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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | too | cold | hot dog | buns only | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 5-10 | G 16-19 | G 19-23 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 5-10 | 5-10 | G 19-23 | G 19-23 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 5-10 | 5-10 | G 19-23 | G 19-23 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
The wind forecast for the latter half of this week remains tricky with several weather systems impacting the area. For Tuesday, the far northwestern reaches of Oregon will be clipped by a weak front. That will help keep a temperature (and thus pressure) gradient going. We’ll have westerlies at 5-10 through the whole Gorge this morning. In the afternoon, you can expect gusty 18-23 from Stevenson to The Dalles, with the strongest wind likely to be found at Stevenson, Viento, and Hood River. River flow today is 313kcfs (strong, but good near Rufus) and river temp is 58 degrees.
High pressure builds inland on Wednesday. Calm wind lasts through 11am. As the desert heats, we’ll see the wind eventually pick up to 18-22 late in the day from Stevenson to Mosier. If less wind is find, you’ll find it first at Stevenson starting around 1pm, slowly moving westward and building in strength as the day goes on.
On Thursday, stronger, but very gusty and hard-to-predict westerlies return ahead of an approaching frontal system set to arrive Friday. Given the last few similar days, I’m going to knock some speed off the models and add some range. The day starts with Dawn Patrol at 20-25 from Stevenson to The Dalles. In the afternoon, the wind builds to gusty 23-29 from Stevenson to Arlington. Strongest locations will probably be Hood River, Doug’s, Avery, and Rufus.
A cold front moves inland on Friday. As of right now, the wind looks like it’ll be in the teens. Predicting the weekend is particularly difficult right now due to near-certain rain in the forecast. If it’s windy (and models do say we’ll see mid 20’s or more), you’ll have to head east of The Dalles to get out of the rain and clouds and into the wind.
BONUS: Jones Tuesday: 10-13. Wednesday: 18-22. Thursday: 5-10. Sauvie’s Tuesday: X. Wednesday: 12-15 late. Thursday: X. Coast: not really anything for the next three days. W swell 4′ at 8 seconds Tuesday, 7′ @ 11 Wednesday, 6′ @ 11 Thursday.
Random Morning Thoughts
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Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Tuesday looks clear with some high clouds possible. Free air freezing level (FAF) 7000′ this morning and 10,000′ this afternoon and 12,000′ overnight. Wind will be SW 15-25 during the day and SW 10 overnight. Wednesday looks clear. FAF: 12,000′. Wind: SW 10-15 rising to SSW 20 overnight. Thursday: clear early, increasing high clouds late. FAF: 11,000′. Wind: SSW 20-25 during the day and SW 10 overnight. This weekend looks rainy on Saturday and windy and snowy on Sunday.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s clear by a bit hazy this morning and we might see a few high clouds later. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and mid 70’s this afternoon. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday looks sunny. Temps will be near 50 early and near 80 later. Calm wind most of the day. Moderate westerlies later. No rainbows. Thursday will probably have high clouds. Temps will be near 50 early and in the upper 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Clouds move in Friday with rain starting around 8pm and continuing on-and-off through the weekend. 99% chance of rainbows starting Saturday morning.
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White Sprinter Van of the Week
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Road and Mountain Biking
All the road bike rides are open. There is a work party on Surveyor’s Ridge on Saturday. Meet at Little John snopark at 9am. 450, Fifteenmile, and High Prairie remain closed. No word on Huffman Peak. Falls Creek is open top to bottom.
Upcoming Events
You can start your day today with sunrise moving meditation at 6:15 at Trinity Natural Medicine. There’s free yoga at HAVEN tonight at 5:30, a women’s self-defense class at First light at 6. There’s meditation with the Pacific Hermitage monks at 6:30 at Samadhi. The Skylight Theatre is hosting the Big Mountains Big Waves slideshow by Richard Hallman tonight at 6pm. This is a benefit for local snowboarder and instructor Kyle Skutch. The Hood River County Recreation Trails committee meeting is Wednesday night at 5pm at the OSU extension office in Hood River.
This week, all week long, is the rebuild of the Children’s Park in Hood River. You can sign up to swing a hammer, loan tools, or donate money at the city of Hood River’s website. This weekend’s events include a trail work party on Surveyor’s Ridge – that meets Saturday at 9am at Little John. There’s a free half-day meditation retreat at Yoga Samadhi on Saturday from 1-5.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
