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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | careful: | sun | burns | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | light | light | 5-8 | 5-8 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | light | light | light | 5-8 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | light | light | light | light | |
| Rufus, etc. | light | light | light | light | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | light | light | light | light | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Westerlies are finally taking a day off, but they’ll be back tomorrow. For Tuesday, expect light and variable wind early and W 5-10 this afternoon. It’s even possible the wind will stay less than 5mph all day long. River temp is 55 degrees and flow is 513kcfs.
Westerly flow increases on Wednesday, driven by cooler air and an afternoon marine push associated with an offshore low. This low will also lead to atmospheric instability in the afternoon, which we all know isn’t a great setup for wind. That said, we’ll start the day with 12-15 from Viento to Hood River. In the afternoon, we’ll have gusty 22-26 from Stevenson to The Dalles, likely strongest at Stevenson, Viento, and the Event Site.
Thursday sees the marine layer deepen. Thursday also sees atmospheric instability and thunderstorms (or at least thunderheads) to the south and east of Hood River. We might even see rain Thursday overnight. With all that in play, the wind is a bit difficult to predict, and will likely be unreliable. For now, let’s call it 16-19 from Viento to Mosier in the morning with 10-13 east of Mosier. In the afternoon, we’ll have gusty 21-26 from Viento to The Dalles. Stevenson may stay cloudy, which would lead to less wind there, and an upper low over the Columbia Basin may shut down the wind east of The Dalles.
Friday is also a big tricky, but the current forecast is 25-29. Saturday sees the atmosphere stabilize under strong westerly flow. Models agree on 30-35 Saturday. Models disagree on Sunday with 30-35 for the GFS and 20-25 for the ECMWF.
BONUS: Jones Tuesday: 21-24. Jones Wednesday: 23-26. Jones Thursday: 20-23. Sauvie’s Tuesday: 5-10. Wednesday: 13-16 late. Thursday: 10-13. Coast (north/central/south). Tuesday: 15-20/15-20/20-25, W swell 4′ @ 9 seconds. Wednesday: 10-15/light/not, W 6′ @ 11. Thursday: 5-10/light/not, W 7′ @ 11.
Random Morning Thoughts
The random morning thoughts are currently on vacation!
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Tuesday will be sunny. Free air freezing level (FAF) 12,000′-13,000′. Wind: E 5 early, NE 5 in the afternoon, light and variable overnight. Wednesday starts off clear and turns cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and rain overnight. Snow level: 12,000′. Wind: Light and variable early, NW 10 in the afternoon, SE 15 overnight. Thursday brings convective clouds and a chance of rain and thunder. Total precip: 1/10”+… depends on where thunderstorms go, and if they do go. Wind: SE 15 in the morning, S 5 in the afternoon, W 10 overnight.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s clear this morning, and it will stay that way. Temps will be near 50 early and in the mid 80’s this afternoon. Light west wind. No rainbows. Wednesday looks clear to start with convective clouds in the afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and mid 80’s in the afternoon. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday looks high overcast with convective clouds. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and low 80’s in the afternoon. Moderate westerlies. 5% chance of rainbows. There’s a good chance of rain and/or thunder Thursday night into Friday.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Nothing new to report: Knebal, Eightmile and Surveyor’s are open. Lewis River is open. Hospital Hill has cows on it, so there are no dogs allowed at this time. The ticks are horrendous over there right now – expect to get bitten if you ride there. The Sisters Stampede is Sunday. Wednesday is the women’s Post n’ Pinot ride at Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Mountain View has a mountain bike ride at 5pm on Thursday, and the Post n’ Pint ride is Thursday at Dirty Fingers at 5:30.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events start with sunrise moving meditation at Trinity Natural Medicine at 6:15 followed by another round of meditation at noon. If that’s not enough for you, there’s meditation with the Pacific Hermitage monks at Yoga Samadhi tonight at 6:30. There’s also free yoga at HAVEN in The Dalles at 5:30 tonight and a women’s self-defense Class at First Light at 6. Tomorrow night’s highlight is the all-levels women’s Post n’ Pinot bike ride at Dirty fingers, earning you a free drink for completing the ride.
Coming up this weekend, ODFW has a free women’s learn to fish clinic at Glen Otto Park on Saturday. The Rufus Catfish Derby is this weekend, and the Oregon Washington Border war runs Friday through Monday in Klickitat.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
