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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | peaceful | cloudy | naked | beach | |
| Steven’s Locks | LTV | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | LTV | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTW | 5-10 | 18-22? | 22-25? | |
| Rufus, etc. | LTW | 10-15 | 18-22 | 22-25 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 10-15 | 18-22 | 22-25 | 22-25 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Weather prediction is a funny thing. In yesterday’s forecast, I talked about how the easterlies would increase each day next week. Both models have a completely new story about next week now, a story that includes moderate and variable strength easterlies followed by a ginormous west wind day Friday. So… there’s still a lot of uncertainty about next week, but not about the next few days.
For Saturday, the western Gorge will have a rainy day, especially west of Underwood. Morning westerlies will be light and variable as a front exits eastward and a trough also starts to move east. The afternoon shakeout looks like gusty, showery 10-13 from Stevenson to Mosier with gusty 22-25 from Mosier to Arlington. River flow is 81,900cfs and temp is 65 degrees.
Sunday sees high pressure start to build over the coast. It’s worth noting that the situation will be stable, a contributing factor to reliable westerlies. Sunday’s downside is increasingly northerly upper flow, something that tends to make the westerlies gusty. So… competing factors. Anyway, it looks like we’ll see 5-10 in the west and 10-13 east of Hood River to start the day. Models suggest we’ll have 17-20 in the west in the afternoon with 23-27 from Mosier to Rufus with 17-20 farther east. Clouds in the western Gorge will probably limit the Hood River area wind, but it’s worth keeping an eye on Swell as those clouds burn off in the afternoon.
High pressure starts to build inland on Monday. Most like scenario at this time is 10-13 all day in the western Gorge. After that, we seem to have a few days of moderate east wind before a switch back to westerly at the end of the week. As I said before, that’s still in flux.
BONUS: Jones Saturday: LTW. Sunday: 7-11. Monday: nope. Sauvie’s Saturday: no. Sunday: 13-16. Monday: 18-22. Coast (north/central/south). Saturday: LTW/LTW/N 10-15, W swell 8′ @ 9 seconds. Sunday: LTN/N15-20/30+, W 7′ @ 8. Monday: 20-25/25-30/30+, NW 5′ @ 11.
Random Morning Thoughts
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
It’s rainy on the mountain and will stay that way until tonight. Snow level: 9000′ falling to 6500′ overnight. Precip: 1/3” rain in the morning, 1/10” rain mixed with wet snow overnight. No accumulation at 5000′. Wind: WSW 30 most of the day. NW 20 overnight. Sunday looks partly cloudy with occasional daytime sprinkles. Snow level: 7000′ rising to 11,000′ after midnight. Wind: NW 20 becoming NNW 15 overnight. Monday will be sunny. Free air freezing level: 11,000′ rising to 12,000′. Wind: NNW 15 becoming NNE 10.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Cloudy weather this morning continues until this evening, when the clouds should diminish. Sprinkles will decrease after 2pm. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and upper 60’s later. Light westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Sunday might start off with a Nothing, but it should end up mostly clear. Temps will be near 50 early and in the mid 60’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows. Monday starts with a partial Nothing and ends up sunny. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and in the low 70’s later. Light westerlies. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Whoopdee and Hospital Hill and Underwood have reopened. Post Canyon motorized use has also reopened. Other motorized trails on Hood River County lands (Pine Mont, for example) remain closed to motorized use.
Upcoming Events
Today is the first day of autumn, and it certainly feels like it. You can celebrate the change of the seasons this morning by celebrating the reopening of the Hood River Children’s Park, rebuilt mostly by volunteers. There’s a trail run in Post Canyon this morning at 8, and a road bike ride from Mountain View Cycles at 9. Columbia Gorge Windsurfing Association has a work party at Bob’s Beach in Stevenson from 3 to 5 today, and the Hood river Saddle Club has a spaghetti feed fundraiser from 5-8.
Tomorrow morning’s the last swap meet of the season in the Luhr Jensen Parking lot, and CAMBA has a work party on Hospital Hill at 10.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
