Sunday: westerlies most of the week. rain next weekend.

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Gorge Wind Forecast

The weather has transitioned into a more fall-like pattern, at least for a bit. Various fronts and weather systems will impact the Northwest, leading to gusty westerlies through the Gorge. Looking at Sunday, we have a weak cold front traveling eastward to start the day. Gradients at 7am were 0.06 and 0.01, and westerlies were maxed at 10-13 from Viento to Swell. They’ll build slowly today. By early afternoon, you’ll find 20-23 from Stevenson to Mosier with 14-17 to Rowena and light wind to the east. Models suggest a late afternoon or early evening bump to 22-25 from Viento to Rufus. It’s likely Swell will drop to 17-20 from mid to late afternoon on. River flow is 65,200cfs, river temp is 69F, and high temp forecast is 77F.

We’ll be between weather systems on Monday morning, which might just make the wind a bit less gusty. In the afternoon, an offshore front starts to affect wind quality. Expect 15-18 from Viento to Mosier to start the day with 8-11 everywhere else. Mid-morning westerlies rise to 21-24 from Stevenson to Mosier. Get it while you can. Models suggest the wind will fall off in the afternoon to gusty 18-22 from Stevenson to The Dalles and 10-13 to the east. High temp: 73F.

An approaching front and decreasing offshore pressure knock the wind down on Tuesday. The day starts with a promising burst of 15-18 from Viento to Mosier, but it quickly falls to 10-13. Late in the afternoon, the wind responds to an approaching cold front by rising to gusty 14-17 from Stevenson to The Dalles. High temp: 79F. Rest of the week: mid-20’s for Wednesday, teens for Thursday, and light wind on Friday.  

Coast, Jones, Coast

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Sunday: 10-15/15-20/30-35, NW swell 9′ at 14 seconds fading to 7′ @ 12. Monday: 10-15/20-25/30-40, NW 5′ @ 10. Tuesday: LTW/LTNW/N30-35, W 5′ @ 10. Jones Sunday: 20-23. Monday: 10-13. Tuesday: 10-13. Sauvie’s Sunday: 11-14. Monday: 8-11. Tuesday: LTV.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy sky this morning turns clear. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and upper 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Monday will be clear. Temps will be near 50 early and in the low 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Tuesday starts clear and ends with high clouds. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 70’s later. Last hot day for a while. Light westerlies become moderate late in the day. No rainbows.

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Cycling

SDS (Whoopdee, Underwood), BLC, HFM, DGS, and Kreps Land (Hospital Hill) are now closed until the end of fire season. It is also vital that people respect this closure to maintain positive relationships between the landowners and trail users. DNR land in Eastern Washington (Buck Creek / Nestor Peak) is all closed to recreation due to fire danger. Columbia Hills is closed due to fire danger.

Open trails: Post, Falls Creek, Lewis River, Sandy Ridge, Gorge 400, Plains of Abraham / Ape Canyon. 44 Road: Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Dog River, Superconnector, Cedar, Knebal, Cooks Meadows, 450 to the top, Gunsight, Underhill. Siouxon has reopened. Huffman: not sure.

Maple Road in Post Canyon is closed. DO NOT drive past the closed signs. If you do so, you will jeopardize TRAIL access for the entire summer. This is the road that runs to the west, just north of the Binns/Riorden intersection. Also, the trail from the bottom of Post Canyon to Seven Streams Staging Area is now closed. It’s on private land. Respect the closure.  

Local Events

Kiteboard for Cancer is this weekend at the Hood River Event Site.

IFPL 3 restrictions west of Highway 35 went into effect on 7/16. No more motorized use in Post Canyon trails. Mountain View Cycles women’s ride is every Thursday, bottom of Post at 5:30pm. They have an all-genders ride at 6pm on Wednesday, end of the pavement on Post Canyon Road. Their shop road ride leaves at 9am on Saturday for a 2 hour ride. Dirty Fingers has the Post n’ Pint on Thursday evenings at 5:30pm from the shop. They also have the women’s Post n’ Pinot Wednesday evening at 5:30pm from the shop. Oregon E-Bikes has ladies’ rides at 7:30am Sunday and Monday. The Small Boat Group does paddles every Thursday evening at 6pm at the Hatchery.

Other weekly events. Normally on Tuesday night there’s meditation with the Pacific Hermitage Monks at 5:15 (1 hour) and 6:30 (30 minutes followed by a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. In-person meditation is on “pause” due to the recent Covid surge. It will happen on the Pacific Hermitage YouTube page at 6:30. Triathlon practice with the Tri Club is Tuesday at 6pm at West Mayer State Park. Sailboat races happen Wednesday night from the Hood River Marina. There are also lesser races on Friday nights. Cheno’s workout is every Saturday at 10am at the Ferment Lawn in Hood River ($10). Families in the Park starts August 5th at Jackson Park and runs for several weeks on Thursday evening.  

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