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GORGE WIND FORECAST – IF YOU’RE SEEING YESTERDAY’S, TRY OPENING THIS IN A PRIVATE BROWSER WINDOW

today’s gorge wind forecast

Hi friends! I’m looking out my window this morning, and there are already whitecaps on the river. We’ll have westerlies today, Wednesday, and Thursday. That’s followed by a possible rest day on Friday as heat re-establishes itself. Friday’s rest day is (probably – lots of uncertainty in the Gorge wind forecast ensembles) followed by westerlies for the weekend as the desert really heats up and the west side holds around 90 degrees.

Looking at Tuesday morning, we see pressures of 29.98/29.91/29.89 for gradients of 0.07 (PDX-DLS) and 0.02 (DLS-PSC). The Gorge and the metro area both started the day clear. On top of that, we have a couple of weather systems approaching – one from the north and one down south. With all this movement, the wind is likely to be a bit fickle today. By mid-morning, we’ll have 19-22 from Viento to Hood River. Stevenson and Mosier won’t be far behind – they’ll join at 19-22 this morning as well. Models suggest 21-24 from Stevenson to Mosier late morning. Up next: the midday lull at the Hatch – westerlies likely drop to 16-19 there for a bit.

We then start to see more influence from these approaching systems; if the timing is right, cooler air will push into the metro area this evening and aid our temp gradient. If that works out, we’ll have gusty 22-25 from Stevenson to Mosier with the Hatch at gusty 18-21. Between Lyle and Avery, westerlies rise to gusty 24-27 by 5pm. If that cooler air can make it to the metro area before sunset, the Executive Session (after 5pm) will shine with gusty 26-29 from Mosier to Arlington. Not only that, but the cool air on the west side could stabilize things enough for 25-28 from Stevenson to Swell. Fingers crossed! River flow over the last 24 hours was 95-157kcfs, river temp is 68.5F, and high temp forecast is 91F for Hood River and 97F for Arlington.

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tomorrow’s gorge wind forecast

Deep marine clouds stack up against the Cascades on Wednesday morning. They may push past Hood River. We start with gusty 17-21 between Stevenson and Doug’s with 25-28 from Avery to Arlington. Westerlies quickly build to 28-32+ from Lyle to Arlington late morning. Threemile joins at 28-32 in the afternoon, and Boardman rises to 25-28. Models suggest two competing outcomes: lingering clouds west of Mosier and increasing wind west of Mosier. If the clouds burn back enough, we’ll see Stevenson-Mosier rise to gusty 22-27 in the afternoon. If not, the wind will be lighter but still very up-and-down. High temp: 79F for Hood River and 86F for Arlington.

extended Gorge wind forecast

Some marine clouds are likely on the west side on Thursday. In addition, we’ll have building offshore high pressure. At a minimum, we should see 19-22 from Stevenson to Mosier in the afternoon with 13-16 from Lyle to Doug’s. East of there: light wind. If the marine clouds over-perform, so will the wind. Fingers crossed! As of this morning, Friday’s looking like a light wind day for the Gorge. Better options: Jones Beach, Sauvie Island, and the coast, which will be windy all the way from Oceanside to Pistol River.

Looking at the weekend, we see a ton of range in the possible high temps and thus the wind speed. It does look like the temp gradient will be onshore, which would give us west wind. This morning’s ensembles look better than yesterday’s in terms of our weekend wind. As of now, I’d say pencil it in, because 90% of the ensembles are calling for 17-20+, and many have stronger wind in the cards. All right. That seems like enough for today. Have a great day on the river!

BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST

Clear sky all day. Temp start in the upper 60s and rise to the lo w90s. Moderately strong westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday will be partly to mostly cloudy. Temps start in the low 60s and rise to the upper 70s. Moderately strong westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be partly cloudy then clear. Temps start near 60 and rise to 80. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows.