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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | cloudy | sky | over | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | V->10 | V->5 | calm | calm | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | V->10 | V->5 | calm | calm | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | V->10 | V->5 | calm | calm | |
| Rufus, etc. | V->10 | V->5 | calm | calm | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | V->10 | V->5 | calm | calm | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
This is the Thursday/Friday forecast for the Gorge. The general picture is for not much wind at all on Thursday followed by very gusty, moderate westerlies Friday and easterlies that build from nothing Saturday morning to the plenty-of-wind range midday Saturday. Sunday brings another round of gusty west wind along with heavy morning rain.
For Thursday, the morning starts out light and variable. As a weather system slowly, very slowly approaches from the NW, the wind will go calm and the rain will start to fall. That’s it for Thursday. Friday sees that weather system move through, a setup that will give us gusty westerlies. Heavy rain in the morning accompanies far-west (like Multnomah Falls area) westerlies at 15-20 with light wind everywhere else. After noon or so, the wind will pick up to gusty 18-22 from Stevenson to The Dalles with gusty 22-25 from Avery to Rufus, maybe as far east as Arlington. Did I mention that it’ll be gusty and unreliable? Well, it will!
Looking at Saturday, high pressure builds inland. The day starts light and variable. By mid-morning, we should be seeing easterlies at 15-20 near Viento, 20-25 near Stevenson, and 30-35 near Rooster Rock. Sunday brings another round of heavy rain in the morning. As that system moves through, the wind will pick up to gusty 23-27 east of Mosier.
BONUS: Jones Thursday-Saturday: no. Sauvie’s Thursday-Saturday: no. Coast (north/central/south). Thursday: S20-25/S15-20/LTS, W swell 14′ at 13 seconds. Friday: LTV everywhere, W swell 12′ at 12 seconds. Saturday: LTS everywhere. W 8′ @ 11.
Random Morning Thoughts
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Mt. Hood is gearing up for several days of rain. Yesterday’s forecast was hinting at snow accumulation on Monday, but it’s now looking like that’ll be rain, followed by another round of rain on Wednesday. For Thursday, there will be intermittent rain on the mountain followed by heavier rain that starts up around 2am. Snow level: 10,000′. Wind: WSW 20 in the morning, SW 30 in the afternoon, and WSW 45 overnight.
Friday looks rainy, becoming less rainy and then clear after midnight. Snow level: 11,000′ early falling to 7000′ after midnight. About .7” rain will fall between 5am and 5pm. About .2” rain will fall overnight. Wind: WSW 45 early, 35 in the afternoon, and W 20 overnight. Saturday starts clear, becomes cloudy, and turns showery overnight. Snow level 7000′ early, rising to 10,000′ in the afternoon. About .1” rain falls overnight (followed by an inch on Sunday morning!). Wind: W 20 early, SW 15 midday, and SSW 35 overnight. Sunday’s precip will have a snow level of 10,000′ or so, and same goes for the Wednesday precip.
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Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s going to be a cloudy day today with a chance of on-and-off sprinkles or light drizzle. Heavier rain moves in tonight. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and low 60’s in the afternoon. Light and variable wind. No rainbows. Friday starts off with steady rain and turns showery after 11am. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Saturday starts off with a bit of a Nothing, turns clear, and then turns cloudy with light rain possible after 5pm. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and low 60’s later. East wind. No rainbows. Sunday looks quite rainy for the first half of the day and showery for the second half. 99% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
If you head to places like Lewis River, Falls Creek, or Plains of Abraham, you’ll find Brown Pow. Trails closer to home are drying out. Don’t you worry: more rain is coming on Friday (maybe even Thursday), so those trails will be brown pow again soon! Upcoming Post Canyon trail work parties (all meet at Family Man at 9:30am): October 27, November 4, November 17. Upcoming Hood River County work party: October 27th, 9am at Post Flats Staging Area.
Upcoming Events
There’s free 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.
Weekend events: The Elijah Dash on Saturday, a 5k/10k race to support a local 11 year old who developed brain cancer. This one’s at the Twin Tunnels West trailhead at 9am on Saturday. Cyclocross racing at the easyCLIMB in Cascade Locks 9am-2pm on Sunday. Come cheer on your two local teams who will be schooling all those city folks! Saturday, 10am-12pm, is the annual Winter Weather Conference at OMSI. There are two trail work parties Saturday: 9am at Post Flats to work on the 130 Trail, and 9:30am at Family Man to work on various trails.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
