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The Forecast
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Your favorite beach
Dawn
Patrol
9am-
11:30a
11:30a-
3pm
3pm-
dusk
Rooster Rock
open
for your
naked
buns
Steven’s Locks
7-10
7-10
7-10
14-17
Swell-Hood River
16-19
10-13
10-13
14-17
Lyle to Doug’s
10-13
10-13
10-13
10-13
Rufus, etc.
16-19
10-13
10-13
10-13
Roosevelt & Arlington
16-19
10-13
10-13
10-13
Gorge Wind Forecast
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | open | for your | naked | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 7-10 | 7-10 | 7-10 | 14-17 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 16-19 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 14-17 | |
| Lyle to Doug’s | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 16-19 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 16-19 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
For Thursday, we’ll have widespread 16-19 to start the day with lighter wind near Stevenson and Rowena (as always!). Midday wind appears likely to drop into the 5-10 range in the western Gorge and 10-13 east of Doug’s. As this incoming front moves closer mid to late afternoon, westerlies pick up to 14-17 from Stevenson to Mosier. They’ll fill in as far east as Avery in the evening. River flow is 150kcfs and temp is 69 degrees. High temp today: 85.
Friday swings a cold front through the Gorge like a quarantined baseball player doing home-based batting practice. Clouds fill the western Gorge all day, and rain falls west of Underwood (or perhaps west of Viento). Westerlies start the day at 7-10 or so all through the land, all the way to Arlington. Timing of stronger wind is dependent on the timing of the incoming weather system, and models keep pushing it back. Let’s broad-brush it: westerlies build to 20-23 by late morning or early afternoon east of the clouds, probably east of Mosier or perhaps including Mosier. Strongest possible wind would be late afternoon or early evening (unless the timing keeps getting pushed back) – westerlies at gusty 24-28 from Rowena to Arlington. High temp: 79 under cloudy sky.
Saturday starts with a 5000′ deep marine layer and light westerlies in the west and light and variable wind in the east. While models like the idea of a calm day or even light easterlies, there’s a more likely scenario. Light wind for most of the day – light westerly west of Hood River, light easterly east of Mosier. Afternoon wind will likely be W 10-13 from Stevenson to Swell, possibly including Hood River and Mosier. High temp: 83. Sunday looks calm in the morning with stronger westerlies late in the day. Unfortunately, the latest run of models brings the strongest wind in overnight. That does set us up for a windy Monday.
Due to crowding and unsafe conditions at Port beaches, parking restrictions now apply Friday through Sunday. Remember: crowds lead to closures. Kiting is no longer allowed at the Marina – it has become unsafe for other user groups. Lyle is now off limits unless you can get to the sandbar without crossing the RR tracks. If you cross the tracks, you will be ticketed. Lyle: loved to death. Roosevelt: still closed due to wind damage from earlier this year. Mosier is only available to residents of 97040 (Mosier).
Coast, Jones, Sauvie’st
Coast (north/central/south – swell forecast provided by NWS. Wind northerly except as noted). Thursday: S20-25/SW10-15/LTS, W swell 4′ at 8 seconds building to 7′ @ 10. Friday: S10-15/SW10-15/LTV, SW 6′ @ 8. Saturday: 20-25/20-25/30-35, W 6′ @ 10. Jones Thursday: LTW. Friday: LTW. Saturday: W 10-13. Sauvie’s Thursday: calm. Friday: S10-15. Saturday: N15-18.Hood River Weather Forecast
Mostly cloudy sky this morning stays partly to mostly cloudy all day. Temps will be in the upper 60’s early and mid 80’s later Light westerlies becoming moderate in the afternoon. No rainbows. Friday will be cloudy in the morning and mostly cloudy in the afternoon. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and upper 70’s later. Muggy. Light westerlies. Slight chance of showers in the evening. 3% chance of rainbows. Saturday starts with a deep marine layer and slight chance of sprinkles. Clear sky returns in the afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and low 80’s later. Light west wind. 20% chance of early morning rainbows. Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.Cycling
8/14: Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, and Underwood are closed due to fire danger. Respect the closures. Road and gravel news: Due to the Mosier Fire, there is no access to Dry Creek, Osburne Cutoff, Carroll Road, Mosier Creek Road, or other roads in the area. Given significant numbers of fire vehicles on the road, it’s best to avoid the area completely. Motorized report: as of 8/1, Post Canyon is closed to motorized use due to fire danger. Other Post news: Eldorado is closed about 100 yards before the Mixed Tape intersection due to timber harvesting. HRATS will be putting in a short hike-a-bike to Uptrack to allow for riding up to the top of Bad Motor Scooter.
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Local Events
Weekly events: there are sailboat races at the Hood River Marina every Wednesday evening. Dirty Fingers has a group mountain bike ride Thursday nights at 5:30pm. The small boat group has a friendly and distanced paddle on, I believe, Thursday nights. Cheno has an outdoor HIIT workout at Columbia High School in White Salmon at 6pm on Wednesday nights. That’s pretty much it for outdoor sports. There is a BLM rally every Tuesday evening at 5:30 at the Salmon Fountain in Hood River, and there’s a White Coats for BLM rally every Wednesday evening at 6pm at 12th and May.Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Mt. Hood Meadows allows hiking within the permit area. However, you will need to park outside their parking lots. Timberline is open for lift-serve skiing with exemplary guidelines for protecting guests and staff from the transmission of novel coronavirus. Please read their guidelines and rules here. Well done, T-Line! The Mt. Hood weather forecast will be on vacation unless something interesting happens in the weather up there. Timberline is allowing uphill access outside the permit area on the climbers’ trail only.Have an awesome day!
Temira
