Sunday: another windy day…

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Moderate westerlies stick around for the next few days, and once again, there’s not a zero-wind day in the forecast. Sunday’s starting off with clear sky all the way from the metro area east into the desert. We’ve got an offshore high pressure and desert low pressure aiding the gradients: 0.10 pdx-dls and 0.01 dls-psc to start the day. Early westerlies will be 19-23 from Viento to Hood River with 12-15 east of there and less than 10mph at Stevenson. The wind dips to 16-19 between Stevenson and Hood River for the morning and rebounds to 18-21 from Stevenson to Moiser in the early afternoon. We then see a nice bump to 21-24 from Moiser to Doug’s in the afternoon. Models suggest the western Gorge will drop to gusty 13-16 after 2pm. Rufus will join at 13-16 after 2pm. River flow is 102kcfs, river temp is 70F, and high temp forecast for Hood River is 91F.

Looking at Monday, we see an offshore front and S or SSW upper level flow. This drags elevated moisture into the region and also starts to drive up the dewpoints in the lowlands. Effect on the wind: not much from the moisture but gustiness from that offshore system. The day starts with 19-23 from Viento to Hood River and 10-13 in the eastern Gorge. Wind speeds hold through early afternoon in the west and dip to 5-10 or less east of Mosier. After 4pm, the wind climbs to gusty 22-25 from Stevenson to The Dalles. Those of you working all day can catch the Executive Session after 5pm. High temp: 89.

High clouds keep the temps down a notch on Tuesday, but the wind keeps on going. You’ll wake up to 22-25 from Viento to Moiser with 10-13 at Stevenson and in the eastern Gorge. Hold that until early afternoon when the wind drops to 13-16 between Stevenson and Hood River and climbs to 22-25 from Mosier to Rufus with 12-15 at Arlington. If you’re desperate for the eastern Gorge, you’ll find it late: 22-25 near Arlington after 4pm. Current forecast for Wednesday: 12-15. Thursday: 19-22. Enjoy!  

Coast, Jones, Coast

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Sunday: 15-20/20-25/30-40, SW swell 1′ at 15 seconds. Monday: 15-20/15-20/30-35, SW 1′ @ 16. Tuesday: 10-15/10-15/20-25+, SW 1′ @ 15. Jones Sunday: 21-24. Monday: 17-20. Tuesday: 11-14. Sauvie’s Sunday: 13-16. Monday: 14-17. Tuesday: 8-11.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clear sky all day Sunday. Temps will be in the upper 60’s early and low 90’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Monday will be high overcast. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and upper 80’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Tuesday will also be high overcast. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and mid 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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