Meet Temira, your Gorge Forecaster
Temira (they/them) has been exploring and playing in the Gorge since 1997 – starting out as a windsurfer, then expanding into kiting (briefly!), mountain biking, winging, gravel biking, SUP foiling and even extreme gardening! With all that experience, they understand the importance of a reliable forecast. In 2009, frustrated by the lack of accurate forecasts, Temira took matters into their own hands. What began as a daily email chain between friends (Laura Green, Dave Brown, and Temira) quickly grew into a full-blown website and subscription email service.
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Gorge Wind Forecast
Hi friends! I’m off to a weekend retreat tomorrow. I’ll return to forecasting on Tuesday. Between now and then, you have the opportunity for a big east wind day on Friday and a frontally-driven, potentially quite strong, west wind day on a very wet Sunday. Max temps for the period will be in the 55-60 degree range. Choose your wetsuit wisely!
Thursday starts out pretty much dead calm with steam rising from the Columbia. Easterlies pick up late morning to 20mph or so at Iwash (Rooster) Rock and Stevenson. Looks like Iwash will hold into the afternoon while Stevenson drops to 15mph or so. Viento looks a bit light today – 10-15mph. River flow over the last 24 hours was 67-102kcfs, river temp is 60.62F, and high temp forecast is 57F.
Friday looks like a day for an east wind adventure! The day starts with 40mph near Iwash, 30mph near Stevenson, 25 at Home Valley, and 20-25 at Viento. The wind holds through late morning and then fades. The day finishes up with 25-30 at Iwash, 15-20 at Stevenson, and 15ish at Home Valley and Viento. High temp: 58F with some high clouds.
Saturday looks calm, cloudy, and drizzly in Hood River. High temp: 60F.
Extended: a powerful cold front rips across the Cascades on Sunday. It boasts a strong surface pressure gradient and decent support from elevated winds. Behind this front, we’ll see offshore high pressure build in a similar manner to yesterday (10/23). As the front moves through, there should be a 90-minute or so period of strong westerlies first at Stevenson, then Viento, then Swell, potentially skipping over the Lyle zone and then moving to the eastern Gorge, where the wind should last longer thanks to the offshore high. Or maybe the incoming rain will mess it up? You’ll want to get ahead of the incoming wind by taking the risk of driving preemptively. How windy will it be? It’s impossible to predict something this intense this far out. I should also mention that it will be very rainy on Sunday, and that will impact wind quality and actualization. That’s all for a few days. I’ll see y’all Tuesday!
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Jones, Sauvie Island, Oregon Coast: done for the season
Alan’s Sauvie Island Wind Sensor
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast – coming soon!!!
Very basic Hood River weather forecast. Don’t plan your life around this. You really should read Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook
Mostly clear sky today and dry. Temps start in the mid 30s and rise to the upper 50s. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Friday will be partly high cloudy after a partly Nothing start. Temps start in the low-mid 30s and rise to the upper 50s. Moderate easterlies. No rainbows. Saturday looks drizzly and cloudy all day. Temps start in the upper 30s and rise to 60 or so. Calm wind. 18% chance of rainbows. Sunday looks very wet with strong westerlies in the afternoon and a 99% chance of rainbows.
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Cycling
Please see the HRATS/Hood River County for complete details on Post Canyon closures. Newly reopened in Post: lower Trail 100 paralleling the lower part of Post Canyon Road. The Twin Tunnels Trail between Hood River and Mosier has reopened. Kreps and Green Diamond Lands have reopened. That includes Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, and Underwood. Closed: Gorge 400 and lots of other trails due to the Whisky Creek Fire. Trail near Mt. Adams due to the Williams Mine Fire. Remember that E-bikes are not allowed on USFS non-moto trails. They are allowed on moto trails.
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