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Good morning,

The thunderstorms showed up yesterday and put on a show, ruining the wind, but giving us a rainfall record for the day with just about an inch of rain in Hood River. As the low pressure system moved east overnight, that ended the thunderstorm risk, but it set up a big west wind day. The low clouds are west of Hood River this morning, so we’ll see 21-23 from Mosier to The Dalles this morning, picking up to 28-30+ from the Hatchery to Doug’s by midday, probably filling in at Maryhill and Arlington this afternoon.

Interestingly, it’s 67 degrees at Hood River Weather’s House, meaning the marine air hasn’t made it to Hood River. It’s probably made it to just where the little fluffy low clouds are hanging out near Home Valley. So much for cooling off my house by opening the windows…

Tomorrow looks similar to today wind-wise, but the temp is going to drop as the marine air makes it further east. We’ll see 22-24 early from Mosier to The Dalles, picking up to 30-35 from Rowena east in the afternoon. If you’ve been waiting for a big west wind day out at Arlington and Roosevelt, tomorrow is your day As always, if you want less wind, try Stevenson and Home Valley, under the clouds, where we’ll have 16-19 today and tomorrow.

If you’re looking for other stuff to do, Columbia Center for the Arts plays Journey from Zanskar this evening. It’s a pretty cool story, and well worth checking out. Coming up tomorrow, a couple of locals give a talk at the Waucoma Club about kayaking and river restoration in Kamchatcka, Russia.

And finally, tomorrow, weather permitting, is the ladies standup paddle club, free at the event site (probably not happening due to wind) and Wednesday is the Post and Pinot, a ladies only mountain bike ride out of dirty fingers (double check with DF due to muddy trail conditions).

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Good morning,

The high clouds associated with the upper level low and southerly flow have already started building today. Clouds this early means a pretty good chance of building thunderstorms (nothing too exciting) this afternoon.

If you were hoping for windsurfing or kiting, well, the wind will cooperate with the bike riders today. We’ll see light wind early. In the afternoon, we’ll see increasing clouds and a chance of those thunderstorms, and the wind will pick up to the 17-20 range from Stevenson east to The Dalles.

That low pressure system causing all this trouble with the blue sky crosses the Cascades tomorrow, and we’ll have a windy start. I think 17-20 near Hood River and Mosier early is likely, picking up to 25-28 from Mosier to Arlington in the afternoon.

Tuesday looks windy too, with low twenties just east of Hood River early picking up to 25-29, maybe stronger, late as a cold system pushes into the Northwest.

If you’d like to go rafting or kayaking today, the White Salmon is at 4.5 feet, the Klickitat is at 2900cfs, the Little White is around 3.4 feet and the Wind River is at 5.3 feet.

Coming up tomorrow night, Columbia Center for the Arts is playing a very cool movie, Journey from Zanskar, and on Tuesday night, there’s a great talk at the Waucoma Club about kayking and river preservation in Kamchatka Russia.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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