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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | blue | sky | brown | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 0-5 | 10-13 | 17-20 | 21-25 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 5-10 | 12-15 | 18-22 | G 21-25 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 5-10 | 12-15 | 18-22 | G 21-25 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 0-5 | 0-5 | 0-5 | 0-5 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 0-5 | 0-5 | 0-5 | 0-5 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
It’s Labour Day Sunday, and it’s a calm and clear start to the day. Models are having some serious disagreements on the wind speed for today and tomorrow, so I’m just going to give you a best guess forecast. Tuesday and Wednesday both look like east wind days. After that, the wind will switch back to westerly.
Sunday starts out with light wind and a gradient of .06 from Portland to The Dalles. Northerly upper level flow and a front approaching late in the day from the north combine to give us gusty west wind today, strongest late in the day. We’ll see a slow and steady build in the wind. Expect 12-15 from Stevenson to Mosier by late morning. Westerlies continue to build through the day, topping out at gusty 21-25 from Stevenosn to Doug’s this afternoon. Given the northerly flow and the approaching front, the Swell to Mosier stretch is likely to be lighter and gustier than other areas.
Labour Day starts with 15-18 from Viento to Mosier, hopefully a bit lighter between Wells and Bingen for the Cross-Channel Swim. As the previously mentioned frontal system swings through midday, the wind will pick up to up-and-down, very gusty 18-22 from Viento to Doug’s with gusty 15-18 near Stevenson.
Building high pressure on Tuesday turns the wind around. We’ll have easterlies at 15-20 on tuesday and 20-25 on Wednesday, strongest from Rooster Rock to Home Valley. The best wind will be between 10am and 1pm both days, with light wind in the afternoons. After Wednesday, the weather turns a bit more progressive: onshore flow, cloudier, cooler, etc.
BONUS: Jones Sunday: 18-21. Monday: 12-15. Tuesday: nope. Sauvie’s Sunday: 15-19. Monday: 14-17. Tuesday: 17-20. Coast (north/central/south). Sunday: 15-20/25-30/35+, W swell 3′ at 12 seconds. Monday: 20-25/25-30/35+, W 5′ @ 9. Tuesday: 20-25/20-25/30+, NW 6′ @ 9.
Random Morning Thoughts
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Sunday: Clear becoming partly high cloudy. Free air freezing level (FAF): 14,000′ Wind: N 15-20 becoming NW 10-15 in the afternoon. Monday starts with high clouds and ends with mid-level partly cloudy sky. FAF: 13,000′ rising to 14,000′. Wind: WNW 15 ealry, W 10 afternoon, light and variable overnight. Tuesday looks clear. FAF: 14,000′ rising to 15,000′. Wind: light and variable.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s sunny this morning. We may see high clouds later. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and low 80’s this afternoon. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Monday may start with some high clouds. It should end with mid-level partly cloudy sky. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and upper 70’s in the afternoon. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Tuesday looks sunny. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 80’s later. East wind. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Trails on private timberland (Hospital Hill, Whoopdee, Underwood, and anything else on Kreps, Stevenson, Weyerhauser, etc.) will remain closed to ALL uses until the end of fire session. Motorized vehicles, chainsaws, campfires, and smoking are banned from public lands in Oregon and Washington.
Group bike rides: Triathlon practice Tuesday, 6pm at West Mayer Park. Wednesday: Post n’ Pinot women’s MTB ride at Dirty Finger, 5:30. Families at Family Man: 6pm Wednesday. Thursday: Mountain View Cycles women’s MTB, 5:30, bottom of Post. Post n’ Pint: race-pace coed ride from Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Free pint of beer after. Friday: Mountain View Cycles MTB ride: 5pm (shop? Bottom of post?). Saturday: Mountain View Cycles road ride: 9am at the shop.
Upcoming Events
Today is the last swap met of the season from 7-noon at the Luhr Jensen parking lot in Hood River. Northwave will be providing free coffee and donuts. Yoga Samadhi has a by-donation class this morning at 9am. There’s all-ages touch rugby at 11 at the Hood River Marina. Tomorrow is Labour Day, the annual Cross-Channel Swim (sold out, as always, but maybe you could be a support SUP or kayak). Next Saturday is the Aluminum Man triathlon in The Dalles.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
