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Good morning,

We have an ideal setup for Gorge wind over the next few days. I mean really ideal. High pressure over the eastern Pacific, a trough along the coast, hot weather/low pressure in the desert. Oh yeah. See… ENSO-neutral years are the s**t!

We’ll see west wind at 24-27 from Hood River to Mosier this morning, probably rising to 28-32 midday, becoming 23-26 from Hood River east to Arlington this afternoon. Wednesday looks very windy too in the central Gorge (although latest runs are shifting the afternoon wind to Maryhill and Arlington), and Thursday looks like another very windy day, with the strongest wind shifting east of The Dalles. Friday starts off windy, but high pressure shifting inland during the day limits the wind. So, three days of upper twenties. I’ll take it!

One nice thing the westerlies will do is cool us off from yesterday’s 94 degree high temp, unofficially tying the record for May 14th. The official temp in HR yesterday was 91, not a record, but I prefer the Hood River Weather website temps.

In events today, there’s the Hood River County trails meeting, a great place to learn about the county’s trail plans, minus the speculation you find in the forums and out on the street. I learn something new every time, and high recommend attending. 4pm at 601 State in Hood River. Also tonight, it’s Hood River Triathlon practice night at the Event Site at 6pm. Everyone’s welcome, even if you’re brand new to Tri.

Tomorrow night’s highlight is ranger Jimmy T’s presentation on the history of local trails at Dog River at 7pm. Before that, you might have time to squeeze in a run down the White Salmon with shop paddle, a ride through Post on the Post and Pinot from Dirty Fingers, or maybe some sailboat racing at the Hood River Marina.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Enter “Temira” as your referral code

Good morning,

In the wind forecast today, easterlies at 18-23 at Rooster and at Stevenson this morning fade to 15-18 this afternoon before swinging around to west wind late in the evening. Then tomorrow, westerlies kick back in, blowing 24-28 in the morning from Hood River to Mosier, filling in to Doug’s and Maryhill in the afternoon. At this point, it looks like we’ll have westerlies again on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. For you coast sailors, the north coast looks good Wednesday and the south coast on Thursday and Friday with an 8 foot swell for much of the week.

If you’d like to get involved with the local trail system, tonight is the Columbia Gorge Offroad Association’s monthly meeting. It’s at Watson Performance in Hood River at 7pm. That’s for you ATV and dirt bike people. Tomorrow’s the big Hood River County Trails meeting at 4pm at 601 State, where you can also drop off your ballot if you haven’t voted yet.

Coming up Wednesday, there’s lots of fun stuff going on. They Kayak Shed’s shop paddle is at 5:30 on the White Salmon, the ladies-only mountain bike ride, the Post and Pinot, lead by the fearless Heather Pola, leaves Dirty Fingers at 5:30, there’s sailboat racing out of the Hood River Marina at 6:30pm, and at 7pm, ranger Jimmy T gives a presentation on the history of local trails. If you’ve wondered how the trails got built and who built them for you, this is a not-to-be-missed talk.

Looking ahead to next weekend, it’s the Dirty Fingers grand opening party and 2nd Wind’s season opener party.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

p.s. If you find this report useful, entertaining, or just want to recognize all the hard work that goes into it, please take the time to make a donation by clicking on the link below. For a suggested donation of $10, I’ll add you to the email version of this list for a year, putting you in the running for cool prizes donated by the weekly sponsors during the summer season (and the winter if I get off my bum and get some!). If you don’t PayPal, you can send a donation to PO Box 841 in Hood River, 97031.