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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | rowdy | dowdy | shady | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 15-18 | 15-18 | 15-18 | 15-18 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 15-18 | 15-18 | 15-18 | 15-18 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-13 | 13-20 | 24-27 | 27-31+ | |
| Rufus, etc. | strong | current | 24-27 | 27-31+ | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 10-13 | 10-13 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Looks like I won’t have time on Friday morning to do a forecast, so this one is for both days. That’s a bummer, because models are in disagreement about the wind strength for the 48 hour period.
For Thursday, we’ll have a trough of low pressure overhead as high pressure starts to build offshore. Weather systems moving through will create an unreliable surface-level wind field. That said, it’ll be windy! In the morning, you can expect 10-13 from Stevenson to Swell with 10-13 or less from Hood River eastward. By 2pm or so, we’ll have gusty 12-15 in the west and 24-27 from Mosier to Arlington. By late afternoon, the wind will pick up to 27-31 from Mosier to Rufus with 30-35 possible (although unlikely) at the Rowena stretch of the river. River temp is 52 degrees. Flow is 438kcfs which would be an awful lot at Rufus!
Friday sees high pressure start to build inland. That combines with a heat low in the desert. Although this is a pretty ideal setup, models are calling for less wind Friday than on Thursday. Anyway, we’ll have to see how it plays out. Friday starts with 18-22 from Viento to Mosier with less than 10 at Stevenson and 12-15 east of Mosier. As the sky clears, the wind will become centralized in the western Gorge with 24-28 from Stevenson to Mosier and 10-13 east of Mosier.
Saturday looks like W 10-13 in the morning and W 5 in the afternoon. Sunday looks like E 10-15. The general picture for next week looks like lots of west wind days.
Random Morning Thoughts
My thoughts are on vacation until I get through my comprehensive exam on Friday!
Disclaimer required by my grad school program: I am not your therapist, but I am seeing clients at this time at Comprehensive Healthcare in White Salmon. In the meantime, I am your weather forecaster. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, and consult with your actual therapist about your mental health issues. One other thing: I plan to keep doing this forecast indefinitely. Forecasting and counseling are both deeply meaningful and nourishing to me.
Mountain Weather Forecast
Thursday morning started off cloudy and snowy. That continues through Friday morning. The snow level will be about 5000′ all day and 5500′ overnight. Up to 2” of snow will fall during the day Thursday followed by a trace overnight. Wind will be WNW 15 in the morning, WNW 20 in the afternoon and N 10-15 overnight.
Friday looks mostly cloudy with a chance of mixed precip early, partly cloudy in the afternoon, and clear overnight. The free air freezing level (and snow level) will be 5500′ in the morning, 8000′ in the afternoon, and 10,000′ overnight. Wind will be N 10-15 early and NE 20 from late afternoon on. Saturday and Sunday both look clear and warm: FAF 10,000′ Saturday and 12,000′ Sunday with NE with at 15-20 both days.
Gorge Weather Forecast
For Thursday, you’ll have mostly cloudy sky. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and mid 60’s this afternoon. Moderate westerlies. 15% chance of rainbows. Friday looks partly cloudy. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and upper 60’s int eh afternoon. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday looks sunny. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 80’s in the afternoon. Light west wind. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Lewis River is reportedly open to the landslide from the bottom. Knebal, Eightmile, and Bottle Prairie are not open. I have a report of 5-7 trees down on the singletrack section of Surveyor’s with the rest rideable. Kitchen Sink is apparently riding good. Wednesday is the women’s Post n’ Pinot ride at Dirty Fingers. Thursday is the race-pace Post n’ Pint. Mountain View Cycles has an unnamed women’s mountain bike ride Thursday evening at 5pm leaving from the shop. 5:30pm at the bottom of Post Canyon.
Upcoming Events
Events Thursday start with meditation at 6:15 at Trinity Natural Medicine and free yoga at Flow in Hood River at 8. There’s a women’s’ mountain bike ride from Mountain View Cycles at 5, by-donation yoga at White Salmon’s Samadhi at 6, Zumba at Mid-Valley Elementary at 6:30, and Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen at 6:30. Tomorrow morning at 7 is the Kickstand Coffee run, where a 4 mile jog gets you coffee and a donut. Tomorrow’s also National Bike to Work day.
Saturday’s events include plant sales by the Master Gardeners on Saturday at city Park in The Dalles and the OSU Extension Office in Hood River. There are additional plant sales at The Next Door (Hood River) on Saturday and HRVHS on Saturday and Sunday. The Carson to Stevenson Ridge Run is Saturday, and the HRATS have a trail work party at Family Man at 9:30 Saturday.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
