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7/24 Very summery forecast

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Now, your forecast:

First off, thank you to everyone who has emailed me about Subaru dealers and thank you to everyone who answered yesterday’s survey. I am clearly going to have to do a better job of saying “Dick Hannah Subaru” on the snowphone. Not enough of you think it’s hot. 😉

When I looked at the models yesterday, it looked like the marine push was going to happen pretty early today, but now we’re starting off with a light east gradient and it looks like we won’t see the wind pick up until later in the day. We should still see 15-18 late this afternoon from Stevenson to Hood River with less wind further east. If you want it, Stevenson will be the first place to have it.


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A strong marine push tonight sets up a windy day tomorrow. With deep clouds in Portland and plenty of sun in the desert, we’ll start off with 22-24 from Hood River to Doug’s, picking up to 25-29 near Hood River by midday and going to 28-33 from Doug’s to Maryhill in the afternoon.

Tuesday’s setup looks pretty good too, with a start in the 17-21 range from Hood River to Mosier, picking up to 24-27 from Hood River to Maryhill in the afternoon.

If the wind sports aren’t your cup of tea, you can get your mellow on tomorrow evening at Wilson Park in Hood River with free Tai Chi starting at 5:30. And if that’s a little too mellow, join the Mountain View cycles crew for the Alternative Ride. It’s still pretty mellow, with a no-spandex, no clipless pedals, 14-mile cruise to Mosier and back with a very long stop at the Thirsty Woman. Helmets and some sort of lights are required for this ride. The only not-mellow part of this ride is the beer drinking, so please be over 21 if you’re coming along.

Finally, the river levels: The White Salmon’s at 3.4 feet and the Klickitat’s at 1680 cfs.
Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Summer forecast. 7/23

Good morning everyone in the Gorge!

Summer is finally here, with the forecast high today in the mid to upper 80’s. The high pressure bringing the nice weather is going to shut down the wind today. It’s going to be light and glassy all day long. Hopefully glassy, because the standup paddlers and the wakeboarders will both have fun. Oh, and the wakesurfers and the fishermen and the sun tanners.


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Coming up tomorrow, the high pressure is going to move east and a much cooler system will move toward the coast. We’ll start off with glassy to light conditions, but by early afternoon, the wind will pick up to 17-21 by Stevenson, jumping to 23-25 for a couple of hours from Stevenson to Mosier, and then getting really gusty near Hood River and filling in out at Arlington in the low twenties.

Monday’s setup looks pretty good for wind, with a 15 degree drop in temperature.
The wind will start in the 18-22 range east of the low clouds and pick through the day as high pressure builds off the coast, hitting the 26-29 range from Doug’s to Arlington.

Now that you’ve read the wind forecast, I have one more Subie question. It’s actually a survey, it’ll take you less than a minute, and if you could do it, it would help out…kinda like I help you out with this free forecast. =) Click here to take survey And thank you in advance. (And Rich, I get bonus points if the survey makes you laugh at any point)

P.s. West wind continues on Tuesday and Wednesday.

In biking news today, there are two road rides that leave Ground in Hood River. The really fast ride leaves at 8 and the not-so-fast ride leaves at 8:30. That happens every Saturday, in case you’re reading this after 8.

Out on the rivers, there’s the World Kayak and Kayak Shed’s paddle today, meeting at Husum at 11am for a paddle on the Middle White Salmon followed by a barbeque. There’s going to be demo boats and maybe some swag, so if you’re a boater, show up for this one.

That’s it for today. Whatever you do today, have an awesome day!