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The Forecast
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | OPEN! | naked | buns | rejoice! | |
| Steven’s Locks | W5-10 | 10-13 | G20-24 | G22-26 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 10-13 | 14-18 | G22-26 | G22-26 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-13 | 14-18 | G22-26 | G22-26 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 286kcfs | 10-13 | G22-25 | G25-29 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 10-13 | 10-13 | G22-25 | G25-29 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Oregon and Washington are encouraging people to not travel more than 50 miles (not mph!) to access recreation. Non-essential travel is still being strongly discouraged in ALL jurisdictions. Land managers and law enforcement are carefully watching to see if people maintain social distancing. If crowding happens, water access will be revoked. If you are local and lucky enough to have water access in your community, please do this: rig, play, leave. There is NO camping allowed at any of the river parks. Please don’t camp unlawfully; doing so risks access for everyone, including for people who just want to use the parks for a picnic. Please follow the directions of your local government officials and help keep the Gorge community safe. Thank you!
Several days of westerlies are scheduled for your watersports pleasure. While the wind will be on the gusty side, it’ll also be on the stronger side of moderate for the next three days. As you can tell by the clouds on this Thursday morning, it’s not exactly an ideal setup for wind. That probably won’t stop it! Expect variable to 15mph for the start of the day. The wind then steadily builds to gusty 25-29 this afternoon from The Dalles to Arlington with 22-26 west of The Dalles. Steadiest wind will likely be east of The Dalles. However… there’s a chance of elevated thunderstorms out there. That wouldn’t necessarily stop the wind, but it might make it dangerous to be holding a pole or a kite. River flow is 286kcfs (fine for the Rufus stretch) and temp is 57 degrees.
Offshore high pressure combines with inland low pressure centered over southern Idaho on Friday afternoon for a strong and relatively steady westerly day. Expect 8-11 everywhere to start the day. It’ll be a quick build from there with the wind rising to 29-33 from Stevenson to Arlington with 33-36 possible from Rowena to Rufus.
An upper low moves towards the southern coast on Saturday. It appears that offshore high pressure will still exert enough influence to combine with Thursday’s far-inland low. That’ll keep the wind going. For now, our morning forecast is 10-13 int eh west and 20-23 in the east. That rises to gusty 25-29 east of The Dalles Saturday afternoon. Sunday currently looks to max out at 22-25 east of The Dalles.
Jones, Sauvie Island, Coast
Coast (north/central/south – swell forecast provided by NWS). Thursday: NW5/NW10/N15-20, W swell 6′ at 10 seconds. Friday: W5/NW5-10/N15-20, W 5′ @ 10. Saturday: W5/SW10/S10, W 4′ @ 9. Jones Thursday: 5-10. Friday: 5-10. Saturday: nope. Sauvie’s Thursday-Saturday: nope.Open/Closed Launch Site List -All restrooms are closed!
Washington:Skamania County – Phase 2, recreate with 5 or less people outside household
Stevenson East Point, Bob’s Beach, Boat ramp: all open
Home Valley: Open
Swell City: Open
Spring Creek Hatchery: Open
Klickitat County – Phase 2
Wunderbar: high water
Bingen Point: Open
Lyle: you have to cross private property to access
Doug’s Beach: Open
Avery: Open
Maryhill: Open for day use only..
The Wall: Open.
Roosevelt: CLOSED due to windstorm damage..
Oregon: Phase one for Hood River. Phase two for Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam counties.
Rooster Rock: Open
Viento: Open
The Hook: Open
Waterfront Park: Closed
Event Site: Open
The Spit: Open
The Marina: Open
Boat ramp: open
Mosier: Only open for residents of 97040
Rowena: Open
Celilo: Open
Rufus: Open
Arlington: Open
Threemile: Open
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Mt. Hood Meadows is now allowing uphill travel within the permit area. However, you will need to park outside their parking lots. Timberline is open for lift-serve skiing with exemplary guidelines for protecting guests and staff from the transmission of novel coronavirus. Please read their guidelines and rules here. Well done, T-Line! The Mt. Hood weather forecast will be on vacation unless something interesting happens in the weather up there. Some of you will be tempted to go out backcountry skiing. Please don’t – accidents do happen, and you may put others at risk. Timberline is allowing uphill access outside the permit area on the climbers’ trail ONLY.Hood River Weather Forecast
Thursday’s looks cloudy in the morning and partly cloudy in the afternoon with a chance of thunderstorms overnight. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and mid 70’s later. Muggy. Light wind early. Moderate to strong later. No rainbows. Friday looks mostly cloudy in the morning and partly cloudy in the afternoon. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and upper 60’s later. Light wind early. Strong wind later. No rainbows. Saturday looks cloudy and cooler with showers in the morning. Temps will be near 50 early and right around 60 later. Light to moderate westerlies. 89% chance of rainbows. Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.Cycling
Trail update 6/5: Post Canyon: parking is now open. Syncline/Coyote Wall: Open. Mt. Hood National Forest: Open for day use. Surveyor’s, Dog River, and Oak Ridge snow-free. Kreps/SDS: open. Sandy Ridge: Open. Nestor Peak: open. Falls Creek: open. Columbia Hills State Park: open. Syncline: open . Skamania County trails outside the scenic area: open. Knebal, Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Surveyors, Dog River: open and cleared. Ape Canyon: Closed.
Current lawful social distancing requirements: only people from your household in Klickitat County. Only household members if you’re from Multnomah, Clark, or other ‘stay at home’ counties. Up to 5 friends in Skamania County. Up to 10 in Hood River County.
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