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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | Clear | air | clean | buns. | |
| Steven’s Locks | 10-13 | 16-19 | 11-14 | 11-14 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 16-19 | 16-19 | 11-14 | 11-14 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-13 | 10-13 | 5-10 | LTV | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-13 | 5-10 | LTE | LTE | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 10-13 | 5-10 | LTE | LTE | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Attention: today is the downwind race for the Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge. This means there will be hundreds of small boats and SUPs between Viento and Hood River. Please yield the right of way to the racers and keep an eye upwind so you don’t interfere. That said, today is the right call for that race: moderate westerlies this morning (Saturday) fade quickly to light westerlies. Sunday looks light, and the wind dies off completely on Monday.
Details for Saturday: a cloudy start to the day in Portland turns sunny as a brief ridgy thing moves across the area and an upper low moves towards Oregon. Models suggest that the wind will back off as temps equalize across the Cascades this afternoon. So, with .07 (PDX-DLS) to start the day, we’ll see 16-19 between Viento and Swell with 13-16 east and west of there. Areas east of Mosier will back off to 10-13 or less as the day goes on. The GFS suggests the western Gorge will back off to 10-13. I think we’ll see a slow fade from 16-19 to 11-14 between Stevenson and Mosier.
Looking at Sunday, we have an upper low overhead, which will squash gradients. The GFS likes W 7-11 all day from Stevenson to Swell. In an interesting twist, the Euro likes 15-18. Given the setup, I’m leaning towards the lesser of the two forecasts. The eastern Gorge is likely to see light easterlies on Sunday, which will probably push wildfire smoke into the Gorge. Add in a slight chance of thunder in the afternoon to complete the picture.
Monday starts off with light westerlies, goes calm, and switches to light easterlies. By light, I mean less than 10. As of right now, we’re looking at light and variable wind Tuesday with a chance of E 10-15 for a couple hours midday, but there is model disagreement. Models are closer together later in the week, liking the idea of a trough pushing inland. This would give us strong westerlies on Thursday.
BONUS: Jones Saturday: 11-14. Sunday: 13-16. Monday: LTW. Sauvie’s Saturday: 11-14. Sunday: 13-16. Monday: 13-16. Coast (north/central/south). Saturday: 15-20/15-20/25-30, NW swell 5′ at 8 seconds. Sunday: W5-10/W5-10/N 25-30, NW 5′ @ 8. Monday: W5-10/W5-10/N25-30, NW 5′ @ 8.
Random Morning Thoughts
Not today!
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Saturday: clear, free air freezing level (FAF) 15,000′. Wind: NW 5 early, W 5 afternoon, SW 5 overnight. Sunday: clear with some smoke. FAF: 15,000′. Wind: SW 5 early, N 5 later, NE 15 overnight. Monday: clear with smoke. FAF: 14,000′. Wind: NE 15 early, N 15 afternoon.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s pretty nice out there this morning with little enough smoke that the sky is blue, not brown. Enjoy it, because the smoke will return sometime tomorrow or Monday. Temps for Saturday will be in the low 60’s early and near 90 later. Moderate west wind becomes light west wind. No rainbows. Sunday looks clear with increasing smoke. Temps will be near 60 early and near 90 later. Light westerlies. No rainbows. Slight chance of thunder in the afternoon. Monday looks more smoky. Temps will be near 60 early and in the low 90’s later. Light west wind early, light east wind later. No rainbows.
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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 (significant rainfall). Washington and Oregon public lands have now banned smoking and campfires for the remainder of the season, telling you what are some of the main causes of wildfires.
Gorge 400 from Wyeth to Herman Creek has reopened. There are about 7 trees down. Plains of Abraham is open. Trails in Hood River County are now closed to motorized use due to fire danger. Bicycles are fine. All the road rides are open, except between Multnomah Falls and Crown Point.
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
One quick reminder if you’re heading to the woods this weekend: both Oregon and Washington have banned campfires and smoking to various degrees, so make sure you check the rules before you do either of those on public lands.
Events today include a trail run in Post Canyon at 8, a group road bike rid efrom Mountian View Cycles at 9, a free yoga class at Lewis and Clark Park in the Dalles, brought ot you by Pure Yoga, at 10:30, and all-ages Volleyball at the Lyle High School gym from 4 to 6. Pacific Crest Trail Days is today and tomorrow at Thunder Island, and the Gorge Paddle Challenge is at the Waterfront Park in Hood River. There’s a street party in The Dalles today at 200 E 3rd from 4pm to 8pm.
Beauty and the Beast plays tonight at Jackson Park at dusk, Coco is at Kramer Field, and Cascade Locks has the Pacific Crest Film Festival from 8-10. The Seahawks play on the NFL Network at 7pm.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
