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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | closed | beach | clothed | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| Swell-Hood River | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| Rufus, etc. | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTV | LTV | LTV | LTV | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Great news: Washington state parks will reopen on May 5th, meaning that The Hatchery and Doug’s Beach will reopen. No word yet from the Army Corps (The Wall, Rufus, Roosevelt). No word yet from the Port of Hood River (Event Site), Oregon State Parks (Rowena, Viento). Mosier (Rock Creek) is open to residents of 97040 only. Again, please continue to practice “essential travel only” – sadly, windsports are not considered essential, even if you are having FOMO. Please don’t come to the Gorge to recreate.
Tuesday’s wind forecast: light and variable, all day long. River flow is 227kcfs and temp is 52 degrees. Wednesday starts with very light westerlies. By 8 to 9am, the wind picks up to 17-20 from Stevenson to The Dalles. By early afternoon, we’ll have 12-15 in the west (with drizzle) and gusty 27-31 from Rowena to Boardman. Thursday starts with W 10-13 everywhere. Afternoon wind picks up to gusty 24-27 from Avery to Threemile with 10-13 in the western Gorge. Friday currently looks light and variable.
Jones, Sauvie’s, and Coast forecast are on break to discourage travel.
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
All the mountains are closed, the forest is closed, and neither in-bounds nor out-of-bounds snowsports are available at this time. Some of you will be tempted to go out backcountry skiing. Take a look at this sobering article about a recent BC rescue and consider carefully if you want to put others at risk. Remember, Timberline, Skibowl, and Meadows are all closed to uphill traffic at this time. This is to comply with Kate Brown’s executive orders. It’s the law, folks. Obey it!
Weather for the mountain for Tuesday – partly cloudy with scattered sprinkles followed by light rain overnight. The snow level will be 10,000′ in the morning and 12,000′ in the afternoon and evening. Just a trace of rain falls during the day. Another trace falls overnight. Wind: WSW 15 in the morning, W 15 in the afternoon, and SSW 10-20 overnight.
Wednesday sees partly cloudy sky with a few scattered sprinkles in the morning. The sky clears above 6000′ in the afternoon and high clouds move in overnight. The snow level will be 12,000′ all day and will drop to 5000′ or so overnight. Wind: SSW 10-20 in the morning, WSW 30-35 in the afternoon, SW 20-30 overnight. Thursday brings high overcast sky and dry weather. The sky clears overnight. Freezing level: 5000′ all day falling to 4000′ overnight. Wind: SW 20-30 in the morning, W 20 in the afternoon, and SW 5-10 overnight. As of right now, Friday looks dry, Saturday looks rainy, and Sunday looks snowy.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy sky Tuesday morning turns increasingly high overcast. A few sprinkles could fall overnight, but probably won’t. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and low 70’s later. Light and variable wind. No rainbows. Wednesday looks partly cloudy with a little light rain possible (but not guaranteed) in the evening. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 70’s later. Muggy. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday sees a few scattered sprinkles under cloudy sky early. Afternoon: partly cloudy. Temps will be near 50 early and in the low 60’s later. Light west wind early. Moderate later. 78% chance of 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
Trails and roads on Hood River County land (Post Canyon, Pine Mont), will reopen for residents of Hood River County ONLY on April 28th. Staging and parking areas will remain closed. The Sheriff will be checking ID’s and issuing fines to trespassers; it is a class C misdemeanor with civil penalties for violating this “locals only” order. Other trails remain closed: SDS (Underwood, Whoopdee), and Kreps (Hospital Hill) lands. DNR land (Nestor) is closed per the DNR website and a little tiny sign at the bottom of the Nestor trail. USFS (44 Road trails, Syncline) are closed. State Parks (Columbia Hills, Twin Tunnels) are closed.
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