GORGE WIND FORECAST
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SHORT-TERM gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! Fun shredding with you yesterday! Shredding is possible again today, and chaotic shredding is likely on Monday. As a cold front approaches Monday afternoon, gradients skyrocket across the Cascades. This setup tends to give us very gusty west wind, but occasionally instability will shut the wind down. We will see, won’t we? Lesser wind (aka “rest day”) is forecast on Tuesday, but we should still see 15-20mph. Models hint at stronger wind Wednesday and Thursday followed by a big day on Friday as (almost) The Cooldown You Were Looking For arrives in the Pacific Northwest.
Sunday morning started with pressures of 30.04/29.93/29.90 for gradients of 0.11/0.03, offshore pressure of 1020mb, and a weak dry front swinging through. The metro area started partly cloudy, but it’s expected to clear. Reality was beating models in terms of both gradients and wind speed: dawn patrol was cranking with 22-25mph from Viento to the Hatch. Strongest wind today is likely to be early – It’s now 7:37am, and the wind has dropped to the teens. Later today, we’ll lose our offshore support and pick up just limited support from thermals. So, let’s call this morning 14-17mph or 17-20mph if we’re lucky from Viento to Mosier and less to the east. Stevenson eventually joins as well.
Early afternoon holds at 14-17mph from Stevenson to Doug’s with 18-21mph possible from Avery to Arlington. This wind lingers into the evening. River flow over the last 24 hours was 160-244kcfs, river temp is 59.0F, and high temp forecast is 79F in Hood River and 87F in the far east desert. Oh, current at Rufus yesterday was 184-212kcfs.
RIVER FLOW FOR SITES BETWEEN AVERY (EAST OF THE DALLES) AND RUFUS: CLICK HERE FOR JOHN DAY DAM FLOW.
RIVER FLOW FOR SITES BETWEEN STEVENSON AND DOUG’S BEACH (WEST OF THE DALLES): CLICK HERE FOR THE DALLES DAM FLOW
LONGER-TERM gorge wind forecast
Monday looks … interesting! Not much will be happening in the morning as a low off BC dominates the picture along with an approaching cold front. Wind will be 7-10mph early, all through the Gorge. As the cool air moves inland early afternoon, a BIG cross-Cascade temp gradient develops along with cooler, stable air to the west. Models take the wind to 26-30mph from Stevenson to Arlington by 2pm (pushing 40 at Viento, likely) with huge gusts. The wind fills in all the way from Stevenson to Threemile by late afternoon with 20-25+ at Hermiston. Rain moves inland as far east as Stevenson from 2pm on – the wind will die there but hold east of it. There is some chance of atmospheric instability at the front edge of all this – should we see thunderstorms, the wind will dissipate. High temps: 72F in Hood River and 86F in the desert.
We’ll be post-frontal on Tuesday morning with clouds to the west and sun to the east. Wind will be under 15mph everywhere – 10-13mph east of The Dalles and 5-10mph west of The Dalles. Midday wind builds to 13-16mph from Mosier to Doug’s with less than 10mph to the east and west of that zone. We’ll finish the day with an Executive Session at 18-21mph from Stevenson to Rufus.
Model uncertainty increases for Wednesday and Thursday, but 17-20mph or more seems quite likely. Models are all-in on Friday as a trough approaches the coast and gives us something akin to The Cooldown You Were Looking For. My therapist is going to give me a talking to – I already rescheduled from Memorial Day to next Friday, and now I”m going to reschedule into the following week. You too should clear next Friday! See you on the Nch’i Wana soon. Oh… I’m looking for a 110-115L DW SUP board that’s around 20” wide and 8′ long. PM me if you have something you’re looking to offload!
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JONES BEACH, SAUVIE ISLAND, & COAST FORECAST
Wind northerly unless otherwise indicated. For coast, it’s North/Central/South with the “central” at approximately Florence. Swell forecast from NWS for central coast. Jones: westerly unless otherwise stated. Sauvie Island: northerly unless otherwise stated.
Coast Sunday: LTNW/N10/S10-15, W swell 10′ at 13 seconds. Monday: SW20/SW15-20/S10-15, NW 5′ @ 14. Tuesday: NNW10-15/NNW10-15, N15-20, W 14 @ 14. Jones Sunday: LTW. Monday: 7-10. Tuesday: 10-13. Sauvie Island Sunday: LTV. Monday: SW 10-15. Tuesday: LTN.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy this morning with a few high clouds this afternoon. Temps start in the low 50s and rise to the upper 70s. Moderate to moderately strong westerlies. No rainbows. Monday will be partly high cloudy then cloudy then might get a few sprinkles. Temps start in the low 50s and rise to the low 70s. Light westerlies early. Strong in the afternoon. 4% chance of rainbows. Tuesday will be cloudy them partly cloudy. Temps start in the mid 40s and rise to the mid 60s. Showers and thunderstorms are possible especially in the afternoon. Light westerlies early. Moderate later. 74% chance of rainbows.
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HYPERLOCAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE COLUMBIA GORGE
THE DALLES, HOOD RIVER, WHITE SALMON, TROUT LAKE, STEVENSON, CASCADE LOCKS, PARKDALE, ODELL, HUSUM, BZ, MILL A, WILLARD, GOLDENDALE, RUFUS, ARLINGTON, boardman
Good morning, neighbors! Another pleasant not-summer, summery day is on tap today. A cold front swings inland on Memorial Day and does all sorts of things: adds clouds, knocks high temps down a bit, and drive the west wind way up. Cooler, showery weather is in the cards on Tuesday with a warming trend forecast for a couple days later. Models suggest another cooling trend starting Friday with strong west wind. Speaking of wind, we’ve already had a few wildfires. These days of strong wind (Monday and next Friday) will be particularly dangerous for burning – many local areas have already instituted burn bans. I’ll leave it to you to check your location. It is going to be a long and dangerous fire season, so let’s step it up this summer in taking precautions together and protecting each other!
Speaking of “each other”… Glenwood was a chilly 37F this morning with most of the rest of us in the 45-55F range. Tehran, Iran has a forecast of 84F today with 25% humidity. Sounds like another nice day there!
Here in the Gorge, we’re have a few high clouds all day. Prepare for a pretty sunset! West wind starts at 20-25mph between Viento and Hood River and rises to 20mph all the way from Stevenson to Arlington and beyond this afternoon. High temps range from 76F in Stevenson to 79F in Hood River to 64F in the Dalles and 87F in the desert.
Overnight into Monday, we’ll hold on to some high clouds. Temps fall into the 45-55F range overnight. Offshore, a lurking low and associated cold front are poised to penetrate the Pacific Northwest. Clouds increase ahead of this system. Rain starts in Cascade Locks around 2pm and lingers through sunset. A little rain is forecast east of The Dalles after sunset for a couple hours. For the rest of the night, intermittent showers are possible west of The Dalles. Snow level: 4000′! Thanks to this incoming system, temps will be down a bit. Highs range form 68F in Cascade Locks to 72F (Hood River), 78F (The Dalles), and 86F (Pasco). This big cross-Cascade gradient results in very strong west wind after a light wind start; by mid-afternoon, we’ll have 30+ mph all the way from Stevenson to the Arlington Equilateral Triangle and 20-25mph east of Arlington to Hermiston. Please be very, very careful with fire.
Cooler, partly cloudy, showery weather is forecast on Tuesday with a chance of thunderstorms all across the region. Depending on where the clouds stop, we could see some chilly temps in Glenwood and Dufur, where sub-freezing temps are a slight possibility and frost is a bigger possibility. Parkdale could see 35-38F if it’s clear. Wind will be westerlies at 15mph or less in the morning. Afternoon wind builds to 15-20mph from Stevenson to Rufus with less to the east.
Wednesday and Thursday look warmer and muggier as we sit under southerly flow. Some wraparound showers are possible but far from certain. Temps will be 71-76F on Wednesday and 78-84F Thursday. Models are pretty sure that a trough will drop from Alaska and bring cooler temps and very strong west wind on Friday. Beyond that: too much uncertainty to make a prediction as some models call for ridging and some call for troughing. If you’d be so kind as to request a trough along the coast with high pressure offshore and heat in the desert, I’d much appreciate it. That makes it windy, and windy makes me happy! Safe travels. -TATAS
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