Thursday: muggy and warm with a chance of thunderstorms. Unreliable wind for a few days.

June 2, 2022

Thursday: muggy and warm with a chance of thunderstorms. Unreliable wind for a few days.

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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	better	bun	tan	later
Steven’s Locks	calm	calm	calm	LTW
Swell-Hood River	calm	calm	calm	gusty 12-15?
Lyle to Doug’s	calm	calm	calm	gusty 12-15?
Rufus, etc.	calm	calm	calm	gusty 12-15?
Roosevelt & Arlington	calm	calm	calm	gusty 12-15?

Gorge Wind Forecast

Active weather continues for the next several days, meaning we’ll be looking at gusty and unreliable wind, at best. For Thursday, we have a deep low well offshore and surface-based instability inland this afternoon. The wind will stay light through early afternoon. As an impulse moves inland this afternoon, we could see westerlies pick up to gusty 13-16 from Viento to The Dalles (less than 10 in Stevenson) from 2-5 and then east to Arlington after 5pm. Don’t bet on this happening; models are probably overplaying this, and thunderstorms could ruin it. High temp: 80F and muggy.

Friday sees low pressure offshore and another, stronger compact low approaching. Intermittent showers will be present all day. Despite that, we’ll have some onshore flow… Expect 8-12 early from Stevenson to Doug’s with 15-18 east of The Dalles to Threemile. Rain could knock the wind speed down at times. Later in the day, there’s a chance of gusty 20-25 east of The Dalles to Arlington (8-11 western Gorge) but that’s far from guaranteed thanks to instability and random drizzle. High temp: 69F and muggy.

That deeper low approaches the coast on Saturday and sends rain into the Gorge for most of the day. As of this morning, the wind will be basically calm all day with light westerlies, less than 10mph, possible in the afternoon. High temp: 70. Models hint at a frontal system on Sunday combined with weak and transient offshore high pressure. That’s a slightly better setup and could drive westerlies in the upper teens to low-mid 20’s. Again, what wind we do have will be gusty, unreliable, and likely to underperform the models.

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast

Coast forecast (north/central/south, waves). Swell forecast provided by NWS. Wind direction northerly unless otherwise noted. Thursday: NW5-10/NW5-10/NW5-10, W swell 4′ at 11 seconds. Friday: LTW/LTW/S10, W 5′ @ 11. Saturday: S15-20/S10-15/S10-15, W 4′ @ 11 and SW 3′ @ 17. Jones Thursday: 15-18. Friday: 15-18. Saturday: LTW. Sauvie’s Thursday: LTN. Friday: SW5-10. Saturday: LTS.

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

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clouds increase today with a chance of thunder along the crest and to the east this afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and near 80 later. Light wind most of the day. Moderate westerlies possible late. 4% chance of rainbows. Friday Will be cloudy all day. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and near 70 later. Muggy. Light westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows. Saturday will be rainy. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and near 70 later. Calm wind. 74% chance of rainbows.

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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

There was an event on 5/22 on Dog River trail, which suggests it may be open. That’s not confirmed. A good portion of the Eldorado Trail (below the intersection with Riorden Hills Road (near the top, below the clearcut) is closed starting today for at least the next few days. Do not enter that area for your safety. 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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