Tag: windsurfing

It’s a Wednesday break in the weather, and if you can skin up a glacier and ski down, you’re making the right choice today! Other fun suggestions include road biking, mountain biking at the Syncline, or just staring at snow-covered Hood and Adams.

Light winds grace the Gorge today, and that’s a good thing, as it’s only going to be 50 degrees.

Models suggest the wind will pick up again tomorrow as a warm front swings into the Gorge. I don’t agree with the 30ish suggested by those models. I think we’ll see gusty, inconsistent mid-twenties – and that’s the strongest-case scenario – starting late afternoon.

On Friday, the cold front swings through, with wind strength similar to Thursday.

If you enjoyed the snow on Hood and Adams, wave goodbye to it today. The snow level rises to 8-10,000 feet tomorrow afternoon, washing all the snow into the rivers. That’s a good thing if you’re a high-water boater. Throw your kayak on your roof rack and get ready!

Other than that, there’s a screening of the movie Food, Inc., tonight at Columbia Center for the Arts at 7pm. Come watch it, be scared, and join a community discussion forum (is that redundant?) afterward.

Have a great day today!

It’s the beginning of the week, and it’s the start of a late season round of west winds. We were supposed to have strong westerlies by this morning (all the models show it, and you know they’re always right), but the front isn’t even close to passing. Wait ‘til you see how much rain we get in the next couple of hours! Anyway, after that rain passes and the clouds start breaking up (and the cold air hits), the wind will pick up. When? I’m guessing mid-afternoon, and I’m guessing way out east.

Tomorrow looks windier and steadier, as high pressure off the coast combines with an eastward-moving low pressure trough to fire up strong NW flow over the Northwest. I think 26-30 is a fair call tomorrow, probably from Doug’s eastward. It’s going to be frigid, so bring your warmest wetsuit.

Pointing the telescope at Wedensday, I see continued west winds, as high pressure off the coast keeps gradients lined up the right way through the Gorge.

If you like wavesailing, head to the coast on Tuesday and Wednesday. Seaside to Bandon will see 20-25+ with a 15 foot swell. Can you say epic, kiddies?

The powder alert is still on for Timberline on Tuesday, with 4-8 inches of fresh snow on the way.

In other news, it’s still mushroom season, with chanterelles and lobsters hanging out around 1000 feet (and that’s all the hint you’ll get from me). I’m feeling a little sick from eating too many mushrooms (or maybe it’s the cream and butter and pie crust combined with the mushrooms).

Have a great day today!