Thursday: windy today, hot AF the next few days, very windy next week

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Whitecaps start the day on the Columbia. Get them now, because they’re mostly taking a break until next Monday. With morning gradients at 0.12 and 0.05, your choices of where to go will be vast. Dawn Patrol wind will be in the 21-24 range from Viento to Mosier with 12-15 east to Arlington and 5-10 at Stevenson. By late morning, the wind fills in at 21-24 from Stevenson (where it holds through evening, most likely) to Mosier and starts to pick up from Lyle to Rowena. Hold out until the evening, and you’ll see the wind become gustier and less reliable from Viento to Mosier (17-20 or so) with 21-24 from Lyle to Rufus with 15-18 at Arlington. River flow is 156kcfs, river temp is 64F, and high temp forecast is 89F.

Westerlies stick around for Friday morning, but it’s uncertain if they’ll be kind enough to stick around for the afternoon heat. The day kicks off with Dawn Patrol at 14-17 from Viento to Swell with 7-10 to the east and west. The most likely scenario seems to be a drop to 11-14 or so from Stevenson to Swell with 7-10 at Mosier and light/variable wind to the east of there. Muggy. High temp: 96F.

Saturday looks completely calm and horrifically hot with high temps forecast to be near 105. Sunday will be just as hot, but it adds in some easterlies, perhaps as much as 15-20, from Rooster to Stevenson. Models hint at strong Corridor westerlies returning at the beginning of next week. Given the horrific heat forecast, this forecast will switch to the evening for the next few days, most likely, so I can enjoy something outdoors early in the day before I retreat to a mountain lake or air-conditioned spot.  

Coast, Jones, Sauvie’s

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Thursday: NW10-15/N15-20+/N25-30, W swell 2′ at 7 seconds. Friday: W10/NW10/N20-25+, W 6′ @ 9. Saturday: W5-10/W5-10/N20-25, W 6′ @ 10. Jones Thursday: 15-18. Friday: 12-15. Saturday: 12-15. Sauvie’s Thursday: 12-15. Friday: 10-13. Saturday: 9-12.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

Thursday will be the nicest day of the next five. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and upper 80’s later. Muggy. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Friday will be near 60 early and in the upper 90’s later. Muggy. Light westerlies. No rainbows. Saturday looks hot. Temps will be in the low 70’s early and about 104F in the afternoon. Calm wind. No rainbows. Ditto on Sunday.

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 guesses: Whoopdee, dry; Post, dry; 44 Road, dry. Falls Creek: good. From the 44trails.org website… Open trails: Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Dog River, Superconnector, Cedar, Knebal, Cooks (to 1.5 miles above the 4410 road), 450 to the junction with 15 mile, Underhill. Upper 450: patches of snow and 10 trees down.

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. Surveyor’s Ridge: clear of snow and trees. Other 44 Road Trails: clearing in progress. Cows are out on Hospital Hill. No parking at the corral. No dogs on the trails. No exceptions. Please respect the wishes of the landowners – they let us use their land, and in return, we respect their rules! New Whoopdee: open.  

Local Events

Friday is “Pride in the Park” at the Hood River Waterfront Park. That’s a celebration of all people and stuff LGBTQPKIA+. The Strawberry Fields Ultramarathon is in Stevenson (?) on Saturday and Sunday.

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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