hiking - The Gorge is my Gym

This week’s forecast is brought to you by Crossfit Hood River and their upcoming standup paddle series taught by the SUP fitness queen, Nikki Gregg. Now, you’re probably wondering why Crossfit (a gym, kinda) is sponsoring a report related to a website called ‘The Gorge is my gym’. Well, Crossfit will kick your a** into shape faster than anything else (you basically have a personal coach), leaving you more ready to tackle Mother Nature’s gym. Crossfit Hood River Sport Clinics: SUP series will get you SUP’ers into great shape too. The clinic starts today and runs on the 7/25,8/8,8/15 and is $155 for the series. You can sign up by calling 541-490-0939.

Now, your forecast:

Here we are at the start of another work week, with light wind on the water again this morning. That’ll change by afternoon. We’ll see 5-10 this morning in the western Gorge, picking up to 16-19 near Hood River and 21-24 from Mosier to The Dalles later today.

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Tomorrow starts off with 16-19, but then a low pressure system crosses the Cascades. We’ll probably see a few showers in the western gorge as this happens, and then we’ll see the wind pick up to 30+ from Doug’s out to Arlington, with a chance of 35+ at Doug’s. There is also chance of thunderstorms in the desert tomorrow, so if you see them building, don’t bother driving because they’ll shut down the wind.

After that system moves through tomorrow, we’ll have leftovers on Wednesday, with low to mid twenties from the cloud line eastward. I’m not sure where that’s going to end up yet, but somewhere between Hood River and Mosier is the most likely scenario.

In sports events tonight, there’s free tai chi at Wilson Park tonight at 5:30 and the Alternative ride from Mountain View to Mosier and back at 6:15. Tomorrow night is the Tuesday night Tri at 6 at the Event Site.

Tomorrow at Columbia Center for the Arts you can hear author Jon Bell talk about his book On Mt. Hood and on Wednesday, you can watch the movie Bicycle Dreams, the story of the Race Across America.

Tomorrow’s also Cathy Carter’s birthday, and she does a lot of awesome things for the Gorge, so wish her a happy birthday if you see her.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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This week’s forecast is brought to you by Crossfit Hood River and their upcoming standup paddle series taught by the SUP fitness queen, Nikki Gregg. Now, you’re probably wondering why Crossfit (a gym, kinda) is sponsoring a report related to a website called ‘The Gorge is my gym’. Well, Crossfit will kick your a** into shape faster than anything else (you basically have a personal coach), leaving you more ready to tackle Mother Nature’s gym. Crossfit Hood River Sport Clinics: SUP series will get you SUP’ers into great shape too. The clinic runs 7/18,7/25,8/8,8/15 and is $155 for the series. You can sign up by calling 541-490-0939. And yes, we’re giving something away on the email list, but we’re not sure what yet. Stay tuned…

Now, your forecast:

Well, at least it’s not pouring this morning… unless you’re west of the Cascades, where it’s pouring. It’s hard to say whether the showers will move east today. They’re rotating around low pressure off the coast, and right now they’ll miss us. Later on? We’ll have to wait and see. We’ll still have a light start on the water today, but by early afternoon, we’ll see 21-24 from Hood River to Doug’s, picking up to 24-26 from Mosier to Arlington late in the afternoon. So that means that David Troup will get to windsurf on his birthday! However, David, expect gusty conditions with a chance of thunderstorms. This isn’t going to be epic. You can have that Tuesday afternoon at Arlington.

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Tomorrow starts off in the 5-10 range, but desert heating will bump up the wind to 22-25 from Hood River to The Dalles in the afternoon, with less wind at Stevenson and east of The Dalles. Keep an eye out for thunderstorms tomorrow, because they could ruin the wind quality.

On Tuesday, we’ll see another light start. But sometime during the day, an upper low will cross the Cascades, setting up a very windy afternoon, with windspeeds averaging in the thirties with much higher gusts.

The rain yesterday might not have been the best thing for our crops, but it was definitely the best thing that could have happened to our trails. As of last night, the dirt was in perfect shape at Post Canyon, so get out and ride today if you can. I saw the trail fairy out yesterday chopping brush on Spaghetti Factory, so the worst of the brush is gone and the riding is good.

Finally, Tuesday at Columbia Center for the Arts, Jon Bell talks about Mt. Hood and his recently published book, On Mt. Hood. And then on Wednesday, come see the movie Bicycle Dreams, the story of the crazy people who do the Race Across America.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira