Thursday-Friday: not much wind for a few days, but Sunday’s a possibility…

June 9, 2022

Thursday-Friday: not much wind for a few days, but Sunday’s a possibility…

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The Forecast

Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Rooster Rock	bare	buns	no	sun
Steven’s Locks	LTW	LTW	5-10	G12-16
Swell-Hood River	LTV	LTV	G7-10	G7-10
Lyle to Doug’s	LTV	LTV	G7-10	G7-10
Rufus, etc.	LTV	LTV	G12-16	G12-16
Roosevelt & Arlington	LTV	LTV	G12-16	G12-16

Gorge Wind Forecast

An atmospheric river settles in over the PNW with attendant low pressure for the next few days. Better things to come on Sunday and perhaps Monday too. In the meantime… Thursday starts out light, variable, glassy, and phat with current. The glassy conditions last through late morning. We then see a bit of gusty 12-16 west of Swell and east of The Dalles with 7-10mph westerlies in between River flow is 342-412kcfs depending on where you look, river temp is 55F, and high temp forecast is 79F.

Friday looks drizzly and not all that windy. Light and variable conditions start the day. In the afternoon, you may find 11-14 east of The Dalles and 7-10 west of Swell, but that’s about it. It’ll also be drizzly all day. High temp: 73F. Saturday’s forecast is easy: light and variable or calm all day. Happy news for Sunday: offshore high pressure builds and then combines with low pressure over northern Idaho. Morning wind will be in the teens. Afternoon: somewhere in the 25-35 range. Monday’s forecast is currently for upper teens to mid 20’s. Too far out for precision, in other words. Keep your eyes on Sunday if you’ve been looking for a bigger day, and also keep an eye on the river flow: it’s “experts only” in many place right now, and probably too much current near Rufus.

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast

Coast forecast (north/central/south, waves). Swell forecast provided by NWS. Wind direction northerly unless otherwise noted. Thursday: S30/SW30/S15-25, combined seas 9′ at 11 seconds becoming C 13 @ 9. Friday: S10-15/S10-15/S5-10, SW 7′ @ 10. Saturday: NW 5-10/NW 5-10, LTS, W 5′ @ 9. Jones Thursday: calm. Friday: LTW. Saturday: 5-10. Sauvie’s Thursday-Saturday: calm.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – Back on vacation until next fall

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clouds this morning give way to rain this evening. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and upper 70’s later. Light westerlies. No rainbows. Friday will be drizzly all day. Temps will be near 60 early and in the low 70’s later. Light westerlies. 18% chance of rainbows. Saturday will be cloudy with rain in the morning and mist/showers in the afternoon. Temps will be near 60 early and in the low 70’s later. Calm wind. 10% chance of 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.

Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!

Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, you can get a donut and coffee for going for a run at Kickstand Coffee. The Small Boat paddlers have a group paddle at 6pm on Thursday at the Hatchery. Post and Pint happens Thursday evenings at 5:30 when Post is not too wet to ride. The women’s Post-and-Pinot ride is Wednesday evening at 5:30.

Cycling

If you head out to the trails, you are likely to find Brown Pow. Enjoy! There was an event on 5/22 on Dog River trail, which suggests it may be open. That’s not confirmed. Eldorado has reopened. Courtney Road (the road that goes up above Syncline) is closed until October. Do not attempt to use it to access trails. Starting now, you will need a parking pass to park at Post Canyon. This money will support trails. Hospital Hill: cows are out – no dogs allowed. Underwood: do not enter areas that are closed due to logging operations.

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