Tuesday: last chance for wind for a few days!

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Upper level flow turns more southerly this week, a departure from our standard-variety westerly onshore flow. Causing this, in part, is an inland ridge building westward. This takes the westerlies into the “light” zone for a few days and drives the temps upwards into the 95+ region for four to five days. Stronger westerlies return on Saturday if everything pans out as currently forecast.

Looking at Tuesday, we’ve got a low moving around offshore and a threatening high trying to push into our zone from the landlocked parts of the nation. A weak weather impulse is moving through – you can see the results in a line of weak thundershowers on the radar. That impulse will downgrade wind quality. Gradients started at 0.12 (pdx-dls) and 0.04 (dls-psc). Expect early morning westerlies in the 21-24 range from Viento to Moiser with 12-15 east to Arlington and 5-10 at Stevenson. We’ll see a few hours of gusty 21-24 from Viento to Mosier mid-morning through late morning or early afternoon. The wind then drops to 16-19 and fills in from Stevenson to The Dalles. East of there, the wind picks up late afternoon to 13-16 out to Arlington. River flow is 116kcfs, river temp is 70F, and high temp forecast is 87F for Hood River.

High pressure and heat really starts to push westward on Wednesday. Gradients remain onshore, barely. Dawn Patrol wind will be just 8-11 from Viento to Swell with 5-10 at Stevenson and east of Swell to Arlington. Don’t be surprised if the river goes glassy mid-morning for a bit. Also don’t be surprised if your forecaster takes the day off (ha!). A period of 11-14 from Stevenson to Swell (8-11 to Doug’s) is likely in the afternoon. Late day: maybe 14-17 from Hood River to Rowena if we’re lucky. High temp: 92F.

Hot weather returns on Thursday: temps are headed for the upper 90’s in the Corridor. Light and variable wind starts the day, light westerlies (5-10 or less) are the forecast most of the day, and evening wind could hit 10-13 from Stevenson to Hood River. Eastern Gorge: light and variable all day. Friday looks light and variable with a high temp near 100. The GFS 12k likes the idea of stronger wind (20+, minimum) returning on Saturday as onshore flow returns and drops temps on the west side. East side: 100+. Combine that with strong, stable offshore high pressure for high probability wind. One thing worth noting – there’s a non-zero chance of elevated thunder and lightning all week through the weekend. Stay safe!  

Coast, Jones, Coast

Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Tuesday: 10-15/15-20/20-25+, SW swell 1′ at 15 seconds. Wednesday: 15-20/15-20+/LTV, SW 1′ @ 14. Thursday: 20-25/15-20/20-25?, SW 1′ @ 13. Jones Tuesday: 13-16. Wednesday: 11-14. Thursday: 11-14. Sauvie’s Tuesday: 10-13. Wednesday: 8-11. Thursday: 11-14.  

Mt. Hood Weather forecast

On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.  

Hood River Weather Forecast

High clouds stick around for much of the day today. Temps will be in the upper 60’s early and upper 80’s later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday starts with high clouds and ends partly cloudy or mostly clear. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and low 90’s later. Light westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be mostly clear with some high clouds. temps will be in the mid to upper 60’s early and upper 90’s later. Light and variable wind early. Light westerlies later. No 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

SDS (Whoopdee, Underwood), BLC, HFM, DGS, and Kreps Land (Hospital Hill) are now closed until the end of fire season. It is also vital that people respect this closure to maintain positive relationships between the landowners and trail users. DNR land in Eastern Washington (Buck Creek / Nestor Peak) is all closed to recreation due to fire danger.

Open trails: Post, Falls Creek, Lewis River, Sandy Ridge, Columbia Hills, Gorge 400, Plains of Abraham / Ape Canyon. 44 Road: Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Dog River, Superconnector, Cedar, Knebal, Cooks Meadows, 450 to the top, Gunsight, Underhill. Siouxon and Huffman Peak are “temporarily closed” due to wildfire last year.

Maple Road in Post Canyon is closed. DO NOT drive past the closed signs. If you do so, you will jeopardize TRAIL access for the entire summer. This is the road that runs to the west, just north of the Binns/Riorden intersection. Also, the trail from the bottom of Post Canyon to Seven Streams Staging Area is now closed. It’s on private land. Respect the closure.  

Local Events

The Hood River County Fair runs through Saturday. Cheno’s workout is every Saturday at 10am at the Ferment Lawn in Hood River ($10).

IFPL 3 restrictions west of Highway 35 (source: Hood River County email) went into effect on 7/16. No more motorized use in Post Canyon trails. Mountain View Cycles women’s ride is every Thursday, bottom of Post at 5:30pm. They have an all-genders ride at 6pm on Wednesday, end of the pavement on Post Canyon Road. Their shop road ride leaves at 9am on Saturday for a 2 hour ride. Dirty Fingers has the Post n’ Pint on Thursday evenings at 5:30pm from the shop. They also have the women’s Post n’ Pinot Wednesday evening at 5:30pm from the shop. Oregon E-Bikes has ladies’ rides at 7:30am Sunday and Monday. The Small Boat Group does paddles every Thursday evening at 6pm at the Hatchery.

Other weekly events. Tuesday night there’s meditation with the Pacific Hermitage Monks at 5:15 (1 hour) and 6:30 (30 minutes followed by a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. Triathlon practice with the Tri Club is Tuesday at 6pm at West Mayer State Park. Sailboat races happen Wednesday night from the Hood River Marina. There are also lesser races on Friday nights.  

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