GORGE WIND FORECAST
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today’s gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! Active weather continues all weekend long and sets us up for three days of very gusty, unreliable, tricky-to-predict west wind. Best chance of strong west wind will be late Saturday as winds aloft downslope into the eastern Gorge. But maybe it will be too late for there to be light? Looking at the extended Gorge wind forecast, beyond the weekend, we have moderate easterlies likely Monday and Tuesday and potentially Wednesday.
Friday kicks off with pressures of 29.84/29.84/29.74, although I kinda suspect that the reading in The Dalles (the middle one) is off. Either way… Westerlies were under 10mph west of Rufus and 17-20mph from Arlington east to Threemile. Models suggest wind west of Lyle (or maybe west of The Dalles) will drop today as drizzle moves in this afternoon. Between Lyle (or Avery) and Arlington, the wind rises to gusty 22-25mph this afternoon. Threemile joins mid to late afternoon. It’s possible we could see a short burst of wind near Hood River prior to rain arriving this afternoon, but that’s low-probability. River flow over the last 24 hours was 80-117kcfs, river temp is 66.2F, and high temp forecast is 62F for Hood River and 70F out at Rufus.
RIVER FLOW FOR SITES BETWEEN AVERY (EAST OF THE DALLES) AND RUFUS: CLICK HERE FOR JOHN DAY DAM FLOW.
RIVER FLOW FOR SITES BETWEEN STEVENSON AND DOUG’S BEACH (WEST OF THE DALLES): CLICK HERE FOR THE DALLES DAM FLOW
tomorrow’s gorge wind forecast
Clouds stick around all day Saturday, and drizzle arrives in the afternoon. Not a great sign for wind. That said… the day starts calm. Areas west of Lyle stay under 15mph, perhaps under 10mph, thanks to clouds and incoming drizzle. Between Lyle and Threemile, we’ll see 17-20mph by late morning. Models are all over the place on the afternoon wind speed; NWS has a wind advisory posted for the eastern Gorge overnight, after dark. It appears, looking at the 850mb (5000′) wind model, that stronger wind aloft may arrive early enough to drive 25+ mph westerlies between Rufus and Arlington in the afternoon, but it’s far from guaranteed. High temp: 57F in Hood River and 64F in the desert.
extended Gorge wind forecast
Rainy, active, gusty-windy weather continues on Sunday. Models have areas west of Avery at less than 10mph to start. Between Avery and Threemile, the day starts with 18-21mph. Afternoon westerlies build to 24-27mph from Avery to Threemile and 10-13mph west of Avery. High temp: 55F in Hood River and 60F out in the desert. Brr!
A low pressure system offshore turns the wind easterly on Monday. This will result in widespread east wind at 15mph or so, subject to change. Light to moderate easterlies are likely on Tuesday. Models are all over the place on Wednesday, with some saying east wind and a few liking the idea of west wind. No way to make a forecast with that! Hopefully you can find some wind this weekend. Let me reiterate that whatever wind we get is likely to be exceptionally gusty, up-and-down, and subject to being accompanied by rain. Better than nothing, but also not the best setup. Still – HAVE FUN!!!
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JONES BEACH, SAUVIE ISLAND, & COAST FORECAST
CURRENTLY ON WINTER VACATION, BUT MAY SHOW UP RANDOMLY AS NEEDED.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Clouds this morning add drizzle this evening. Temps start in the upper 50s and rise to the low 60s. Light to moderate westerlies. 59% chance of rainbows. Saturday will be cloudy with drizzle in the afternoon. Temps start in the mid 40s and rise to the upper 50s. Calm wind early. Moderate west wind later. 88% chance of rainbows. Sunday will be drizzly. Temps start in the mid 40s and rise to the mid 50s. Snow level 5500′ falling to 4000′. Light westerlies. 96% chance of 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! The clouds you see this morning are a foreshadowing of the clouds you’ll see all weekend. Clouds and drizzle and even some mountain snow! By Monday, high temps will be below 60 degrees for all of us, whether we’re in Cascade Locks, The Dalles, the Arlington Triangle, or the little hamlet of Glenwood….
Glenwood this morning
…where it’s 46 degrees this morning and everyone is knitting kitty-cat hats on the porch. Those are not hats for cats. Nope. Those are hats in support of the rights of women to control their bodies, their money, their careers, their income, and their votes. People who aren’t knitting hats are sewing together inflatable costumes for the nightly dance party at 4310 S. Macadam Avenue in Portland. Because Glenwood is in Klickitat County, they are sewing up cougar and Sasquatch costumes to complement the growing pod of frogs.
Today’s Gorge weather forecast
In the rest of the Gorge today, people are sewing up clear, wind-proof, waterproof onesies for the Emergency World Naked Bike Ride. All these sewing machines going clickity-clack are rivaling the railroads and rumble strips for noise. But they’re doing nothing to keep us warm. After a very warm start (56F in Hood River), we’ll only max out in the low 60s (west), mid 60s (The Dalles), and mid 70s (the Desert). West wind rises to 10-15mph west of Lyle and 25mph from Lyle to Threemile Canyon. Rain moves in mid to late afternoon and extends as far east as Biggs with rain continuing in The Dalles through 10:47pm or so.
Saturday’s Gorge weather forecast
Saturday kicks off with drizzle west of Wyeth and also up in the WA hills – Trout Lake, Appleton, and maybe even Glenwood. That round of rain ends mid-morning, but another arrives mid-afternoon, eventually extending as far east as The Dalles and South Wasco County in the evening. Clouds: yes, all day long, everywhere. Wind: calm in the morning. Westerly at 20-25mph+ in the afternoon east of Mosier, potentially becoming stronger in the evening and overnight, when NWS has a wind advisory posted for the eastern Gorge and Simcoe Highlands and probably also in South Wasco and Sherman counties where downsloping off the Cascades will bring enough wind to send your rubbish bin on an eastward trajectory. Up in the Cascades, the snow level falls to 5000′ on Saturday with minimal accumulation at the passes.
Sunday’s Gorge weather forecast
Sunday bring lots of naked, hypothermic bike riders to war-ravaged Portland. Here in the Gorge, nudity is legal. Feel free to stage your own naked bike ride protest (maybe against the prohibition of bikes on the Hood River Bridge, where the speed limit of 15mph is under the capacity of many acoustic bike riders and most electric bikes). Drizzle falls all day west of Mosier, extends to Biggs mid-morning, to greater Idaho early afternoon, and to actual Idaho mid-afternoon. Widespread rain sticks around until midnight or so – the witching hour, when the witches come out and bless the planet. Temps on Sunday will be in the mid-40s early (snow level 5500′) and 55-60F later (snow level 4000′, and windy and snowy on Mt. Hood). Wind will be less than 15mph west of The Dalles all day and 25mph from The Dalles eastward to Threemile Canyon, where you will have to walk five hundred miles to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door. Whatever that means.
Extended Gorge weather forecast
Monday: if the sky clears, we’re likely to see a more widespread frost than we’ve seen so far. Warmer weather is forecast Tuesday and Wednesday, when model uncertainty starts to fall apart. That’s enough for now. I’ve got stuff to do. You probably do too. Safe travels. -TATAS
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MT HOOD SNOW FORECAST
CURRENTLY ON VACATION. WILL RETURN SOMETIME BEFORE THE START OF SKI SEASON AT MEADOWS, TIMBERLINE AND SKIBOWL. SAME GOES FOR THE NORDIC SKIING SEASON AT MEADOWS AND TEACUP!
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