Tuesday: lots of rain and lots of wind

October 13, 2020

Tuesday: lots of rain and lots of wind

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The Forecast

Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Rooster Rock	rainy	day	buns	W24-27
Steven’s Locks	LTV	increasing	G24-28	G24-28
Swell-Hood River	LTV	increasing	G24-28	G24-28
Lyle to Doug’s	LTV	increasing	G24-28	G24-28
Rufus, etc.	LTV	increasing	G27-33+	G27-33+
Roosevelt & Arlington	LTV	increasing	G27-33+	G27-33+

Gorge Wind Forecast

A few hours of heavy rain with a cold front this morning is followed by strong and fast-building offshore high pressure. That’ll give us a period of strong, gusty westerlies today. Expect light and variable wind this morning. By noon or so, the wind picks up to gusty, showery 24-28 from Stevenson to Mosier with 27-33+ from The Dalles to Boardman, lasting into the evening. River flow is 77,200cfs and temp is 63 degrees. High temp Hood River: 64.

High pressure holds offshore on Wednesday. Models suggest westerlies at 10-13 in the west and 18-22 from The Dalles eastward. Given the strength of the Pacific High, 1035mb, the wind will likely beat the forecasts. Let’s call it showery 13-16 in the west and sunny 21-25 east of The Dalles. High temp: 61.

Inland high pressure takes over on Thursday. East wind returns, but possibly just for a day. Expect max easterlies at 20-25 from Rooster to Stevenson late morning through early afternoon. As of right now, Friday looks to start with easterlies and switch to mid-20’s westerlies as offshore high pressure rebuilds. After that: lots of disagreement in the models.

Coast, Jones, Sauvie’s

Daily forecast is done for the season. May return intermittently.

Hood River Weather Forecast

Heavy rain falls Tuesday morning and turns to showers in the afternoon. Temps will be near 50 early and in the mid 60’s later. Strong westerlies. 99.9% chance of rainbows. Wednesday will be sprinkly through early afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and near 60 later. Moderate westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Thursday looks dry. Well have low clouds and/or Nothing early and sunshine later. Temps will be near 40 early and in the low to mid 60’s in the afternoon. Light easterlies. 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

10/11: Westside motorized use has reopened. Enjoy the company of dirt bikes in Post! Kreps lands have reopened per their FB page. Hood River County lands have reopened. 0.8” rain fell on Saturday, 10/10 in Hood River. Mt. Hood National Forest: some areas have reopened. Expect many downed trees. Check their website for details. Syncline/Coyote Wall: reopened. SDS and BLC lands: open. Snow fell on trails above 5000′ on Saturday night, but that should be washed away by Tuesday afternoon.

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Local Events

Weekly events: The Kainos Coffee run happens in The Dalles every Tuesday morning at 6am. There are sailboat races at the Hood River Marina every Wednesday evening. Dirty Fingers has a group mountain bike ride Thursday nights at 5:30pm. The small boat group has a friendly and distanced paddle on, I believe, Thursday nights. Cheno has an outdoor HIIT workout at Griffin House in Hood River at 6pm on Wednesday nights. It appears there is also some sort of sailboat regatta every Friday night. That’s pretty much it for outdoor sports. There is a BLM rally every Tuesday evening at 5:30 at the Salmon Fountain in Hood River, and there’s a White Coats for BLM rally every Wednesday evening at 6pm at 12th and May. Have an awesome day!

Temira

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