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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 | 25-35 | 25-35 | 20-25 | 15 | |
| Steven’s Locks | 25 | 25 | 20-25 | 15 | |
| Viento | 25 | 25 | 20-25 | 15 | |
| Swell-Hood River | LTE | LTE | LTE | LTE | |
| Lyle to Doug’s | calm | calm | calm | calm | |
| Rufus, etc. | calm | calm | calm | calm | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | calm | calm | calm | calm | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Easterlies are the plan through the weekend. As a matter of fact, there’s no clear sign of westerlies any time soon. Perhaps when the weather turns wintry, or close-to-wintry, at the end of next week?
Thursday starts with pressures of 30.14/30.26/30.26 for a robust easterly gradient of 0.12. Easterlies are in the 30-35 range near Rooster Rock and 20-25 range from Stevenson to Viento. Models suggest a longer-than-usual hold to the wind today as Portland plans to stay warmer than the desert. By 2pm, though, wind speeds will fall to 20-25 at Rooster and 20ish from Stevenson to Viento. Late afternoon: 15mph for that entire stretch. River flow readings are 59-106kcfs, river temp is 65.3, and high temp forecast is 80F.
Your Friday morning temp may impact your enjoyment: 42F. Easterlies kick off at 20mph. Get them early; by 11am, they’ll drop to 10-15mph or less between Cascade Locks and Viento with light/variable wind at Rooster. The wind continues to fade through the afternoon. High temp: 81F.
Saturday’s wind will have more oomph as a heat low settles on the west side. Early speeds will be 30-35mph near Rooster and 25mph near Cascade Locks and Viento. That should hold through early afternoon when the wind will drip to 25mph from Rooster to Viento. Late afternoon: 15-20mph all through the western Gorge. High temp: 79F. Sunday’s forecast is currently east wind at 25-30mph. That’s plenty of wind for you! Enjoy!
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Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast
Coast forecast (north/central/south, waves). Swell forecast provided by NWS. Wind direction northerly unless otherwise noted. Thursday: 15/10-15/20-25, NW swell 5′ at 11 seconds. Friday: 20-25/20-25/25-35, NW 5′ @ 7. Saturday: 10-15/10-15/S10-15, NW 5′ @ 7. Jones Thursday-Saturday: LTV. Sauvie’s Thursday: 8-11. Friday: 15-18. Saturday: LTE.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – On vacation until next fall
Hood River Weather Forecast
Clear sky sticks around for the next three days. Temps will be in the low-mid 40’s in the mornings and right around 80 in the afternoon. Light easterlies. No 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! The Columbia Gorge Marathon is this Sunday. Expect lots of traffic in town and also on the Twin Tunnels trail. Regular weekly events: Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. The Columbia Gorge Tri Club has a weekly workout at Mayer Park in Rowena at 6pm Tuesdays. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, there’s a run from Pine Street Bakery. The Small Boat paddlers have a group paddle at 6pm on Thursday at the Hatchery. Post and Pint and Post n’ Pinot are done for the season due to darkness. There’s a free Zumba class at 6pm in the parking lot of One Community Health in The Dalles on Wednesday. Providence is sponsoring a walking program called Healthy Strides. Meets Weds at May Street 5:30pm, through Nov 16. All ages welcome, and there’s swag!
Cycling
It’s dusty out there… Hood River County has reopened motorized use for trails in the NW Area (Post, Kingsley, Binn’s Hill). Other HRC trails are still closed. These trails are closed to all uses, and some might not have signage saying they are closed: Hospital Hill, Underwood, Whoopdee, and any lands Owned or Managed by American Forest Management, Broughton Lumber Company, DGS Timber, Green Diamond, Kreps Ranch, Kreps Family LLC, Lupine Forest, Manulife Forest Management, Twin Creeks Timber, and Western Pacific Timber, LLC in Klickitat, Skamania, Stevens, Yakima, Hood River and Wasco counties.
The road connecting Plains of Abraham to Smith Creek closes at noon Monday-Friday and will not be open to bikers during that time. Courtney Road (the road that goes up above Syncline) is closed until October. Do not attempt to use it to access trails. If you’re riding Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.
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