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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 | 13-16 | 13-16 | 20-23 | 20-23 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 13-16 | 16-20 | 24-27 | G 24-27 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 13-16 | 16-20 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
| Rufus, etc. | too much | current | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 20-24 | 20-24 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Well, I’m not sure what happened yesterday. Everything was in place for a big day, all day long. The only thing I can think of is that upper-level northerly flow may have had an impact. Well, there is one more thing I can think of: weather is inherently difficult to predict! Anyway, on to today…
We have a weak weather system moving through this morning (hence the high clouds). Gradients at 7am were .14 (pdx-dls) and .04 (dls-psc). River temp is 57 degrees and flow is 474kcfs. With gradients this strong, the wind should be strong, but the day started off with 20-26 out east and 13-16 in the west. It does look like the wind will build to 24-27 midday from Stevenson (or maybe Viento, depending on clouds) to Rufus, filling in to Arlington after 2pm.
Low pressure inland knocks down the gradients on Wednesday. Models disagree on the wind. The GFS likes 10-13 in the morning and no wind in the afternoon. The Euro likes 18-22 or so in the afternoon. The GFS doesn’t handle this setup all that well, so let’s try 10-13 in the morning from Viento to Mosier and 13-16 in the afternoon from Viento to Mosier.
A whole mess of weather systems impact the region on Thursday. That will make the wind gusty, but strong high pressure offshore should make those gusts really big! Let’s call it 20-24 from Viento to Arlington in the morning with 25-29 from Viento to Arlington in the afternoon.
BONUS: Jones Tuesday: 20-24. Wednesday: 18-22. Thursday: 5-10. Sauvie’s Tuesday: 14-17. Wednesday: 12-15. Thursday: 9-12. Coast (north/central/south). Tuesday: 20-25/25-30/35+, W swell 7′ at 9 seconds. Wednesday: 20-25/20-25/30+, NW swell 5′ @ 8 seconds. Thursday: LTW/LTW/N 5-10, W 5′ @ 9.
Random Morning Thoughts
The random morning thoughts are currently on vacation!
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
For Tuesday, Mt. Hood will see a few high clouds. Free air freezing level (FAF) 10,000′ this morning dropping to 7000′ after midnight. Wind SW 10-15 during the day and W 5 after midnight. Wednesday looks clear with clouds late in the day or evening. FAF: 7000′ early and 8000′ in the afternoon and evening. Wind: W 5 early, NW 10 int eh afternoon, variable to 10 after midnight. Thursday looks cloudy with a few sprinkles or flurries possible. Snow level 8000′ early, 6000′ in the afternoon and briefly as low as 4000′ after midnight. Wind: NW 10-15.
Gorge Weather Forecast
We have some high clouds today, and that’s how it’ll be. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 70’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. NO rainbows. Wednesday looks similar – some high clouds. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 70’s later. Light to moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday looks cloudy. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 60’s later. Strong west wind. 2% chance of rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Week
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Road and Mountain Biking
The Forest Loop road bike ride in the woods above Trout Lake is open which completes the opening of our road rides. Knebal, Eightmile and Surveyor’s are open. Fifteenmile is not. Lewis River is open. Hospital Hill has cows on it, so there are no dogs allowed at this time. The ticks are horrendous over there right now – expect to get bitten if you ride there. Deet is your friend. Wednesday is the women’s Post n’ Pinot ride at Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Mountain View has a mountain bike ride at 5pm on Thursday, and the Post n’ Pint ride is Thursday at Dirty Fingers at 5:30.
Upcoming Events
Today’s community events include three meditation groups: 6:15 and noon at Trinity Natural Medicine and 6:30 tonight with the monks from Pacific Hermitage at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. There’s yoga at 5:30 at HAVEN in The Dalles and a women’s self-defense class at 6 at First Light in Hood River.
Tomorrow’s community events include free yoga, Zumba, Tai Chi, women’s mountain biking, and meditation. On Friday and Saturday, Trailkeepers of Oregon has work parties on the Wygant trail – you can find more info on Facebook.
This weekend is the White Salmon Riverfest, kicking off with the Wild and Scenic Film Festival in Husum on Friday night. The Green Truss extreme kayaking race is Saturday, and the annual locals-only, $30 raft trip is Sunday with reservations through Wet Planet Whitewater.
Click here for the full events calendar.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
