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The Forecast
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Your favorite beach
Dawn
Patrol
9am-
11:30a
11:30a-
3pm
3pm-
dusk
Rooster Rock
calm
wind
lazy
buns
Steven’s Locks
5-10
10-13
13-16
13-16
Viento
14-17
14-17
18-22
18-22
Swell-Hood River
14-17
14-17
18-22
18-22
Lyle to Doug’s
14-17
10-13
14-17
18-22
Rufus, etc.
14-17
10-13
14-17
18-22?
Roosevelt & Arlington
14-17
10-13
7-10
7-10
Patrol
11:30a
3pm
dusk
Gorge Wind Forecast
Your last, best chance for wind for the next 4 days is today – the next three days bring light wind all day long. Looking at Tuesday, we have early gradients of 0.08 and 0.05. Westerlies are generally in the 14-17 range most places with the exceptions of Stevenson and Hood River, hovering just under 10mph.
Gradients are widely spaced this morning, and models suggest they’ll stay that way. Westerlies build to 18-22 and fill in from Viento to Mosier this morning and out to Doug’s by early afternoon. Models do like the idea of Rufus joining at 18-22 as well. Stevenson starts slow due to clouds and maxes out at 13-16 starting late morning. River flow is 88,200cfs, river temp is 69F, and Hood River’s high temp forecast is 70F.
Wednesday looks perfect for road biking, fishing, and flat-water SUPing. The wind will be essentially calm all day with a shot at some very light easterlies. High temp: 74F. Thursday starts calm. Easterlies max out at 10-15mph midday between Stevenson and Viento. They’ll go calm again in the evening. Light easterlies are forecast again on Friday. Models suggest a return to gusty, moderate westerlies on Saturday. Have a great week!
Coast, Jones, Coast
Coast (north/central/south, waves. Wind direction north unless otherwise noted. Swell forecast from NWS.) Tuesday: NW5-10/N10-15/N30-40, NW swell 4-5′ at 9 seconds. Wednesday: 20-25/25-30/30-35, NW 5′ @ 8. Thursday: 20-25/20-25/25-35, NW 4′ @ 14. Jones Tuesday: 8-11. Wednesday: 10-13. Thursday: 11-14. Sauvie’s Tuesday: 10-13. Wednesday: 14-17. Thursday: 10-13.
Mt. Hood Weather forecast
On vacation unless some wintry weather happens.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Mostly clear weather this morning becomes perfectly clear later. Temps will be int eh mid 50’s early and low 70’s this afternoon. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday will be clear all day. Temps start in the upper 40’s and end in the mid 70’s. Calm wind. No rainbows. Thursday will be sunny all day. Temps start in the upper 40’s and end near 80. Calm wind. No rainbows.
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Cycling
SDS (Whoopdee, Underwood), BLC, HFM, DGS, and Kreps Land (Hospital Hill) are now closed until the end of fire season. It is also vital that people respect this closure to maintain positive relationships between the landowners and trail users. DNR land in Eastern Washington (Buck Creek / Nestor Peak) is all closed to recreation due to fire danger. Columbia Hills is closed due to fire danger.
Open trails: Post, Falls Creek, Lewis River, Sandy Ridge, Gorge 400, Plains of Abraham / Ape Canyon. 44 Road: Eightmile, Fifteenmile, Bottle Prairie, Dog River, Superconnector, Cedar, Knebal, Cooks Meadows, 450 to the top, Gunsight, Underhill. Siouxon has reopened. Huffman: not sure.
Maple Road in Post Canyon is closed. DO NOT drive past the closed signs. If you do so, you will jeopardize TRAIL access for the entire summer. This is the road that runs to the west, just north of the Binns/Riorden intersection. Also, the trail from the bottom of Post Canyon to Seven Streams Staging Area is now closed. It’s on private land. Respect the closure.
Local Events
Kiteboard for Cancer is this weekend at the Hood River Event Site.
IFPL 3 restrictions west of Highway 35 went into effect on 7/16. No more motorized use in Post Canyon trails. Mountain View Cycles women’s ride is every Thursday, bottom of Post at 5:30pm. They have an all-genders ride at 6pm on Wednesday, end of the pavement on Post Canyon Road. Their shop road ride leaves at 9am on Saturday for a 2 hour ride. Dirty Fingers has the Post n’ Pint on Thursday evenings at 5:30pm from the shop. They also have the women’s Post n’ Pinot Wednesday evening at 5:30pm from the shop. Oregon E-Bikes has ladies’ rides at 7:30am Sunday and Monday. The Small Boat Group does paddles every Thursday evening at 6pm at the Hatchery.
Other weekly events. Normally on Tuesday night there’s meditation with the Pacific Hermitage Monks at 5:15 (1 hour) and 6:30 (30 minutes followed by a talk) at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon. In-person meditation is on “pause” due to the recent Covid surge. It will happen on the Pacific Hermitage YouTube page at 6:30. Triathlon practice with the Tri Club is Tuesday at 6pm at West Mayer State Park. Sailboat races happen Wednesday night from the Hood River Marina. There are also lesser races on Friday nights. Cheno’s workout is every Saturday at 10am at the Ferment Lawn in Hood River ($10). Families in the Park starts August 5th at Jackson Park and runs for several weeks on Thursday evening.
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