday: 16-19. Sunday: 14-17. Monday: 15-18.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clear and hot for Saturday. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and mid 90’s later. Light westerlies. No rainbows. Sunday will be sunny. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and low 90’s later. Moderate westerlies becoming strong in the evening. No rainbows. Monday starts clear and turns high overcast. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and upper 80’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows.

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Cycling

SDS (Whoopdee, Underwood), BLC, HFM, DGS, and Kreps Land (Hospital Hill) are now closed until the end of fire season. It is also vital that people respect this closure to maintain positive relationships between the landowners and trail users. DNR land in Eastern Washington (Buck Creek / Nestor Peak) is all closed to recreation due to fire danger.

Open trails: Post, Falls Creek, Lewis River, Sandy Ridge, Columbia Hills, Gorge 400, Plains of Abraham / Ape Canyon. 44 Road: Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Dog River, Superconnector, Cedar, Knebal, Cooks Meadows, 450 to the top, Gunsight, Underhill. Siouxon and Huffman Peak are “temporarily closed” due to wildfire last year.

Maple Road in Post Canyon is closed. DO NOT drive past the closed signs. If you do so, you will jeopardize TRAIL access for the entire summer. This is the road that runs to the west, just north of the Binns/Riorden intersection. Also, the trail from the bottom of Post Canyon to Seven Streams Staging Area is now closed. It’s on private land. Respect the closure.  

Local Events

The Hood River County Fair runs through Saturday. Cheno’s workout is every Saturday at 10am at the Ferment Lawn in Hood River ($10).

IFPL 3 restrictions west of Highway 35 (source: Hood River County email) went into effect on 7/16. No more motorized use in Post Canyon trails. Mountain View Cycles women’s ride is every Thursday, bottom of Post at 5:30pm. They have an all-genders ride at 6pm on Wednesday, end of the pavement on Post Canyon Road. Their shop road ride leaves at 9am on Saturday for a 2 hour ride. Dirty Fingers has the Post n’ Pint on Thursday evenings at 5:30pm from the shop. They also have the women’s Post n’ Pinot Wednesday evening at 5:30pm from the shop. Oregon E-Bikes has ladies’ rides at 7:30am Sunday and Monday. The Small Boat Group does paddles every Thursday evening at 6pm at the Hatchery.

Other weekly events. Tuesday night there’s meditation with the Pacific Hermitage Monks at 5:15 (1 hour) and 6:30 (30 minutes followed by a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. Triathlon practice with the Tri Club is Tuesday at 6pm at West Mayer State Park. Sailboat races happen Wednesday night from the Hood River Marina. There are also lesser races on Friday nights.  

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