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Gorge Wind Forecast

Today’s advice is to wait until the river is less than 300kcfs before paddling from Viento to Hood River! That was hard, hard, hard yesterday! Moving on to the forecast… High pressure builds inland today and returns us to the doldrums. Offshore troughiness on Wednesday and a offshore low on Thursday give us a couple days of rather unreliable westerlies. As a matter of fact, this unseasonably active weather looks to continue through the beginning of next week, and that means our westerlies will be spotty.

Looking at Tuesday, we have high pressure building all across the land. Light gradients started the day: 0.03 (pdx to dls) and 0.01E (dls-psc). So, we’re definitely not heading to the desert for wind! Light and variable wind starts the day. Midday, we’ll have E 10-15 between Stevenson and Viento with light easterlies at Rooster and E 5-10 east of The Dalles. Models suggest the wind will go totally calm after 5pm. River flow is reading 260-315kcfs depending on where I look this morning. River temp is 53F. High temp forecast is 75F.

Wednesday will be a great day to get in the river: it’ll be warm and muggy with just enough evening wind for you to do something on the river. Thank goodness for foils! Unless thunderstorms kick in. Then the evening won’t be reliable enough for wind sports. The day starts with light easterlies. Those hold until noon or so. Afternoon and early evening wind, should the thunder hold off, could be as strong as (gusty) 14-17 from Stevenson to Mosier with 11-14 from Lyle to Doug’s and light and variable wind east of The Dalles. Again, no promises: surface based instability really wreaks havoc on the wind. High temp: 75-80 depending on the clouds.

A stronger low pressure system approaches the Oregon coast on Thursday. That’s never a great recipe for wind. That said, we’ll have some wind thanks to an approaching front offshore and low pressure in the desert. The day starts with 11-15ish from Stevenson to Rufus with light/variable wind at Arlington. Afternoon wind, should the thunderstorms hold off, could be as strong as 20-24 from Viento to Rufus with 10-13 at Stevenson and light wind in the far eastern desert. Don’t put too much stock in that 20-24 forecast. With significant instability predicted, it’s hard to know if it will happen. High temp: 75-80.

A frontal passage on Friday could give us a better shot of westerlies in the 20’s, but then it’s back to a series of offshore low pressure systems through Monday. Models currently predict significant rain for the weekend. Wow. Jun-uary is a go!  

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast

Coast forecast (north/central/south, waves). Swell forecast provided by NWS. Wind direction northerly unless otherwise noted. Tuesday: NW10-15/NW10-15/N25-30, W swell 2′ at 9 seconds. Wednesday: LTW/NW5-10/N15-20, W 3′ @ 9. Thursday: LTW/LTW/LTV, W 4′ @ 11. Jones Tuesday: 13-16. Wednesday: 17-21. Thursday: 17-21. Sauvie’s Tuesday: 7-10. Wednesday: 9-12. Thursday: nope.  

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – Back on vacation until next fallt

Hood River Weather Forecast

Mostly cloudy sky this morning turns mostly sunny later. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and mid 70’s later. Light and variable wind. No rainbows. Wednesday turns increasingly cloudy with a slight chance of thunder. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and mid to upper 70’s later. Muggy. Light east wind early. Moderate westerlies in the evening. 3% chance of rainbows. Thursday will be partly cloudy then cloudy with a good chance of thunder and showers. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and mid to upper 70’s later. Moderate westerlies 12% chance of 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.  

Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!

Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, you can get a donut and coffee for going for a run at Kickstand Coffee. The Small Boat paddlers have a group paddle at 6pm on Thursday at the Hatchery. Post and Pint happens Thursday evenings at 5:30 when Post is not too wet to ride. The women’s Post-and-Pinot ride is Wednesday evening at 5:30.  

Cycling

There was an event on 5/22 on Dog River trail, which suggests it may be open. That’s not confirmed. A good portion of the Eldorado Trail (below the intersection with Riorden Hills Road (near the top, below the clearcut) is closed starting today for at least the next few days. Do not enter that area for your safety. Courtney Road (the road that goes up above Syncline) is closed until October. Do not attempt to use it to access trails. Starting now, you will need a parking pass to park at Post Canyon. This money will support trails. Hospital Hill: cows are out – no dogs allowed. Underwood: do not enter areas that are closed due to logging operations.  

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