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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | too | wet | for | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | G12-15 | G12-15 | G12-15 | G12-15 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | G12-15 | G12-15 | G12-15 | G12-15 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | G12-15 | G12-15 | G12-15 | G12-15 | |
| Rufus, etc. | G5-10 | G10-15 | G22-27 | G22-27 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | G5-10 | G10-15 | G22-27 | G22-27 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Thursday morning is starting off with gusty westerlies. Those will continue all day. Friday brings a good chance for you to dust off your windsports gear as a cold front is followed by building high pressure. Saturday brings another round of light wind, and Sunday brings gusty westerlies in the mid-twenties.
For Thursday, the Gorge sees a drying trend as high pressure briefly builds in. This results in gusty 12-15 from Stevenson to Mosier (15-20 at Viento) from mid-morning on. Locations east of The Dalles will see gusty 22-27 Thursday afternoon. River flow is 116kcfs and temp is 57 degrees.
Friday sees a strong cold front swing through in the morning followed by building high pressure in the afternoon. Very strong upper flow will accompany this setup; a good overall picture for a big west wind day. Expect a very wet start. You can start driving as soon as the clouds start to break up, but you may not need to. We’ll see gusty 20-23 most locations (except Swell to The Dalles) early. After that system moves through, you’ll find gusty 25-29 from Stevenson to Mosier with gusty 30-35 from Lyle to Arlington. Get on it (maybe drive preemptively), because the wind will start to fade mid-afternoon.
Saturday starts with westerlies at 10-13, and fades to 7-10. Sunday brings another round of heavy morning rain followed by gusty mid-20’s west wind.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: now on vacation for the fall and winter. Will return in spring.
Random Morning Thoughts
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Timberline received a truly impressive 3.3” of rain on Wednesday, and Meadows received 1.9” of rain. Bye, snow. There’s no snow in the forecast through the middle of next week, but the ECMWF is hinting at significant snowfall towards the end of next week.
So, for Thursday, Mt. Hood will be rainy. Snow level: 10,000′ early, 12,000′ in the afternoon, 10,000′ overnight. Rain totals: .3” during the day and .3” overnight. Given the strong west wind, those totals could double. Wind will be W 25 early, W 40 in the afternoon, and W 50 overnight.
Friday brings heavy rain in the morning followed by orographic rain in the afternoon. Snow level: 10,000′ falling to 9000′ with the passage of the weather system. Rain: 1.6” by 5pm and .2” overnight. Double those numbers wouldn’t be surprising with strong NW wind; W 50mph in the morning, NW 40 in the afternoon, and NW 25 overnight.
Saturday starts of showery and then turns dry. Snow level 9000′ early, 10,000′ in the afternoon, and 7000′ overnight. Just a trace of rain will fall. Wind: NW 25 early, WNW 35-40 afternoon and evening. Sunday starts with heavy rain (snow level 7000′). A trace of snow may fall at the end of this downpour as the snow level drops to 4000′. No additional snow is forecast until the end of next week.
Power Station cycling classes start November 5th and run all winter!!
It’s that time of year: you’re in peak cycling fitness, and now the rain is falling. You’re dreading losing everything you’ve gained over the dry months. Want to keep that fitness this winter and also build some strength? Get signed up now for Power Station winter classes. BIKE: keep that fitness. BUILD: cycling specific strength workouts. BIKE & BUILD: the best of both. Like virtual rides? Power Station has a projector and ginormous wall. Zwift (or whatever!) with friends. Get signed up now by clicking here!
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s cloudy and sprinkly Thursday morning, but the rain will decrease as the day goes on. Temps will be in the low to mid 60’s all day. Light west wind. 99% chance of rainbows. Friday starts with heavy rain and turns mostly cloudy with sprinkles after n noon. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 60’s later. Strong west wind. 99% chance of rainbows. Saturday looks mostly cloudy with a few sprinkles early. Dry weather holds for Saturday afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 50’s later. Light west wind. 18% chance of morning rainbows. Sunday morning looks very wet.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Now it is too wet to ride most places without sliding and crashing and also, most likely, damaging the trails due to muddy conditions. Syncline is probably OK, but be aware that it is being “loved to death” according to someone’s recent Strava ride. Upcoming Post Canyon trail work parties (all meet at Family Man at 9:30am): November 4, November 17.
Upcoming Events
There’s by-donation yoga at 8am at Flow. That’s followed by $5Tai Chi at the Hood River Adult Center at 2:30, community yoga at 6pm at Samadhi in White Salmon, and free Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen at 6. There’s Zumba at Mid-Valley elementary at 6:30. At 7am on Friday, there’s the Kickstand Coffee Run, where jogging or walking 4 miles gets you a free cup of coffee and a donut. There’s a by-donation yoga class at Yoga Samadhi at 4:15 on Friday afternoons.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
