Tuesday: westerlies in the west, thunder in the east

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The Forecast

Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Today’s Gorge Wind – these are ranges for the average speed, not a predicted wind range. =)
Rooster Rock	open	for your	naked	buns
Steven’s Locks	7-10	13-16	21-24	21-24
Swell-Hood River	17-21	21-24+	24-27	21-24+
Lyle to Doug’s	12-15	16-20	24-27	24-27
Rufus, etc.	12-15	16-20	24-27	thunder?
Roosevelt & Arlington	7-10	10-13	13-16	thunder?

Gorge Wind Forecast

Stronger westerlies return for Tuesday and Wednesday before a dip on Thursday and Friday. The long range forecast calls for light westerlies, or even easterlies, on Saturday followed by a return to moderate to strong westerlies Sunday. Convection and/or thunderstorms may have an impact on the wind east of Doug’s Tuesday through Thursday. Rain in the western Gorge on Friday shifts the wind focus eastward.

Tuesday morning starts out muggy with westerlies in the teens most places. Early gradients of 0.11 and 0.05 indicate the potential for widespread wind today. However, the potential for thunder from The Dalles eastward today means you’ll want to stay out of the eastern desert lest you risk an encounter with lightning. Morning wind will be 17-21 from Viento to Swell with 12-15 most other places except Stevenson. Single digits start the day there. By late morning, we’ll have 24-28 from Viento to Mosier with 21-24 at Stevenson. Lyle to Rufus join in early afternoon. Again, you’re looking at lighting and thunderstorm potential east of The Dalles from mid-afternoon on, so it’s not a sure thing by any means. Might as well skip the far eastern Gorge – westerlies max out at 13-16 there with a good chance of storms. River flow is 149kcfs and temp is 69 degrees. High temp Hood river: 87. Muggy.

Westerlies continue on Wednesday. A weak system approaching the coast in the afternoon will result in lowered wind quality and strength, especially west of Mosier. Morning wind will be 17-21 from Viento to Mosier with 7-10 at Stevenson and 15-18 east of Mosier. Midday: gusty 22-27 from Viento to Doug’s. Models suggest the wind will fill in at 24-27 from Mosier to Arlington in the afternoon and drop to 16-19 from Stevenson to Hood River. With thunderstorms again in the forecast east of The Dalles, you’ll have better luck staying closer to home. High temp: 86.

Thursday feels the impact of a couple weather systems as well as convection east of The Dalles. General picture: 8-12 early in the day from Viento to Arlington. That holds most of the day before picking up to gusty 15-18 from Stevenson to Arlington after 5pm. Rain falls in the west on Friday. Westerlies in the teens favor the eastern Gorge.

Due to crowding and unsafe conditions at Port beaches, parking restrictions now apply Friday through Sunday. Remember: crowds lead to closures. Kiting is no longer allowed at the Marina – it has become unsafe for other user groups. Lyle is now off limits unless you can get to the sandbar without crossing the RR tracks. If you cross the tracks, you will be ticketed. Lyle: loved to death. Roosevelt: still closed due to wind damage from earlier this year. Mosier is only available to residents of 97040 (Mosier).

Coast, Jones, Sauvie’st

Coast (north/central/south – swell forecast provided by NWS. Wind northerly except as noted). Tuesday: NW5/NW5-10/N20-25, W swell 3′ at 9 seconds. Wednesday: W5/W5/NW5-10, W 2′ @ 8. Thursday: S20/S20/S10, W 6′ @ 9 and SW 3′ @ 16. Jones Tuesday: 15-18. Wednesday: 10-13. Thursday: nothing. Sauvie Island Tuesday: 10-13. Wednesday: 8-11. Thursday: nothing.

Mt. Hood Weather Forecast

Mt. Hood Meadows allows hiking within the permit area. However, you will need to park outside their parking lots. Timberline is open for lift-serve skiing with exemplary guidelines for protecting guests and staff from the transmission of novel coronavirus. Please read their guidelines and rules here. Well done, T-Line! The Mt. Hood weather forecast will be on vacation unless something interesting happens in the weather up there. Timberline is allowing uphill access outside the permit area on the climbers’ trail only.

Hood River Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy sky this morning turns high overcast this afternoon with a slight chance of a thunderstorm. Temps will be in the upper 60’s early and upper 80’s later. Muggy. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows. Wednesday looks partly cloudy early and sunny later with a slight chance of sprinkles in the morning. Temps will be near 60 early and in the mid 80’s in the afternoon. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday looks cloudy. Temps will be near 60 early and in the mid 80’s later. Muggy. Very muggy. Moderate westerlies. 0.5% 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.

Cycling

8/14: Whoopdee, Hospital Hill, and Underwood are closed due to fire danger. Respect the closures. Road and gravel news: Due to the Mosier Fire, there is no access to Dry Creek, Osburne Cutoff, Carroll Road, Mosier Creek Road, or other roads in the area. Given significant numbers of fire vehicles on the road, it’s best to avoid the area completely. Motorized report: as of 8/1, Post Canyon is closed to motorized use due to fire danger. Other Post news: Eldorado is closed about 100 yards before the Mixed Tape intersection due to timber harvesting. HRATS will be putting in a short hike-a-bike to Uptrack to allow for riding up to the top of Bad Motor Scooter.

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Local Events

Weekly events: there are sailboat races at the Hood River Marina every Wednesday evening. Dirty Fingers has a group mountain bike ride Thursday nights at 5:30pm. Cheno has an outdoor HIIT workout at Columbia High School in White Salmon at 6pm on Wednesday nights. That’s pretty much it for outdoor sports. There is a BLM rally every Tuesday evening at 5:30 at the Salmon Fountain in Hood River, and there’s a White Coats for BLM rally every Wednesday evening at 6pm at 12th and May.

Have an awesome day!

Temira