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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | clouds | early | buns | later | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 5-10 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 5-10 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-13 | 5-10 | E5-10 | E10-13 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-13 | 5-10 | E5-10 | E10-13 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 10-13 | 5-10 | E5-10 | E10-13 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Saturday brings one last day of west wind before a long-lasting switch to easterlies, and chilly easterlies at that! For Saturday morning gradients were .06 and .06. Ignore that eastern Gorge one, as it will fade quickly. It’s a little unclear what will happen this afternoon – models suggest a switch to east wind, but very strong offshore high pressure could keep just enough west flow going in the western Gorge for a hold at 10-13 from Stevenson to Hood River. East of Hood River, easterlies pick up to 10-13 or so this afternoon. River flow is 74,100cfs and temp is 55 degrees.
Sunday brings a chilly start (mid-30’s) with easterlies at 20-25. They’ll fade to 10-15 (Stevenson) and 15-20 (Rooster) in the afternoon. Monday’s easterlies look lighter – just 10-15 in the morning and calm in the afternoon. Moving on to Tuesday: 40-50 near Rooster Rock, although that could be tamed a bit if the easterlies pour over the Cascades too. Call it 30-35 for sure. It’ll be in the 20’s Tuesday morning, so taking advantage of those easterlies will be tricky! Wednesday’s wind looks like E 30-35.
COAST, JONES, SAUVIE’S: Detailed forecast was on winter break, but it’s back because of coastal wind… Swell forecast by NWS. Wind: north coast/central coast/south coast. Saturday: 15-20/25-30/35+, W swell 10′ at 11 seconds. Sunday: side-offshore 10-15/20-25/25-30, NW 7′ @ 11. Monday: N15-20/20-25/30-35, W 6′ @ 17 – pure awesomeness, that will be. Go get it!
Hood River Weather Forecast
Clear sky today stays that way for the next week. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and mid 50’s later. Light west wind. No rainbows. Sunday looks sunny. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and mid 50’s later. East wind. No rainbows. Monday looks sunny. Temps will be in the low 30’s early and mid 50’s later. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Nuking easterlies will be found near Rooster Rock on Wednesday.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Reports are that Post, Syncline, and Hospital Hill are all brown pow. Do be on the lookout for a cougar with cubs on Hospital Hill. Remember that the southern half of Whoopdee has been logged (is gone). Riding Underwood? No parking at the trailhead – you’ll need to drive ½ mile east of the trailhead and park there. There’s an HRATS trail work party in Post, meeting at Family Man, on 10/26 at 9:30am.
Upcoming Events
There’s a work party meeting at Family Man this morning at 9:30. Also today, it’s the annual American Meteorological Society Oregon Winter Weather Conference with speaker Dr. Cliff Mass of the University of Washington. That’s from 9am to noon at OMSI in Portland. Other stuff: a teen sketchbook meetup at Dog River from 2pm to 4pm. On Sunday: $5 yoga at Samadhi in White Salmon at 9am and zen meditation at Hood River Foundation for Vibrant Living from 3pm to 5pm.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
