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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | wet | buns | umbrellas | funs | |
| Steven’s Locks | LTW | LTW | LTW | LTW | |
| Swell-Hood River | 10-13 | 10-13 | LTW | LTW | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTW | LTW | LTW | LTW | |
| Rufus, etc. | LTW | LTW | G22-26? | LTW | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTW | LTW | G22-26? | LTW | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Not much wind to speak of the next few days, which is awesome if you want to go fishing or pick fruit, but not so awesome if you want to do wind sports. “Progressive” weather continues for the next week or so, with the best chance for stronger, steadier wind currently Friday. However, that’s far from guaranteed and way too far out to be forecasting! So… great thing for me: alternate day forecasts for a bit!
For Sunday, the wind starts light and variable except near Viento and Swell, where there will be some 10-15ish, as is common ahead of an incoming system. Gradients are too light for much more in the morning: 0.02 and 0.03. Rain starts up soon, dampening (ha) any chances for westerlies. Between noon and 4pm or so, areas east of Avery will see very gusty 22-26. You’ll have to time it just right, because rain pushes way out east in the afternoon and shuts down the wind.
Monday starts light and variable. Afternoon wind picks up to gusty 13-16 from Viento to Arlington. 13-16 might be a bit optimistic; it’s possible the wind will languish in the 10-13 range. Tuesday starts light and variable and turns to light easterly midday. It might even become light westerly late in the afternoon. By “light”, I mean less than 8mph. Thursday starts light and variable and picks up to 10-13, but there’s been a lot of variability in that forecast; at one point it was calling for 23-26 with offshore high pressure driving the wind. So, let’s wait and see.
COAST, JONES, SAUVIE’S: Coast (north/central/south, wind N unless otherwise specified – swell forecast courtesy of National Weather Service). Sunday: LTSW/LTSW/LTV, W swell 8′ at 12 seconds. Monday: W5-10/W5-10/S10-15, W 8′ @ 11. Tuesday: SW15-20/SW15-20/S25-30, “combined season 10′ at 11 seconds”. Jones Sunday-Tuesday: nope. Sauvie’s Sunday-Monday: nope. Sauvie’s Tuesday: S 15-25.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Partly High overcast sky gives way to steady moderate rainfall during the day and then showers in the evening. Temps will be in the mid 60’s all day. Light west wind. 86% chance of rainbows. Monday looks showery. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and upper 60’s later. Light west wind. 99% chance of rainbows. Tuesday looks cloudy and rainy. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and mid 60’s later. Light and variable wind. 4% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
130,140, Borderline, and the jump trails in that area will close for logging on Monday, so ride them today. Upper 8 Track in Post Canyon is now closed due to logging. 130 after Borderline is also closed due to logging. Not sure how far that closure goes. Chipseal is good to go between Mosier and Rowena crest and also on Kingsley Road, if you’d like to suffer. As for Kreps/SDS lands… they have remained open all summer, for the first time in a long time! Sounds like moto in Post may reopen at the beginning of next week, depending on how much rain falls over the weekend.
All other trails are open. Apparently Boulder Lakes is quite overgrown. Whoopdee is closed for logging, but Ronnoc trail and the climb out are open. Red Hill Road is supposedly closed for logging. Ride at your own risk. If you’re riding Underwood, please do not park at the trailhead as per request by SDS. Continue past the trailhead 0.5 miles or so to the new parking area. The cows are off Hospital Hill, which means your dog can come along.
Upcoming Events
If you do want to get outside today, get out early. Steady rain starts up around 9 near Hood River, noon near The Dalles, and 4 near Arlington. Line yourself up north-south with those places for your rain. The next round of heavy rain arrives Tuesday morning and sticks around all day.
Today’s events include the Gorge Kids Triathlon at the Hood River Waterfront Park starting at 9am – hopefully it beats the rain. There’s a $5 yoga class at Samadhi in White Salmon at 9am too. That’s it for this weekend – looking at next weekend, there’s a Mt. Hood Cleanup on Saturday and a fundraiser run for Hood River’s Cross Country Team on Sunday.
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Have an awesome day today!
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