GORGE WIND FORECAST
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Keep in mind that this forecast attempts to predict what the iKite/iWind sensors will read. Think like a local! All sensors are not equal. Swell reads low. Viento/Arlington/The Wall read high compared to Swell. 30mph at Rufus (The Wall sensor) is about 23-24mph at Swell. 30mph at Swell is about 35-37mph at Rufus/Viento/Arlington. Hope that helps!
SHORT-TERM gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! Nice to see you, ALL of you, on the Nch’i Wana yesterday. Goodness gracious was it crowded for late September! We have another westerly day on tap today, although an approaching weather system will make the wind gusty and unreliable. Starting Wednesday, high pressure takes over and knocks the wind speed down; models are also having difficulties deciding whether it will be just windy enough or not windy at all.
Tuesday started with enough gradient to make it windy: 30.03/29.95/29.89. Westerlies were generally running 10-13mph all the way from Viento to Threemile at daybreak. It appears that areas west of The Dalles will stay at 13-16mph (less at times) today. Better chances of stronger wind exist east of The Dalles.
Models suggest 22-25mph from Avery to Threemile after 11am with a slight chance of a little more and about 30% chance of 20-23mph instead of 22-25mph. A frontal system moving inland will make the wind extra gusty. River flow over the last 24 hours was 75-107kcfs, river temp is 65.5F, and high temp forecast is 67F in Hood River and 75F in the desert.
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
LONGER-TERM gorge wind forecast
Wednesday brings a bit of uncertainty. Some models keep the wind calm. Others give us light to moderate westerlies. I’ll take a guess: light wind, under 10mph to start. Westerlies at 13-16mph from Stevenson to Hood River from 11am on. High temp: 72 degrees in Hood River.
Thursday brings light and variable wind. I should not that about 10% of the Euro ensemble members bring upper teens to the Corridor (Viento to Hood River). High temp: 75 degrees. Similar likelihood of wind is present for Friday. On Saturday, we’re expecting easterlies at 25-30mph at the usual east wind spots – Stevenson, Home Valley, Viento, and Iwash/Rooster. Some sort of east wind, probably lighter, is likely to persist into Sunday. That’s what I’ve got for you today. See you on the Nch’i Wana soon!
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JONES BEACH, SAUVIE ISLAND, & COAST FORECAST
Wind northerly unless otherwise indicated. For coast, it’s North/Central/South with the “central” at approximately Florence. Swell forecast from NWS for central coast. Jones: westerly unless otherwise stated. Sauvie Island: northerly unless otherwise stated.
Coast Tuesday: WSW10-15/LTV/N20-25, NW swell 7′ @ 14 seconds. Wednesday: N15/N15/N25-30, NW 6′ @ 12. Thursday: LTV/LTNW/N25-30, NW 5′ @ 10. Jones Tuesday: LTV. Wednesday: LTW. Thursday: LTV. Sauvie Island Tuesday: LTV. Wednesday: 9-12. Thursday: 10-13.
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy today. Temps start in the upper 50s and rise to the upper 60s. Moderate westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows. Wednesday will be cloudy then mostly clear. Temps start in the low 50s and rise to the low 70s. Calm wind or light westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be mostly clear with some high clouds. Temps start in the upper 40s and rise to the mid 70s. Light and variable wind. No rainbows.
BIKE TRAILS INFO
NEXT WORK PARTY: October 25th and November 8th in Post Canyon with the HRATS.
CLOSED TRAILS: Anything south of the 44 Road due to the Grasshopper Fire / Forest Closure Order: for example – Boulder Lakes, Gunsight, Gumjuwac, Lookout Mountain, 450, Fifteenmile.
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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! It’s a cloudy start to the day in Hood River and many other places in the Gorge. Thanks to a dissipating cold front, we’ll have clouds much of the day west of Mosier and even some drizzle west of Wyeth. Today’s rain will likely be all she wrote for rain for the next couple of weeks – we’re expecting dry, mostly-sunny weather and above-normal temps as we move into the deeper forecast future.
Fun stuff to start the day: Glenwood was 55 degrees this morning (thanks, clouds and breeze), 27 degrees warmer than it was yesterday. Wow! The next overnight bridge closure was canceled as the contractor rescheduled the bridge coating. They’re gloating right now, as they’re currently boating. Elsewhere in the country, as you can see from the graphic, there are a lot of dicks. Flood watch dick and thunderstorm potential dick have erected themselves.
For the rest of today, we’ll have clouds west of Lyle, drizzle west of Cascade Locks, and west wind at 15-20mph ish all the way from Stevenson to Boardman. The western Gorge drizzle ends around 2pm, but it returns between 8pm and 11pm as far east as Cascade Locks. Highs range from 64 in Stevenson to six-seven in Hood River, 75 in The Dalles, and 77 in Pasco.
Overnight, temps fall to 45-55 degrees. We start Wednesday cloudy west of Mosier and east of Arlington’s triangle with mostly clear sky between Mosier and Arlington. Wind will be calm to light westerly as a low offshore prevents any significant onshore gradients from manifesting. Highs: 71-77.
On Thursday, we’ll have mostly clear sky and a 40-55 degree start. A few high clouds linger, but they won’t have much impact. High temps: 73/74/78/75 with light/variable wind. Friday looks a little warmer but otherwise similar. High temps will be 75-80. On Saturday, warm, dry, sunny weather persists along with a switch to east wind. Easterlies will be strongest near Iwash (dick) Rock and Stevenson: 25-30mph. Warm, sunny weather is likely to persist well into next week. Wow. Safe travels. -TATAS
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