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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | E35-40 | E35-40 | E35-40 | E35-40 | |
| Steven’s Locks | E30-35 | E30-35 | E30-35 | E30-35 | |
| Swell-Hood River | E10-15 | E10-15 | E10-15 | E10-15 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | E10-15 | E10-15 | E10-15 | E10-15 | |
| Rufus, etc. | E10-15 | E10-15 | E10-15 | E10-15 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | E10-15 | E10-15 | E10-15 | E10-15 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Strong east gradients across the Gorge and Cascades will drive strong easterlies for the next couple of days. We may see a switch to light westerlies on Thursday afternoon before a return to strong easterlies on Friday.
The Tuesday early gradient was E 0.20, and river-level wind was 30-35 at Rooster and Stevenson. Wind should hold in that range all day. It’s worth noting that we’d normally have stronger easterlies with such a large gradient. The east-side cold pool is so deep that the wind is actually going above the Cascade Crest (it’s blowing 46-81 at 8300′ as I write this) and pouring down into the foothills. This will cause strong, gusty easterlies in the eastern reaches of Clark and Multnomah Counties today, probably resulting in some power outages.
The wind will be confined to the Gorge on Wednesday as the cool pool shallows. Expect 40-45 at Rooster and 30-35 near Stevenson in the morning with 30-35 near Rooster in the afternoon and 25-30 near Stevenson. 20-25 is probable at Viento. Morning temp: low 20’s.
Thursday morning starts with easterlies at 20-25 near Rooster with 15-20 near Stevenson and 10-15 near Viento. Morning temp: mid-20’s. While the GFS suggests a return to westerlies, briefly, in the afternoon, that switch-over is often overdone. From this far out, I’d say it’s 50-50 we’ll see westerlies on Thursday afternoon. We’ll be back to easterlies on Friday.
COAST, JONES, SAUVIE’S: Detailed forecast was on winter break, but it’s back because of coastal wind… Swell forecast by NWS. Wind: north coast/central coast/south coast. Tuesday: side-off 15-20/side-off 15-20/N30-35, W swell 4′ @ 15 seconds. Wednesday: 15-20/15-20/LTNE, W 3′ @ 12. Thursday: 20-25/20-25/25-30, W 4′ @ 12.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Clear and cold weather is the call for the next few days. For Tuesday, temps should drop below freezing by sunrise, only warming into the low 40’s this afternoon. The dewpoint will be extremely low – in the single digits or less. Light east wind. No rainbows. Wednesday looks quite cold early – in the low 20’s. Temps warm to the mid 40’s. East wind. No rainbows. Thursday looks sunny. Temps will be in the mid 20’s early and upper 40’s later. East wind. One model suggests light westerlies in the afternoon, but that seems unlikely. No rainbows. No rain for at least the next nine days.
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Road and Mountain Biking
FREEZE-THAW WARNING: overnight temps well below freezing will cause freezing and thawing of tacky dirt. Trail tread will be both muddy and extremely delicate in areas not under the canopy. Please don’t ride the trails if you see mud. You’ll do significant damage. Trail sensitivity will increase dramatically as overnight temps drop this week – please avoid Syncline, as it’s the most susceptible to daytime warming and resulting bike tire damage. Remember that the southern half of Whoopdee has been logged (is gone). Riding Underwood? No parking at the trailhead – you’ll need to drive ½ mile east of the trailhead and park there.
Upcoming Events
It’s Tuesday: at 6am on Tuesday’s, you can do the Kaino’s coffee run in The Dalles for a free cup of coffee, or you can do Zen meditation at Trinity Natural Medicine in Hood River. At 5:15 tonight, there’s a silent hour of meditation at Yoga Samadhi, and there’s guided meditation at 6:30. There’s free youth yoga at HAVEN in The Dalles at 6, and there’s Zumba Gold at the Hood River Adult Center at 6.
The Hood River County Recreation Trails Committee meeting is Tuesday at 5pm at the Board of Commissioners room at 6th and State. Next Saturday afternoon, 2pm-6pm, is the “Fill Your Pantry” farmers market at Rockford Grange.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
