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Sunday: beautiful fall day (with easterlies). get it before it’s gone!

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The Forecast

Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Your favorite beach Dawn
Patrol
9am-
11:30a
11:30a-
3pm
3pm-
dusk
Rooster Rock E40-45 E40-45 E30-35 E30-35
Steven’s Locks E30-35 E30-35 E20-25 E20-25
Swell-Hood River E5-10 E5-10 E5-10 E5-10
Lyle to Doug’s E5-10 E5-10 E5-10 E5-10
Rufus, etc. LTE LTE LTE LTE
Roosevelt & Arlington LTE LTE LTE LTE

Gorge Wind Forecast

A strong easterly gradient this morning is resulting in strong easterlies in the west end of the Gorge. For today at Rooster, expect 40-45 in the morning and 30-35 in the afternoon. Stevenson starts with 30-35 and drops to 20-25. Viento will be 20-25 in the morning and 15-20 in the afternoon. River flow is 72,400cfs, water temp is 54, and air temp is 58.

Easterlies continue on Monday with 20-25 at Rooster and Stevenson in the morning. Afternoon wind falls to 10-15 at Stevenson and 5-10 at Rooster. Light easterlies start your day Tuesday and switch to light westerlies with drizzle in the afternoon. East of The Dalles, you’ll find gusty 17-23 after noon.  

Coast, Jones, Sauvie’s

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Nothing worth talking about here today – just light wind today turning to southerlies on Monday and Tuesday for the coast with nothin’ for Jones and Sauvie’s for three days.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

A sunny, beautiful start to Sunday stays that way. Temps will be in the low 30’s early and upper 50’s later, unless you go up above 4000′, where it will be near 70. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Monday will also be sunny. Temps will be in the mid 30’s early and near 60 later. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Tuesday will be 40ish in the morning and upper 50’s later. Rain starts up around noon. Light and variable wind. 57% chance of rainbows.   Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.  

Cycling

10/28: Motorized use is open on ALL Hood River County Land now. Kreps lands have reopened per their FB page. Do be aware of the possibility of freeze-thaw (muddy) conditions up high. Do not ride those trails, as you will do permanent damage due to liquefied soil structure. Mt. Hood National Forest: some areas have reopened. Expect many downed trees.  

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Local Events

Weekly events: The Kainos Coffee run happens in The Dalles every Tuesday morning at 6am. There are sailboat races at the Hood River Marina every Wednesday evening. Dirty Fingers has a group mountain bike ride Thursday nights at 5:30pm. The small boat group has a friendly and distanced paddle on, I believe, Thursday nights. Cheno has an outdoor HIIT workout at Griffin House in Hood River at 6pm on Wednesday nights. It appears there is also some sort of sailboat regatta every Friday night. That’s pretty much it for outdoor sports. There is a BLM rally every Tuesday evening at 5:30 at the Salmon Fountain in Hood River, and there’s a White Coats for BLM rally every Wednesday evening at 6pm at 12th and May.   Have an awesome day!

Temira

By Temira

Temira Lital is a recreation and travel weather forecaster based in Hood River, Oregon. Temira uses they/them pronouns. They're also a mental health counselor. Temira bikes, skis, windsurfs, paddles a SUP, swims in mountain lakes, and loves gardening. Most recently they've taken up SUP foiling. Temira is powered by La Croix, protein, and beets.