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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | sun | buns | hot dogs | fun! | ||
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 15-18 | 25-29 | 25-29 | ||
| Swell-Hood River | 17-20 | 20-24 | 25-29 | 25-29 | ||
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 5-10 | 13-16 | 19-22 | 24-27 | 25-29 | 25-29 |
| Rufus, etc. | 5-10 | 10-13 | 20-23 | 25-29 | ||
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 5-10 | 10-13 | 20-23 | 25-29 | ||
Gorge Wind Forecast
Hopefully you haven’t had enough of the westerlies yet, because they’re not going anywhere for the next week! Sunday’s a bit of a complicated setup: the day starts with offshore high pressure and minimal marine layer in Portland. A reinforcing shot of cooler air and a “dying front” arrive from the NW mid to late morning, amping up the gradient. Cross-Cascade temperature gradient reaches 20 degrees this afternoon, contributing to strong westerlies. All that said, sometimes this situation results in under-performing gradients; if it all falls apart between Swell and Hood River, head somewhere else.
Sunday’s numbers: morning gradients of .10 and .04 suggest that the entire Gorge will come into play today. Dawn Patrol was 17-20 from Viento to Mosier with 5-10 everywhere else. The latest model run suggests 25-29 from Stevenson to The Dalles by noon with the wind filling in all the way to Arlington later. There’s a non-zero possibility of a super-nuker period near Swell this afternoon, so bring your small gear. River flow is 315kcfs (experts only for the Maryhill stretch) and river temp is 58 degrees.
Deeper marine clouds on Monday morning combine with desert sunshine for another round of strong westerlies. Dawn Patrol will likely be the strongest wind of the day (if you believe the models). Expect 25-29 from Viento to Mosier all Sunday night into the sunrise hours of Monday. Models suggest the wind will back off a little bit to 24-27 and fill in from Stevenson to Rufus.
A weak low offshore on Tuesday takes the gradients and wind down a notch or two. Morning westerlies start at 8-11. Gusty afternoon westerlies follow: 13-16 from Stevenson to Mosier and 20-23 from Rowena to Rufus. Current Wednesday/Thursday forecast: 25-29 both days.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: Coast (north/central/south, wind N unless otherwise specified). Sunday: 5-10/10-15/30-35, W swell 4′ at 10 seconds. Monday: 20-25/25-30/30-35, W 3′ @ 10. Tuesday: NW5/NW10/N25-30, W 6′ @ 9. Jones Sunday: 26-29. Monday: 23-26. Tuesday: 14-17. Sauvie’s Sunday: 12-15. Monday: 8-11. Tuesday: 5-8 late.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast: on vacation unless needed!
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Hood River Weather Forecast
It’s a clear day today, and probably will remain that way, although a few high clouds are possible. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and 80 in the afternoon. Strong westerlies. High humidity. No rainbows. Monday might have a few marine clouds early, but it will end up purely sunny. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and mid 70’s in the afternoon. Strong westerlies. No rainbows. Tuesday looks sunny. Temps will be near 50 early and in the mid 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. NO rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
If you’re looking for Brown Pow, you’ll find it all over the place. Post is good. Knebal, 8-Mile, Bottle Prairie and Surveyor’s are “open with patches of snow”, according to 44 Trails Association. Logging has begun on Whoopdee, so the main loop is closed. Ronnoc trail will remain open, and so will the climb out. Other open trails: Post, Nestor, Columbia Hills, Hospital Hill, Dog River, Sandy Ridge, Syncline, and Falls Creek from the top. Lower Lewis River is open. Despite advice to the contrary, Red Hill Road was open to bikes on Saturday, 6/1. Proof is on The Strava.
If you’re riding Underwood, please do not park at the trailhead any more as per request by SDS. Continue past the trailhead 0.5 miles or so to the new designated parking area. The cows are out on Hospital Hill, which happens to be private land owned by the Kreps family. Do not take your dog or you 1) endanger the life of your dog and 2) endanger access to the land for everyone.
Upcoming Events
This weekend is ODFW’s free fishing weekend. The Wheatacres Ranch and Trail Challenge is this weekend in Wasco. Goldendale has trials bike competitions all weekend, and it’s women’s weekend at the Washougal motocross track.
Today: by-donation yoga at 9am at Yoga Samadhi. Ping pong at the Skamania County Fairgrounds at 10:30. Pickup touch rugby at 11 at the Hood River Marina. Rally car racing at Deere Run Vineyards in Dufur. A bike gear swap the Power Station gym in Hood River from 9am to 1pm. White Salmon Springfest has a footrace this morning along with all the other things Springfest.
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Random Morning Thoughts: on vacation.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
