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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | cloudy | sky | over | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | LTW | LTW | W 7-10 | W 7-10 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | LTW | LTW | W 7-10 | W 7-10 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTW | LTW | W 7-10? | W 7-10 | |
| Rufus, etc. | LTW | LTW | LTW | LTW | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTW | LTW | LTW | LTW | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
The next few days in the Gorge don’t have much in the way of wind, but the models like the idea of strong easterlies for at least part of the weekend.
Wednesday starts off with light westerlies. The wind builds to W 7-11 this afternoon from Cascade Locks to Mosier, possible out to The Dalles as well. River flow is 122kcfs and river temp is 58 degrees. Thursday starts out calm, picks up to E 10-15 near Stevenson midday, and goes calm again in the afternoon with a chance of light drizzle. Friday looks quite rainy as a solid cold front moves through. The far west Gorge (Multnomah Falls area) will probably see gusty, rainy 15-20. In the afternoon, late afternoon that is, we’ll see gusty 18-22 from Stevenson to Viento, 7-10 from Swell to The Dalles, and gusty 24-28 (maybe) from Avery to Arlington.
If you’re wanting more reliable wind, look to Saturday. Easterlies at 25-30 early build to 30-35 in the afternoon and hold overnight. You’ll find this wind all the way from Rooster Rock to Viento, setting up a fine day for an east wind downwinder. Sunday starts off with east 30-35, but the windspeeds will take a midday nosedive into the “light” range as a front approaches.
BONUS: Jones Wednesday-Friday: nope! Sauvie’s Wednesday-Friday: nope! Coast (north/central/south). Wednesday: S10/S10/LTV, W swell 7′ at 12 seconds. Thursday: S25-30/S15-20/LTV, W 10′ @ 12. Friday: W5/LTW/LTV, W 11′ @ 13.
Random Morning Thoughts
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
The next few days on Mt. Hood don’t have any snow (plenty of rain, tho!), but the forecast does hold the potential for some snow at the beginning of next week. For Wednesday, the mountain will be cloudy. Free air freezing level (FAF): 6500′ early, 10,000′ overnight. Wind: W 10 rising to WSW 20 in the afternoon and W 15 overnight.
Thursday starts out cloudy. A front will slowly move southward, eventually starting up some drizzle on the mountain and turning to rain after midnight. Snow level 10,000′ rising to 12,000′ after midnight. Models disagree on precip amounts, so let’s call it up to .2” overnight. Wind: W 15 rising to WSW 40 after midnight. Friday will be rainy during the day and clear after midnight. Snow level 12,000′ falling to 8000′. Total rainfall: 1.5” between 5am and 5pm with a trace after that. Wind: WSW 40-45 during the day falling to NE 10 after midnight. If the forecast for Monday/Tuesday holds, Mt. Hood could receive 4-8” of new snow above 5000′.
Power Station Hood River GET STRONG October specials!
October: Stronger together! Get ready for winter sports or add some strength and power to your fall sports by spending some time at the Power Station. One month of open gym is $25. One month of unlimited classes for $99. Demo the incoming new classes for FREE all month: Adult gymnastics at Chalk at 5:45pm Wednesday (1531 Osprey Drive) & High Intensity Interval Training at Power Station Wednesday at 1:15. Get fitter, get ripped-er. The Power Station is your Gym!
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s mostly cloudy out there and will stay cloudy today. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and low 60’s later. Light west wind. No rainbows. Thursday will be cloudy. Models disagree on whether we’ll see light drizzle or not. Rain will increase after midnight. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and mid 60’s later. Light wind. No rainbows. Friday looks rainy. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and low 60’s in the afternoon. Moderate to strong, gusty west wind. 99% chance of rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
If you head to places like Lewis River, Falls Creek, or Plains of Abraham, you’ll find Brown Pow. Trails closer to home are drying out. Don’t you worry: more rain is coming on Friday (maybe even Thursday), so those trails will be brown pow again soon! Upcoming Post Canyon trail work parties (all meet at Family Man at 9:30am): October 27, November 4, November 17. Upcoming Hood River County work party: October 27th, 9am at Post Flats Staging Area.
Upcoming Events
Happy Wednesday. There’s by-donation community yoga at the FISH Food Bank in Hood River at 10am. At 1:15pm, PowerStation Hood River has a free 45 minute High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) class. There’s free adult gymnastics tonight at 5:45pm at Chalk Gymnastics in Hood River.
Weekend events: The Elijah Dash on Saturday, a 5k/10k race to support a local 11 year old who developed brain cancer. This one’s at the Twin Tunnels West trailhead at 9am on Saturday. Cyclocross racing at the easyCLIMB in Cascade Locks 9am-2pm on Sunday. Come cheer on your two local teams who will be schooling all those city folks! Saturday, 10am-12pm, is the annual Winter Weather Conference at OMSI. There are two trail work parties Saturday: 9am at Post Flats to work on the 130 Trail, and 9:30am at Family Man to work on various trails.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
