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The Forecast
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | OPEN! | naked | buns | rejoice! | |
| Steven’s Locks | 18-22 | 18-22 | 18-22 | 18-22 | |
| Swell-Hood River | G20-23 | G20-23 | G18-22 | G18-22 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | G20-23 | 24-27 | 24-27 | 18-22 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 25-29 | 25-29 | 22-25 | 18-22 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 29-33 | 25-29 | 22-25 | 18-22 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Oregon and Washington are encouraging people to not travel more than 50 miles (not mph!) to access recreation, and all land managers and law enforcement are carefully watching to see if people maintain social distancing. If crowding happens, water access will be revoked. If you are local and lucky enough to have water access in your community, please do this: rig, play, leave. There is NO camping allowed at any of the river parks. Please don’t camp unlawfully; doing so risks access for everyone, including for people who just want to use the parks for a picnic. All hotels and short-term rentals are still closed in Hood River to non-essential travelers. Recreate and go home. If you live in a place that’s still under a stay at home order, stay home – follow the guidance of where you live, not where you want to go. Thank you!
Whew. That was a wild day on the river yesterday! At one point, Roosevelt was reading 47-70. That. Is. Windy. Nothing like that is in the forecast for the next week. On the contrary, we’ll have day after day of moderate to moderately strong westerlies. Just enough for mellow cruising on your favorite floating object.
Sunday starts with some lingering strong westerlies in the eastern Gorge. They’ll hold for a good bit of the day, fading when the sun really breaks through in the western half of the state. Expect morning wind at gusty 18-23 in the western Gorge with 25-29 east of Lyle. The wind will drop a few miles per hour in the eastern Gorge, but hold in the mid-twenties until mid-afternoon. After that, it’ll drop precipitously. The western Gorge also sees gradients drop in the afternoon, but the cross-Cascade temp gradient and offshore high pressure should keep the wind in the 18-22 range this afternoon. River flow is 370 kcfs (too much for the Rufus stretch, which maxes out around 325kcfs), and temp is 56 degrees.
Monday sees a trough of low pressure inland and building high pressure offshore. Morning westerlies start at 15-18 from Stevenson to Viento. By noon, we’ll have 21-24 from Stevenson to Mosier. Afternoon wind builds to 24-27 from Stevenson to Rufus. A weak weather impulse approaches on Tuesday from the NW. Although there won’t be much too it, it’ll probably decrease wind quality. Expect morning wind at 10-13 form Stevenson to Viento with 5-10 east of there and light westerlies east of The Dalles. The wind builds to gusty 24-27 in the afternoon from Stevenson to Doug’. The Hatchery and Swell will likely see less wind, perhaps gusty 19-22 after a short period of mid 20’s.
Open/Closed Launch Site List -All restrooms are closed!
Washington:Skamania County – Phase two, recreate with 5 or less people outside household
Stevenson East Point, Bob’s Beach, Boat ramp: all open
Home Valley: Unknown
Swell City: Open
Spring Creek Hatchery: Open
Klickitat County – Stay at home order in place. Only recreate with household members
Wunderbar: high water
Bingen Point: Open
Lyle: you have to cross private property to access
Doug’s Beach: Open
Avery: Open
Maryhill: Open for day use only..
The Wall: Open.
Roosevelt: Open for day use only.
Oregon: Phase one for Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam counties – recreate with 10 or fewer friends from the county
Rooster Rock: Open
Viento: Open
The Hook: Open
Waterfront Park: Closed
Event Site: Open
The Spit: Open
The Marina: Open
Boat ramp: open
Mosier: Only open for residents of 97040
Rowena: Still closed.
Celilo: Open
Rufus: Open
Arlington: Open
Threemile: Open
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Timberline is open with exemplary guidelines for protecting guests and staff from the transmission of novel coronavirus. Please read their guidelines and rules here. Well done, T-Line! The Mt. Hood weather forecast will be on vacation unless something interesting happens in the weather up there. Some of you will be tempted to go out backcountry skiing. Please don’t – accidents do happen, and you may put others at risk. Timberline is allowing uphill access outside the permit area on the climbers’ trail ONLY. No uphill traffic is allowed at Meadows.Hood River Weather Forecast
Partly to mostly cloudy sky this morning turns sunny in the afternoon. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and mid 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Monday looks sunny. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and mid 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Tuesday looks sunny. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 70’s later. Light wind early, moderate westerlies later. 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
Trail update 5/28: Post Canyon: no parking in HRC forests (staging areas, or anywhere). Syncline/Coyote Wall: Open. Mt. Hood National Forest: Open for day use. Surveyor’s, Dog River, and Oak Ridge snow-free. Kreps/SDS: open. Sandy Ridge: Open. Nestor Peak: open. Falls Creek: open. Columbia Hills State Park: open. Syncline: open . Skamania County trails outside the scenic area: open. Ape Canyon: Closed.
Current lawful social distancing requirements: only people from your household in Klickitat County. Only household members if you’re from Multnomah, Clark, or other ‘stay at home’ counties. Up to 5 friends in Skamania County. Up to 10 in Hood River County.
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