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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | incoming | weather | outgoing | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 14-17 | 14-17 | 17-20 | 22-25 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 17-21 | 22-25 | 22-25 | 22-25 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 14-17 | 17-21 | 22-25 | 22-25 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 22-25 | 22-25 | 16-20 | 10-13 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 17-20 | 22-25 | 16-20 | 10-13 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Today’s A Yesterday’s weather, as predicted, really messed with the predictability of the wind. The next few days bring more seasonable weather, more typical, more manageable. We’ll see westerlies of varying strengths through Sunday. After that, a switch to easterlies is possible.
For Thursday, the day started with gradients of .10 and .08. Wind speeds ranged from the mid to upper teens most places to mid-20’s near Maryhill. It’s likely that the wind will die off in the eastern Gorge today, despite strong early gradients. Keep that in mind when making your choices. So, we’ll have 15-18 for Dawn Patrol from Stevenson to Roosevelt. The wind jumps to 22-25 for short period everywhere this morning before dying off to 10-13 east of The Dalles this afternoon. While models decrease the wind even more, I think we’ll see that 22-25 hold from Stevenson to The Dalles this afternoon. River flow is 111kcfs and temp is 70 degrees.
Friday sees offshore high pressure decay a bit as a low pressure system approaches BC. The accompanying front will likely decrease afternoon wind quality. So… 11-14 from Viento to Hood River to start the day, building just a few miles per hour through late morning. Afternoon wind, ahead of this system, jumps to gusty 20-24 from Stevenson to The Dalles after 2pm. The Hatchery region tends to be neglected in this sort of setup; expect gusty 17-20 there.
That weather system moves through on Saturday morning and high pressure builds offshore. Generally speaking, this is a good setup for the Doug’s region, and not so great for the western Gorge. Morning wind looks like gusty 21-24 from Viento to Moiser. Afternoon wind: gusty 21-24 from Stevenson to Mosier, 25-28 from Rowena to Roosevelt, strongest Rowena to Avery. If that front moves through earlier than forecast, we could see solid 25-28 from Stevenson to Roosevelt. It’s worth noting that the sounding model keeps Portland in clouds all day; that’s a good indicator for wind that lasts all day long and could outperform models. Sunday currently looks to peak at 24-27 with an afternoon fade.
COAST, JONES, SAUVIE’S: Coast (north/central/south, wind N unless otherwise specified). Thursday: 15-20/15-20/30-35+, NW swell 6′ at 9 seconds. Friday: 15-20/15-20/30-35+, NW 4′ @ 8. Saturday: 5-10/10-15/25-30, W 5′ @ 8. Jones Thursday: 10-13. Friday: 15-18. Saturday: 10-13. Sauvie’s Thursday: 4-7. Friday: 12-15. Saturday: 9-11.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Mostly clear sky this morning stays that way. Temps will be in the upper 50s’ early and mid 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Friday looks sunny. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and low 80’s in the afternoon. Light to moderate westerlies. NO rainbows. Saturday looks partly cloudy. Temps will be int eh upper 50’s early and upper 70’s later. Strong westerlies. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
For road bikers: chip seal along Highway 30 from Mosier eastward just had a layer of sticky oil added to the top. Reports are that it could use some time to cure before it’s good for biking. Riorden Hill Road will remain closed from the end of the pavement to Family Man weekdays through the beginning of September. That means associated trails are also closed weekdays for that time period (Family Man, Middle School, Float On). The kids bike race is still on this Saturday morning at Family Man. As for Kreps/SDS lands, no word since the rain… they haven’t issued a closure yet!
All other trails are open – I received confirmation of Huffman Peak too. Apparently Boulder Lakes is quite overgrown. Whoopdee is closed for logging, but Ronnoc trail and the climb out are open. Red Hill Road is supposedly closed for logging. Ride at your own risk. If you’re riding Underwood, please do not park at the trailhead as per request by SDS. Continue past the trailhead 0.5 miles or so to the new parking area. The cows are off Hospital Hill, which means your dog can come along.
Upcoming Events
Today’s community events include pickleball from 5 to 9 at The Dalles Readiness Center. The race-pace post and pint mountain bike ride, 2 hours that earn you a beer, leaves Dirty Fingers at 5:30. At 6, there’s paddling practice at the Hood River Event Site, Doubles Tennis Matches at Tsuruta Courts in Hood River, $5 yoga at Samadhi in White Salmon, and Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen. There’s Zumba at 6:30 at Mid-Valley Elementary.
All you weather geeks can meet up for a barbecue tonight – the Hood River Weather Club meets at 5:30 at the Event Site in Hood River – bring something for the grill. Saturday’s the Hood River Saddle Club’s Meet a Horse Evnet. Sunday is the Cooper Spur Alpine Team kids mountain bike race at Family Man in Post Canyon. $10. Register here: cooperspuralpineteam.org
There’s not all that much going on this week, but Saturday is fabulous – it’s Meet a Horse Day at the Hood River Saddle Club in the morning. There’s a teen art meetup Saturday at 2pm at Dog River Coffee, and the King or Queen of the Hook longboard freestyle event is Saturday evening at The Hook in Hood River.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
