GORGE WIND FORECAST
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Keep in mind that this forecast attempts to predict what the iKite/iWind sensors will read. Think like a local! All sensors are not equal. Swell reads low. Viento/Arlington/The Wall read high compared to Swell. 30mph at Rufus (The Wall sensor) is about 23-24mph at Swell. 30mph at Swell is about 35-37mph at Rufus/Viento/Arlington. Hope that helps!
SHORT-TERM gorge wind forecast
Hi friends! Mother Nature’s turn towards winter hasn’t quite turned off the wind… but it also hasn’t delivered big winter easterlies yet. Your best chance to get on the river is today, Tuesday, when desert westerlies in the mid 20s are likely. Light westerlies linger on Wednesday, moderate easterlies on Thursday, and then variable wind for a couple of days. Take a look at the Mt. Hood snow forecast for better short-term rec news!
Tuesday’s wind forecast starts with early-morning pressure of 30.01/29.99/29.96 for onshore gradients of 0.02 and 0.03. As a cold front moves through today, high pressure builds offshore. Eastern Gorge westerlies respond. Morning wind starts in the 11-14mph range all the way from Viento to Arlington. By late morning, we’ll have gusty 14-17mph from Stevenson to Mosier with 18-22mph from Lyle to Rufus and 11-14mph east of Rufus.
Afternoon wind drops to 10-13mph between Stevenson and Doug’s thanks to intermittent rain. Between Avery and Arlington, westerlies rise to 23-26mph and linger into the evening. River flow over the last 24 hours was 59-101kcfs, river temp is 59.9F, and high temp forecast is 57 in Hood River and 60 out east.
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LONGER-TERM gorge wind forecast
Another weather system swings through on Wednesday and provides lighter westerlies. Early wind will be gusty west 15-25mph from Iwash/Rooster to Stevenson and perhaps Viento (yes, WEST wind in that zone). The wind quickly dies off west of Stevenson. Areas between Stevenson and Doug’s rise to 10-13mph mid-morning before falling under 10mph in the afternoon. A short period of 18-22mph westerlies is likely from Avery to Threemile late morning into early afternoon, but that won’t last – the wind falls below 15mph in the afternoon. High temp: 52-56 degrees.
A cold start on Thursday gives us easterlies at 15-20mph at Iwash, Stevenson, Home Valley and Viento for a few hours mid-morning. Afternoon wind falls to 10mph at all those locations and stays very light or even calm to the east of the Hatch. High temp: 53-55 degrees.
Light and variable wind is likely Friday and Saturday. Enough uncertainty is present on Sunday that I won’t hazard a guess. Looking long-term, I see no sign of strong-enough westerlies, and it’s hard to tell what the easterlies might do given the limitations of the available models. So there’s where we stand for now. Have a great day on the Nch’i Wana if you get out there today!
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MT HOOD SNOW FORECAST
Hey skiers and snowboarders! First snow forecast of the season! This is just a teaser – regular forecasts will start when regular snowfall arrives (or when I get back from my November meditation retreat). You can prepare by signing up for the snow season forecast if you’re not already subscribed! Through Sunday, November 1st, temps will be cool enough and enough moisture will be available to bring us quite a bit of snow above 5000′! Starting Monday, warmer weather returns and sticks around for a while, so if you want to play in the snow, put on your snow tires and make for Mt. Hood!
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Webcams Tuesday morning showed snow at 5300′ and rain at 4500′. The snow level Tuesday will be 5000′ in the morning and 4000′ in the afternoon. About 0.3” water equivalent (WE) is forecast during the day for a couple more inches of wet snow at 5000′ Overnight, another 0.4” WE is forecast for 3-4” more. Wind will be NW 15-20 in the morning, W 25 in the afternoon, and W 35 overnight.
Wednesday looks snowier than Tuesday! The snow level will be 4000′ all day and will fall to 3000′ after the snow tapers off overnight. During the day, 0.7” WE is forecast for 5-6” dense snow at 5000′ and more above. Overnight, another 0.5” WE is forecast for 3-5” more. Wind: W 35 in the morning, WSW 25 in the afternoon, and W 10 overnight.
Thursday starts clear, cold and not-very-windy. Clouds move in during the afternoon, and a trace of snow falls overnight. The free air freezing level will be 3000′ in the morning, 3500′ in the afternoon, and the snow level will be 3000′ overnight. Wind: W 10 in the morning, variable to 10-15 in the afternoon, and SW 15 overnight.
Light snowfall Friday morning gives way to sunshine in the afternoon. The snow level will be 3000′-3500′ all day and night. Just an inch or so of new snow is forecast. Wind: SW 15 in the morning, SW 20 in the afternoon, and S 10 overnight. Saturday looks dry during the day with additional snowfall overnight into Sunday. Starting Monday, warmer, dry weather returns. But we’ll still celebrate all this early season snowfall together!
BARE BONES HOOD RIVER WEATHER FORECAST
Rainy this morning, showery in the middle, rainy in the evening. Temps start in the upper 40s and rise to the upper 50s. Moderate westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Wednesday will be cloudy and rainy becoming partly cloudy and showery in the afternoon. Temps start near 40 and rise to the low 50s. Light to moderate westerlies. 99% chance of rainbows. Thursday will be partly cloudy. Temps start in the low 30s and rise to the low 50s. Light easterlies. No rainbows.
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Good morning, neighbors! It’s Tuesday morning, and we’ve had some really impressive rain over the last couple of days for areas west of The Dalles. Rain keeps on keeping on through Friday. Your hopes for a dry Halloween should be fulfilled – rain isn’t forecast Saturday until late in the evening. Our volcanoes will be happy with all this rain. Why? It won’t fall as rain above 4000′ or so – it’ll fall as snow! Driving the passes? You may encounter snow and slush – plan extra time for your drive.
Looking around the Gorge on Tuesday morning, we see another wet start. A “wet start” is a vag*na owner’s equivalent of morning wo*d! Drizzle persists into the desert until 8am or so and lingers in South Wasco until 11am. Hood River and areas to the west see showers until 8pm or so. After that: dry for a couple hours then wet again. Someone listened to our concerns and is Making The Gorge Wet Again! Wind today: 15mph or so west of The Dalles and 25mph(ish) east of The Dalles to Threemile Canyon. High temps Tuesday: 57-61. I almost forgot about Glenwood – it’s 42 degrees this morning, just like the rest of us! Or at least close. It’s nice to have similar temperatures – makes us feel like one big community family!
Back to the rainfall totals for the last 48 hours or so: 2.32” near Home Valley (WOW), 0.88” in Corbett, 0.9” in White Salmon, 0.14” to 0.72” in the Hood River Valley (rain-shadowing is a thing!), 0.5” in Lyle, and 0.14” in The Dalles and 0.02” in Dufur (rain-shadowing is a thing there too). Centerville: 0.18”, 0.24” in Goldendale (VOTE MATULOVICH!!!), and 0.02” in the Arlington Triangle.
We’ll add more rain into Wednesday morning. Drivers to/from the metro area will encounter moderate to heavy rain late Tuesday night into Wednesday afternoon. Intermittent drizzle also extends to Biggs from 2am Wednesday into the evening and all the way past the Tri Cities in the afternoon for a few hours. Combine the drizzle with westerlies at 10-20mph for lots of rainbows. Early temps Wednesday will be 36-46 degrees. Afternoon: 52-57. Snow level: 4000′.
On Thursday morning, a little drizzle lingers west of Cascade Locks until 8am. After that: dry. It’s possible we’ll see Nothing near the Nch’i Wana early Thursday. Rest of the day: partly cloudy west of The Dalles and mostly cloudy to the east. We’ll have east wind at 15-20mph in the usual spots in the morning and 10mph in the afternoon with calm wind in the rest of the Gorge. With the free air freezing level at 3000-3500′, frost or a freeze is entirely possible for some of us Thursday morning thanks to radiational cooling and a developing inversion.
Intermittent rain returns on Friday with light wind. Snow level: 3000-3500′. Saturday, as I mentioned earlier, is dry because it’s Halloween – someone wants the kids (they have enough bad stuff to worry about) to have a dry, fun, holiday filled with CANDY CANDY CANDY!!! Rain returns Saturday night for a few hours, but Sunday looks mostly dry. The weather then turns slightly warmer and totally dry for a few days before we (probably) drop back into a rainy period. Good. November should be rainy. Safe travels. -TATAS
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