Tuesday: a long stretch of west wind for the Gorge…

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Your favorite launch	dawn patrol	morning max	afternoon max	executive session
These are ranges for the average speed reading, not a predicted wind range. =)
Iwash (Rooster) Rock	partly	cloudy	buns are	pouty
Stevenson	LTW	10-13	17-20	20-23
Viento	12-15	16-19	14-17	14-17
Swell-Hood River	7-10	16-19	14-17	14-17
Lyle to Doug’s	7-10	11-14	17-20	20-23
Rufus, etc.	7-10	7-10	7-10	7-10
Roosevelt & Arlington	7-10	7-10	7-10	7-10
River flow last 24 hours: 152-171kcfs		River temp: 55.22F	High temp: 77F

Gorge Wind Forecast

Hi friends! Models have good agreement through Thursday – west wind every day. While there’s lesser agreement about the weekend (we’ll talk more in a bit), the pattern looks generally westerly through the beginning of next week Not just westerly. Between now and Thrusday, we’re expecting the kind of westerly that tends to be on the steadier side.

Tuesday starts with pressures of 30.16/30.09/30.06 for gradients of 0.07 and 0.03. With partly cloudy sky in the metro area and clear sky in the Gorge, the east will get a slight jump in heating over the west. West wind builds to 16-19 from Stevenson to Mosier late morning. Afternoon wind is probably going to drop to 14-17 from Viento to Hood River and rise to 20-23 at Stevenson and from Mosier to Doug’s. Avery may join for the executive session, but locations farther east will have minimal wind today. River flow over the last 24 hours was 152-171kcfs, river temp is 55.22F, and high temp forecast is 77F.

Wednesday’s setup will be very similar to today: strong offshore high pressure, NW flow, heat in the desert, quick clearing in the metro area. We start with 11-14 form Viento to Swell. The wind slowly builds to 19-22 from Stevenson to The Dalles and holds through sunset. High temp: 80F.

An approaching trough on Thursday pushes reinforcing cool air into the west side. As of this morning, the timing for this is mid-morning on Thursday. While the activity in the upper atmosphere can cause gusty conditions and unreliable wind at the Hatch, it’s likely we’ll see a burst of strong to very strong wind following a mid-teens start. Expect a few hours of 27-30 from Viento to Hood River mid-morning before the focus of the strongest, steadiest wind shifts eastward. As of this morning, the deterministic GFS gives us 30-33+ from Mosier to Threemile in the afternoon. The ensembles are slightly less optimistic, but still give us averages in the upper 20’s to low 30s.

Extended: model agreement starts to break down on Friday. About 20% call for sunnier, warmer, more ridge-y weather. The rest have a more active pattern. The differences are more about wind strength, steadiness, and location than about wind/no wind. So far, it’s looking decent for the Victoria Day holiday weekend. Have fun on the river!

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Jones, Sauvie Island, Oregon Coast

North/Central/South, waves (swell forecast provided by NWS). Wind forecast for the afternoon. Wind direction N unless otherwise noted. Tuesday: 20-25/25-30/35+, combined seas 9′ at 12 seconds. Wednesday: 20-25/25-30/30-35, W 3′ @ 11. Thursday: W10-15/N10-15/30-35, NW 5′ @ 9. Jones Tuesday: 12-15. Wednesday: 20-23. Thursday: 7-10. Sauvie Island Tuesday: 15-18. Wednesday: 15-18. Thursday: 11-14.

Mt. Hood Weather Forecast

Nothing other than spring skiing is in the forecast through Thursday, at least. The freezing level will be around 10,000′ or more for the period. If something changes, we’ll talk more.

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast Forecast – On vacation ‘til summer unless otherwise noted

Very basic Hood River weather forecast. Don’t plan your life around this. You really should read Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook

Clear sky this morning adds high clouds late and a pretty sunset. Temps start in the low 50s and rise to the upper 70s. Light west wind early. Moderate later. No rainbows. Wednesday starts with high clouds and eventually clears. Low 50s early. 80 degrees later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday starts mostly clear and ends sunny. Mid 50s early. Upper 70s later. Strong west wind. No rainbows.

Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!

There’s a work party for the new hike/horse/run trail in Post. Meet 5/25 at 9am at Family Man Staging Area. There’s a plant sale at Rockford Grange on 5/19. The Cascadia Dirt Cup is in Post Canyon June 1-2. There’s a weekly social for Wind Johnnies (The Gorge Wind Social) at Ferment Brewing every 3rd Monday this summer. The first is Monday, May 20th at 5:30pm.

The Columbia Gorge Junior Kayak Club offers free roll sessions (gear provided) for kids at the Hood River Pool every other Tuesday from 5:30 to 7pm. Visit their website for more deets: https://www.columbiagorgejuniorkayakclub.org/. Amayah’s offers a free meal every First Thursday from 1pm to 4pm. Regular weekly events:. NK Studio’s by-donation Tuesday morning yoga class is back. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. There’s meditation with monks at 5:15pm (an hour) and 6:30pm (30 minutes plus a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. The Tri Club is done for the season. 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. On Fridays at 2:30pm, there’s a free meditation and stretching class at Yoga Samadhi. On Saturday at 9am, there’s a by-donation outdoor group fitness on the 2rd floor deck about Ferment Brewing.

Cycling

Post, Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, Syncline, Columbia Hills, and Nestor are open. Cows are out on Hospital Hill. NO DOGS. That means you, all of you, even your dog that’s [insert adjective]. No dogs. Do not risk access for everyone. No parking at the corral. Whoopdee flowers are in full bloom. Hospital Hill and Syncline have ticks, oaks, and flowers. Columbia Hills is full of flowers and open to your bike. Definitely got a Tack Alert going on out there right now – lots of good dirt. It’s trail-building season. Get on the HRATS mailing list if you’d like to help out.