Thursday: very windy, again.

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Gorge Wind Forecast

If you’re looking for a rest day from wind sports, you’ll need to look elsewhere than the Gorge. The best it’s going to offer you is lighter wind on Saturday and Sunday. Models serve up strong westerlies today, tomorrow, and for the better part of next week.

Thursday morning starts off with big gradients – 0.17 pdx-dls and 0.07 dls-psc. Is today going to be the day that Doug’s and Rowena come back to life? Probably? Dawn Patrol wind is 25-30 between Viento and Mosier with 20-23 from Lyle to Rufus and 16-19 at Stevenson and Arlington. It won’t take long for 28-32 between Viento and Mosier followed a couple hours later to 28-32 from Lyle to Avery with 18-23 at Rufus and 15-18 at Arlington. Stevenson finds a way to 25-28 when the clouds burn off. Models insist that our late afternoon wind will be 26-29 from Stevenson to Mosier with 28-32 from Lyle to Rufus with 26-29 at Arlington. River flow is 135kcfs, river temp is 70F, and high temps are 78F for Hood River and 85F for Biggs.

A deeper marine layer on Friday sets up another round of strong westerlies. It appears that a weak disturbance offshore might negatively impact the wind in the western Gorge in the afternoon. There will be plenty of wind before that and to the east. Dawn Patrol starts at 21-24 from Viento to Doug’s with 5-10 at cloudy Stevenson and 12-15 east of Doug’s. By mid to late morning, the wind picks up to 25-28 from Viento to Mosier with 10-13 at still-cloudy Stevenson, 20-23 between Lyle and Rufus and 13-16 at Arlington. The wind backs off to gusty 18-23 from Stevenson to Mosier in the afternoon and picks up to 27-31 between Lyle and Arlington with 20-23 at Threemile. High temp: 77F Hood River.

High pressure builds inland from the southwest on Saturday knocking the gradients downward. Dawn Patrol will be 14-17 between Viento and Mosier with 10-13 east and west of that stretch. Give it a few hours. Westerlies build to 20-23 from Stevenson to The Dalles with 12-15 at Rufus and light/variable wind to the east. Sunday also looks like 20-23 max. Models suggest Monday through Thursday next week will be stronger, with averages in the 27-33 range. Good luck finding a rest day!  

Coast, Jones, Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Thursday: NW 10/NW 10-15/N 30-35, W swell 3′ at 8 seconds. Friday: W5/WNW5-10/N25-30, W 4′ @ 8. Saturday: NNW10/N10-15/N30-35, W 5′ at 9. Jones Thursday: 18-22. Friday: 8-12. Saturday: 12-15. Sauvie’s Thursday: 9-12. Friday: 8-11. Saturday: 8-11.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clear sky for Thursday. Temps will be near 60 early and in the upper 70’s later. Very strong westerlies. No rainbows. Friday may start with scattered marine clouds but will quickly turn clear. Temps will be near 60 early and in the mid/upper 70’s later. Strong westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday will be partly cloudy early and then sunny. Temps will be near 60 early and in the low 80’s later. Moderate westerlies. No 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

SDS (Whoopdee, Underwood), BLC, HFM, DGS, and Kreps Land (Hospital Hill) are now closed until the end of fire season. It is also vital that people respect this closure to maintain positive relationships between the landowners and trail users.

Open trails: Post, Falls Creek, Lewis River, Sandy Ridge, Columbia Hills, Gorge 400, Plains of Abraham / Ape Canyon. 44 Road: Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Dog River, Superconnector, Cedar, Knebal, Cooks Meadows, 450 to the top, Underhill. Siouxon and Huffman Peak are “temporarily closed” due to wildfire last year.

Maple Road in Post Canyon is closed. DO NOT drive past the closed signs. If you do so, you will jeopardize TRAIL access for the entire summer. This is the road that runs to the west, just north of the Binns/Riorden intersection. Also, the trail from the bottom of Post Canyon to Seven Streams Staging Area is now closed. It’s on private land. Respect the closure.  

Local Events

The Gorge Downwind Champs start this weekend. They are looking for “volunteers” with WA alcohol server licenses to help at their beer garden at the Skamania County Fairgrounds. $25/hour. On Saturday, there is a 44 Trails work party. Get more information on the 44trails.org website.

IFPL 3 restrictions go into effect on 7/16. No more motorized use in Post Canyon trails or other trails west of Highway 35. Mountain View Cycles women’s ride is every Thursday, bottom of Post at 5:30pm. They have an all-genders ride at 6pm on Wednesday, end of the pavement on Post Canyon Road. Their shop road ride leaves at 9am on Saturday for a 2 hour ride. Dirty Fingers has the Post n’ Pint on Thursday evenings at 5:30pm from the shop. They also have the women’s Post n’ Pinot Wednesday evening at 5:30pm from the shop. Oregon E-Bikes has ladies’ rides at 7:30am Sunday and Monday. The Small Boat Group does paddles every Thursday evening at 6pm. Hatch laps are the latest thing they do.

Other weekly events. Tuesday night there’s meditation with the Pacific Hermitage Monks at 5:15 (1 hour) and 6:30 (30 minutes followed by a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. Triathlon practice with the Tri Club is Tuesday at 6pm at West Mayer State Park. Sailboat races happen Wednesday night from the Hood River Marina.  

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