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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | careful: | sun | burns | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | light | 10-13 | 20-23 | 24-27 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 15-18 | 20-24 | 24-27 | 20-23 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 15-18 | 15-18 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
| Rufus, etc. | strong | current | 15-18 | 15-18 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 15-18 | 10-15 | 5-10 | 5-10 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Hopefully you’re in really good windsport shape, because you’re going to need that fitness over the next five days. If you happen to live somewhere other than the Gorge, pack up your White Sprinter Van and come on down for the holiday weekend – we’re expecting lots of wind.
For Thursday, the day starts with westerlies bouncing around in the 15-18 range from Vientoish to Arlington. The strongest wind today will focus in the western Gorge. Atmospheric stability is better than it’s been the last couple of days, but there’s still a chance of thunder to the south and east. That could impact wind quality this afternoon, and it might not; the upper levels over the Gorge might be just stable enough to keep the wind going. With that assumption… We’ll see a steady build to 24-27 from Stevenson to Avery this afternoon with light wind east of Rufus. There will likely be wind at Rufus too, but with the current at 511,000cfs, it’s way too strong to be playing in that section of the river. River temp is 56 degrees.
A trough of low pressure pushes inland on Friday, turning the flow more W/NW than S. That stabilizes things out, gives us more marine air in the west, and ramps up the gradients. Dawn Patrol at 22-25 from Viento to Mosier seems likely. Westerlies climb to 26-30 from Stevenson to Rufus in the afternoon.
Marine clouds deepen on Saturday enough to drop some drizzle in the far western Gorge. This pushes the dawn patrol east to the Mosier-to-The Dalles section. Clouds burn back in the afternoon for 29-33 from Viento to Arlington. Stevenson is a “maybe” on Saturday, but should see at least 18-22 in the afternoon, even if it stays cloudy there. Models agree on 23-26ish on Sunday but disagree on Monday; the GFS likes 20-23 and the Euro likes 28-32. I like the Euro.
BONUS: Jones Thursday: 5-10. Friday: 22-25. Saturday: 15-28. Sauvie’s Thursday: 7-10. Friday: 15-18. Saturday: 5-8. Coast (north/central/south). Thursday: 15-20/10-15/X, W 5′ at 11 seconds, S 3′ at 16 seconds. Friday: 10-15/15-20/25-30, W 4′ @ 11. Saturday: 5-10/5-10/25-30, W 4′ @ 9. Sunday and Monday both look quite windy along the entire coast (with the possible exception of the north coast Sunday)
Random Morning Thoughts
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Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
The mountain starts off clear this morning. Convective clouds build this afternoon for a chance of showers. Free air freezing level (FAF): 12,000′. Wind SW 10-15. Friday starts clear. High clouds may build in the afternoon. FAF: 12,000′. Wind: SW 10 in the morning and NW 20 in the afternoon. Saturday and Sunday both look clear and sunny. FAF: 10,000′->12,000′ Saturday and 12,000′->14,000′ Sunday. Wind: NW 20 Saturday and NW 15 Sunday.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Clear sky Thursday morning may be impacted by high clouds and/or thunderheads to the south this afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and upper 70’s this afternoon. Muggy. Moderate west wind. No rainbows. Friday looks sunny with a chance of high clouds in the afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and low 70’s later. Muggy in the morning, not so much in the afternoon. Strong westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday starts off partly cloudy and turns clear. Temps will be near 50 early and in the upper 60’s in the afternoon. Strong to very strong westerlies. 5% chance of rainbows in the morning.
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White Sprinter Van of the Week
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Road and Mountain Biking
Nothing new to report: Knebal, Eightmile and Surveyor’s are open. Lewis River is open. Hospital Hill has cows on it, so there are no dogs allowed at this time. The ticks are horrendous over there right now – expect to get bitten if you ride there. The Sisters Stampede is Sunday. Wednesday is the women’s Post n’ Pinot ride at Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Mountain View has a mountain bike ride at 5pm on Thursday, and the Post n’ Pint ride is Thursday at Dirty Fingers at 5:30.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events start with sunrise meditation at 6:15 at Trinity Natural Medicine followed by community yoga at Flow in Hood River at 8. Tai chi for $5 is at the Hood River Adult Center at 2:30. The rest of tonight had a women’s mountain bike ride at 5 at Mountain View Cycles, the race pace post n’ pint mountain bike ride at 5:30 at Dirty Fingers, community yoga at 6 at Samadhi in White Salmon, Zumba at 6:30 at Mid-Valley Elementary in Odell, and Tai Chi at Our Savior Church in Bingen at 6:30.
Doing the Kickstand Coffee run tomorrow morning at 7 gets you a cup of coffee and a donut. There’s a free paddle clinic at Big Winds tomorrow night. Fish and Wildlife has a free women’s fishing clinic on Saturday at Glen Otto Park and Lyle has Pioneer Days.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
