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5/1 Frost morning wind and weather and events

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Good morning,

Brrr. Hopefully everyone’s plants and orchards survived the frost last night. I covered my plants, and when it warms up a little bit, I’m headed out to uncover them so they can enjoy the sun. Then I’m going to uncover as much of me as can stand it on this chilly morning and head out on my bike. On a totally unrelated topic, anyone who tells you there’s no such thing as “catching up on sleep” is crazy. 10 hours a night for me is serving as catchup for the entire winter. So, sorry about the late reports, but my bed is cozy and my brain is demanding sleep!


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As always, it’s a busy Wednesday night in the Gorge. There’s pickup touch rugby at 3:30 at Henkle Middle School. There’s the Post and Pinot ride at 5:30 at Dirty Fingers, and there’s sailboat racing at the Hood River Marina at 6:30. The Ultimate Pickup guys, usually on Wednesday, are not doing the pickup thing right now, but they’ll start back up on Saturdays soon. Coming up tomorrow night, it’s time to break out your competitive spirit for the “we promise it’s not competitive” Post and Pint mountain bike ride. I look at it as a challenge: just how fast can I ride, and can I stay close enough to the guys to not humiliate myself?

Coming up this weekend, it’s the final weekend of skiing at Mt. Hood Meadows. 9am-2pm Saturday and Sunday, and then it’s “bye-bye ski season” unless you have a T-Line pass, skins, or… okay, never mind. Ski season never ends. Just lift-serve. In trail news, there’s a work party on the Bad Motor Scooter trail in Post Canyon on Saturday at 9am.

Also this weekend,it’s the sport that doesn’t look like a workout until you try it: Rally Racing: It’s the Oregon Trail Rally’s annual visit to Hood River, doing amazing feats of driving on our county roads on Saturday, and then heading to The Dalles and Dufur area on Sunday.

And one last early heads up: The Dirty Fingers Bike Shop prom is May 25th. Get working on your dress now.

Oh right… the wind forecast: Yeah… east at 21-24 today, 23-26 tomorrow, 24-28 the next day, and 28-32 on Saturday. That’s for Stevenson and Rooster. The rest of the Gorge will see 0-10 – zero in the morning and up to 10 in the afternoon. Go buy a road bike.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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4/30 Gorge wind, Hood River area events, and girls going mountain biking.

Thank you for using this forecast! Your donations keep this forecast going – despite rumors to the contrary, nobody pays me to write this and post it. This forecast started as a way for me to find better windsurfing conditions. It morphed into a way for me to find better skiing in the winter. Seemed silly to keep that information to myself, so it’s here for you (almost) every day. Make a $12 or larger donation, and you’re on the email list for a year. No dealing with the twice-yearly pledge drive. Sometimes I even have prizes to give away from the email list sponsors. Thank you again for your support! Enjoy the snow and wind and sun!

Good morning,

It’s a chilly morning in the Gorge, and it’s not going to be the warmest of days today, with highs in the mid-50’s, but summery weather returns tomorrow with temps in the upper 60’s, and we’ll be into the upper 70’s by Thursday, maybe even hitting 80… perfect tanning weather, for sure.

Now, moving back into the past, it was quite windy yesterday, you might have noticed. It was really windy at The Wall, and the current was just perfect for making big, clean waves. I gave it an A. Not an A+, mind you, but an A. I have a couple of observations: One, 52 degree air is really frickin’ cold. Two, dropping 10lbs is equivalent to going up a sail size. I was getting killed on a 3.2 yesterday. Boo-hiss to that.

Anyway, today’s wind will be mellower, which of course means it’s now not-windy-enough for me: our morning gradients are .09/.05, which translates to 17-20 right now from Mosier to The Dalles (really messing with my bike ride plans up Seven Mile), picking up to 24-27 from Mosier to Maryhill this afternoon. Strongest/steadiest will be Rowena/Doug’s today. Tomorrow starts with light east wind, building to east at 21-24 at Stevenson and 5-10 elsewhere. And that’s the general pattern through Sunday, if the long-range models are correct.

If you don’t own a road bike, now’s the time to buy one, because no wind in the Central Gorge means perfect pavement in the Central Gorge.


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In events today, the Hood River County Trails meeting is at 5pm at the OSU extension office in Hood River. This committee makes recommendations regarding the county trail system, so if you have an interest, show up and be heard. Or just contact your mountain bike representative, me, or your hiker/runner rep, Heather Pola.

Also today, there’s touch rugby at the Hood River Marina at 5:30. Coming up tomorrow, there’s a huge group of gal mountain bikers leaving Dirty Fingers at 5:30 for the Post and Pickup – uh, Post and Pinot, sorry – there’s Pickup Ultimate Frisbee at the Hood River Marina, and there are sailboat races, always pretty to watch, even if you’re not on a boat. However, if you have any sailing skills, you should be able to talk yourself on to a boat.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira