GORGE WIND FORECAST
today’s gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! Some of you have been hitting it pretty hard the last few days. Hopefully that means you can embrace today and Tuesday as rest days – there won’t be much in the Gorge wind forecast other than sunshine. On Wednesday, a cold front combines with strong high offshore high pressure for a solid day of wind. We’re back to a couple days of rest to end next week followed by about a 70% chance of “enough” wind each day next weekend. There’s too much uncertainty to get into the details for next weekend yet, but if it’s windy, it will probably be east of Hood River.
Let’s look at today (Monday). Grab your sunglasses, because it’s a sunny one. Easterlies peak at 10mph at Iwash (Rooster) and Stevenson midday. Hood River: 5-10mph easterlies. To the east of Hood River, easterlies pick up to 10, maybe 10-15mph this afternoon. Keep that in mind for your road biking plans (I did) – Sevenmile Hill is peak wildflowers right now. River flow over the last 24 hours was 184-239kcfs, river temp is 54.5F, and high temp forecast is 74F with sunshine.
tomorrow’s gorge wind forecast
Tuesday brings slightly more east wind, but we’ll be sharing the gradient with the upper elevations, so we’ll lose some of the power. The day starts with 15mph at Stevenson and 10mph at Iwash. Stevenson rises briefly to 15-20mph mid-morning before dropping to 10mph mid-afternoon. Iwash will run a couple hours behind and will follow the same pattern. High temp: 78F with increasing high clouds.
extended Gorge wind forecast
Now let’s talk about Wednesday. A trough / cold front moves inland in the morning. That’s the timing as of now, and that’s the timing we like to see. High pressure builds offshore behind it. The day starts with 20-23ish from Viento to Arlington with less at Stevenson. Wait a bit for 28-32 from Mosier to Rufus late morning with 25-29 from Viento to Hood River and 20-23 at Stevenson. Models like the idea of clouds pushing as far east as Hood River (or beyond?) in the afternoon. This knocks the wind down to gusty 20-25 under the clouds and ups the thermal gradient across the PNW. 30-33 readings on the iWind/iKite sensors seems possible from Mosier to Threemile with 27-31 at Boardman. It’s worth noting that this forecast leans heavily on the GFS. The Euro ensembles are now running about 3-5mph less than the GFS. Either way, we should see a day of solid, strong wind.
We’re back to light/variable conditions for Thursday. Friday: probably upper teens near Swell. Models generally have west wind Saturday through Monday, but they’re all over the map on wind strength and location. So, let’s leave it there for now. Make sure you are well-rested for Wednesday, and I’ll see you on the Nch’i Wana!
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JONES BEACH, SAUVIE ISLAND, & COAST FORECAST
Wind northerly unless otherwise indicated. For coast, it’s North/Central/South with the “central” at approximately Florence. Swell forecast from NWS for central coast. Monday: 20/20-25/30-35, W swell 4′ at 10 seconds. Tuesday: 10-15/10-15/20-25, W 6′ @ 12. Wednesday: NW10/N10/N20, W 7′ @ 12. Jones Monday: LTW. Tuesday: 10-13. Wednesday: LTW. Sauvie Island Monday: 10-13. Tuesday: LTE. Wednesday: N 5-10.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Clear sky this morning adds a few high clouds this afternoon. Temps start in the upper 30s and rise to the mid 70s. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Tuesday will be mostly clear then partly high overcast. Temps start in the mid 40s and rise to the upper 70s. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Wednesday will be partly cloudy in the morning and cloudy in the afternoon. Temps start in the upper 40s and rise to the mid 70s. Moderate westerlies early. Strong westerlies for the rest of the day. No rainbows.
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HYPERLOCAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE COLUMBIA GORGE
THE DALLES, HOOD RIVER, WHITE SALMON, TROUT LAKE, STEVENSON, CASCADE LOCKS, PARKDALE, ODELL, HUSUM, BZ, MILL A, WILLARD, GOLDENDALE, RUFUS, ARLINGTON, boardman
Good morning, neighbors! Ah, what a glorious day we have on tap. We’ll be running about 10 degrees above normal through Saturday, and then we’ll drop to normal weather (mid 60s) for a while. Next chance of precip east of Cascade Locks is not until late next weekend, and even then, the chances are minimal. Want to know how unseasonably warm it’s been? All you have to do is look in my garden, where the volunteer tomatoes are 2” tall and the volunteer sunflowers are 6-8” tall. This is unheard of for early May. My Lord (the landowner – I am the serf) planted his first round of corn yesterday. But wait… we’re supposed to talk about weather not medieval land use dynamics…
glenwood and friends
Let’s say hello to Glenwood, where it’s 28 degrees this morning. Also on the Sub side of freezing: Centerville (31F), Steele Road (31F), Trout Creek Ridge Road (31F), Middle Valley (30F), and Trout Lake (28F). On the Dom side of freezing: pretty much everywhere else with an inversion making the higher hills (such as Middle Mountain and Sevenmile) in the low 40s. If you’re a Switch, you’re not included in this discussion, although perhaps 32F can be Switch, in which case several locations meet the criteria. Next chance of frost is Thursday morning when temps at elevation cool and the wind goes calm.
monday’s gorge weather
So, Monday. Fucking beautiful: 74-79 degrees in the lowlands with east wind at 5-10mph this afternoon. A few high clouds this evening add color to the sunset. East wind picks up in the hills overnight. We care because this minimizes the frost potential and also messes with orchard spraying. Other Tuesday news: high clouds slowly filter in from the west during the day. Easterlies max out midday at 15-20mph near Iwash and Stevenson with 10mph east of Viento. Hills: 20mph easterlies in the morning and 10mph in the afternoon. Temps max out in the upper 70s to low 80s.
wednesday’s gorge weather
More interesting weather is forecast on Wednesday as a weak system moves inland. This brings a bit of drizzle west of Cascade Locks in the afternoon (maybe) and pushes clouds at least as far east as Hood River late in the day. The combo of the incoming cool air and desert heat brings west wind at 30+ mph all the way east to Boardman. This causes an influx of Wind Johnnies and a rise in the general excitement level in the Gorge as Wind Johnny stoke goes off the charts. Johnny or not, let’s all be very cautious with spark-causing objects and also with flames. An early season wildfire is on nobody’s happy bingo card. High temp: 75F or so.
thursday and beyond
Cooler (mid 60s), light wind weather is in the cards for Thursday. We’re back to warm and potentially breezy conditions for Friday and Saturday. This is followed by cooler, maybe showery weather late next weekend into early next week, but models are not 100% on us getting any precip at all. Unreasonably, unseasonably dry weather continues into the foreseeable future. One last thing: we completely missed World Naked Gardening Day on Saturday. There’s a rule that says if you miss it, you have to spend the rest of the season gardening naked. I look forward to seeing you, ALL OF YOU, out among your plants. Safe travels. -TATAS
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