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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
cool
clouds
chill
buns
Steven’s Locks
5-10
10-15
23-26
23-26
Viento
27-31
27-31+
27-31+
27-31
Swell-Hood River
27-31
27-31+
27-31+
23-26?
Lyle to Doug’s
15-18
20-24
27-31
27-31
Rufus, etc.
10-13
10-13
10-13
27-31?
Roosevelt & Arlington
5-10
5-10
10-13
23-26?
Patrol
11:30a
3pm
dusk
Gorge Wind Forecast
Today’s a nearly-ideal setup for strong Gorge wind if you take the smoke out of the picture. The next few days look decent as well. Eat your Wheaties and prepare for a four-day stretch of strong westerlies.
Looking at Thursday morning, we see offshore high pressure reading an impressive 1035mb. Add in 0.13 from pdx-dls (it’s 0.00 dls-psc), and you’ve got a great start. Dawn Patrol wind was 25-28 from Viento to Swell and likely the same at Mosier. Elsewhere: 11-16 to Rufus and 5-10 at Stevenson/Arlington. Models suggest midday wind at 27-31+ from Viento to Mosier with 20-23 to Rowena, 22-26 at Stevenson, and 10-13 in the eastern Gorge. Afternoon: Models hold the wind at 27-31 from Hood River to Rufus (Viento to Swell is iffy later in the day, Stevenson will be 23-26) and add Arlington at 23-26. Given that eastern Gorge smoke, don’t count on wind out east – the smoke may limit heating and gradients. That’s the negative today. Positive: the offshore pressure is so strong that there’s a decent chance reality will beat this forecast in the Corridor. Take your small gear just in case. High temp Hood River: 77F. River flow: 141kcfs. River temp: 71F.
Deeper marine clouds are predicted for Friday morning as is a bit of drizzle in the western Gorge. Offshore high pressure stays strong at 1028mb or more. Dawn Patrol will be 24-28 at Viento and Mosier with gusty 21-24 at all other locations between Swell and Arlington. By late morning, the wind builds to 26-30+ from Mosier to Threemile. The western Gorge is a bit trickier; despite persistent cloud cover, it’s likely there will be very gusty, but still strong, westerlies between Viento and Hood River. The wind droops after 4pm or so in response to a trough moving in from the NW. Eastern Gorge sites fall to 23-26 and areas west of The Dalles fall to 17-20. High temp: 70F.
Offshore high pressure lessens a bit on Saturday, but a trough of lower pressure helps out by moving east of the Cascades. Clouds start the day in Hood River and only burn off halfway by evening. That shifts the strongest wind east again. Dawn Patrol: 18-21 at Viento and from Mosier to Arlington with 13-16 from Swell to Hood River and 5-10 at Stevenson. Stevenson picks up to 13-16 or so and holds for the rest of the day. Between Viento and Arlington, westerlies slowly build to 24-27. Wind quality will be low under the clouds; you’ll be driving east of Hood River for the best conditions. High temp: 74F. Sunday’s forecast is currently 24-27. Models are bouncing around about the forecast to start next week. Enjoy the next four days, and stay safe and healthy!
Coast, Jones, Coast
Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Thursday: 10-15/10-15/30-40, NW swell 8′ at 9 seconds. Friday: LTNW/LTNW/N 30-40, NW 8′ @ 9. Saturday: LTW/LTW/N25-30, W 5′ @ 9. Jones Thursday: 20-23. Friday: 5-8. Saturday: 5-8. Sauvie’s Thursday: NNW 10-15. Friday: LTN. Saturday: LTV.
Mt. Hood Weather forecast
On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Clear sky stays that way. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and mid to upper 70’s later. Strong westerlies. No rainbows. Friday will be mostly cloudy all day. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and near 70 later. Slight chance of sprinkles. Moderate to strong westerlies. 0.5% chance of rainbows. Saturday will be cloudy in the morning and partly cloudy later. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and mid 70’s later. Slight chance of a few morning sprinkles. Moderate westerlies. 0.5% chance of rainbows.
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Cycling
SDS (Whoopdee, Underwood), BLC, HFM, DGS, and Kreps Land (Hospital Hill) are now closed until the end of fire season. It is also vital that people respect this closure to maintain positive relationships between the landowners and trail users. DNR land in Eastern Washington (Buck Creek / Nestor Peak) is all closed to recreation due to fire danger.
Open trails: Post, Falls Creek, Lewis River, Sandy Ridge, Columbia Hills, Gorge 400, Plains of Abraham / Ape Canyon. 44 Road: Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Dog River, Superconnector, Cedar, Knebal, Cooks Meadows, 450 to the top, Gunsight, Underhill. Siouxon has reopened. Huffman: not sure.
Maple Road in Post Canyon is closed. DO NOT drive past the closed signs. If you do so, you will jeopardize TRAIL access for the entire summer. This is the road that runs to the west, just north of the Binns/Riorden intersection. Also, the trail from the bottom of Post Canyon to Seven Streams Staging Area is now closed. It’s on private land. Respect the closure.
Local Events
This weekend, Friday through Sunday, is Pacific Crest Trail Days at Thunder Island in Cascade Locks. It’s a great place to see all the latest, greatest camping gear.
IFPL 3 restrictions west of Highway 35 went into effect on 7/16. No more motorized use in Post Canyon trails. Mountain View Cycles women’s ride is every Thursday, bottom of Post at 5:30pm. They have an all-genders ride at 6pm on Wednesday, end of the pavement on Post Canyon Road. Their shop road ride leaves at 9am on Saturday for a 2 hour ride. Dirty Fingers has the Post n’ Pint on Thursday evenings at 5:30pm from the shop. They also have the women’s Post n’ Pinot Wednesday evening at 5:30pm from the shop. Oregon E-Bikes has ladies’ rides at 7:30am Sunday and Monday. The Small Boat Group does paddles every Thursday evening at 6pm at the Hatchery.
Other weekly events. Normally on Tuesday night there’s meditation with the Pacific Hermitage Monks at 5:15 (1 hour) and 6:30 (30 minutes followed by a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. In-person meditation is on “pause” due to the recent Covid surge. It will happen on the Pacific Hermitage YouTube page at 6:30. Triathlon practice with the Tri Club is Tuesday at 6pm at West Mayer State Park. Sailboat races happen Wednesday night from the Hood River Marina. There are also lesser races on Friday nights. Cheno’s workout is every Saturday at 10am at the Ferment Lawn in Hood River ($10). Families in the Park starts August 5th at Jackson Park and runs for several weeks on Thursday evening.
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