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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | last | chance | for tan | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 13-16 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 13-16 | 13-16 | 10-13 | 13-16 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 5-10 | 5-10 | LTV | LTV | |
| Rufus, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | LTV | LTV | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 5-10 | 5-10 | LTV | LTV | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
High pressure builds briefly over the inland Northwest today, Wednesday, ahead of a change in the weather due to a series of weather systems. Wednesday and Thursday look more like fishing weather than Wind Johnnie weather, but the Friday through Sunday stretch has models agreeing on stronger westerlies.
For Wednesday, high pressure building inland isn’t quite the scenario we want for westerlies; however, enough temperature gradient remains this afternoon to keep wind flowing (despite model forecasts of calm wind). Pre-dawn gradients were .06 and .02. Stay close to home – Viento to Swell starts the day with 12-15 or so and hang on to that. The forecast is 13-16 from Stevenson to Mosier by late morning. It is possible we’ll see a midday lull that drops the wind below 10mph, but it should return in the evening. River flow is 69,200cfs (LOW) and temp is 70 degrees.
Low pressure moves inland from the southwest along a northeast track on Thursday. Ahead of this low, east wind blows: 10-15 early at Rooster to Viento, rising to 20-25 midday, and dropping to calm conditions after 2pm. Lightning and thunder are possible from midday on.
Thunder, lightning, and rain chances continue on Friday, making this forecast totally unreliable. The wind will be gusty, and it might die off completely if there are storms. That said, the gradients point to 20-23 form Mosier to The Dalles early (11-14 west of there). Afternoon wind looks like gusty 23-26 from Stevenson to Rufus. That all assumes thunderstorms don’t materialize and shut the Gorge down.
Now, let’s look at the weekend. Get out early for fishing on Saturday – morning wind will be 8-11 for a couple of hours. Models have the wind climbing to 27-31+ late afternoon from Viento to The Dalles with Rufus joining late. Clouds fill the western Gorge Sunday and shift the wind eastward. We’re a long ways out, but the GFS and ECMWF both like 30-35.
COAST, JONES, SAUVIE’S: Coast (north/central/south, wind N unless otherwise specified – swell forecast courtesy of National Weather Service). Wednesday: 20-25/25-30/30-35, NW swell 6′ at 14 seconds. Thursday: NW5-10/LTNW/LTS, NW 5′ @ 12 – surfing weather! Friday: LTW/LTW/N10-15, NW swell 4′ @ 10. Jones Wednesday: 5-10. Thursday: nope. Friday: 10-13. Sauvie’s Wednesday: 11-14. Thursday and Friday: nope.
Hood River Weather Forecast
Clear sky Wednesday morning stays that way. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and mid 80’s later. Muggy. Light westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday looks cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms, especially to the south. Temps will be near 60 early and in the low to mid 80’ls later. Surprisingly not muggy. East wind. 0.21% chance of rainbows. Friday brings low clouds and high clouds to start and ends mostly clear. Chance of thunder and rain in the morning. Temps will be in the mid 60’s (or warmer) early and near 80 in the afternoon. Muggy as muggy muggy. Moderate westerlies. 3% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Approximately 0.2” of rain fell last Thursday, meaning some of our trails have been refreshed. Next chance of rain: late Thursday into Friday. Chipseal is good to go between Mosier and Rowena crest. Riorden Hill Road will remain closed from the end of the pavement to Family Man weekdays through the beginning of September. That means associated trails are also closed weekdays for that time period (Family Man, Middle School, Float On). As for Kreps/SDS lands… they haven’t issued a closure yet!
All other trails are open. Apparently Boulder Lakes is quite overgrown. Whoopdee is closed for logging, but Ronnoc trail and the climb out are open. Red Hill Road is supposedly closed for logging. Ride at your own risk. If you’re riding Underwood, please do not park at the trailhead as per request by SDS. Continue past the trailhead 0.5 miles or so to the new parking area. The cows are off Hospital Hill, which means your dog can come along.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events start with a by-donation yoga class at 10am at the Fish Food Bank in Hood River. The all-levels, no-drop women’s mountain bike ride leaves Dirty Fingers Bike Shop at 5:30, and there’s free all-ages music outdoors at Bargeway Pub in The Dalles at 7.
The Huckleberry Festival kicks off Friday and continues all weekend in Bingen. Friday also happens to be first Friday in Hood River. WAAAM has their annual fly-in Saturday and Sunday, and the Hood River County Fairgrounds is hosting an overland vehicle expo, for those of you who like camping rigs. For something quieter, Pacific Hermitage has a garden party Saturday with a potluck in the morning and yard work in the afternoon, and Freebridge Brewing has a harvest celebration.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
