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Gorge Wind Forecast

Not much to report today in the way of wind other than some light easterlies. People out fishing and road biking and flat-water paddling will be happy. Westerlies return late on Sunday and rise to the nuking zone (or close to it) on Monday. A couple more days of west wind gives way to a warm and likely calm period from the middle of next week on. I’ll be on vacation for a week starting next Friday. Our friends at iWind/iKite will still be forecasting for you since there are multiple thems and only one of me!

Looking at Saturday, we see high pressure all across the land and a heat low lurking in the Willy Valley. This leads to midday easterlies at 13-16 between Rooster Rock and Viento. The wind falls to 7-10 in the afternoon. East of Viento, the wind will be light all day. River flow is 132kcfs, river temp is 69F, and high temp forecast for Hood River is 89F.

Sunday starts with light easterly gradients and nearly-calm wind all through the Gorge. In the middle of the afternoon, the wind builds to 14-17 from Stevenson to Mosier. Evening westerlies build to 20-23 between Stevenson and The Dalles. High temp: 87F.

A deep, cool trough pushes into the west side Sunday night into Monday morning. Dawn Patrol is on the docket at 26-30+ from Viento to Mosier with 24-27 to Arlington. Afternoon wind rises to 29-33 from Viento to Threemile. Readings at The Wall will likely top 35 for periods of time. Stevenson may stay cloudy with gusty 20-25. If that sort of strong wind is your thing, Monday is your only shot. Get it! Tuesday: 23-26. Wednesday: 15-18. Thursday: light easterlies, most likely, but that’s a long ways out to be forecasting. Enjoy!  

Coast, Jones, Coast

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Saturday: 20-25+/25-30/35-45, NW swell 5′ at 8 seconds. Sunday: 20-25/20-25/30-40, NW 4′ @ 8. Monday: LTW/LTW/N25-35, NW 7′ @ 8. Jones Saturday: LTW. Sunday: 21-24. Monday: 11-14. Sauvie’s Saturday: 13-16. Sunday: 15-18. Monday: 8-11.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clear sky all day. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and upper 80’s later. Calm wind. No rainbows. Sunday will be clear. Temps start in the upper 50’s and end in the upper 80’s. Calm wind early builds to moderate westerlies in the evening. No rainbows. Monday starts partly cloudy and ends clear. Temps will be in the mid 50s’ early and mid 70’s later. Very strong westerlies. No 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

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. Columbia Hills is closed due to fire danger.

Open trails: Post, Falls Creek, Lewis River, Sandy Ridge, 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 has reopened. Huffman: not sure.

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

Kiteboard for Cancer is this weekend at the Hood River Event Site.

IFPL 3 restrictions west of Highway 35 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. Normally on 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. In-person meditation is on “pause” due to the recent Covid surge. It will happen on the Pacific Hermitage YouTube page at 6:30. 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. Cheno’s workout is every Saturday at 10am at the Ferment Lawn in Hood River ($10). Families in the Park starts August 5th at Jackson Park and runs for several weeks on Thursday evening.  

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