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I feel wistful when I see the clean air and the photos of mountainous skylines emerging from smog-free sky. I wonder how we can maintain some of the environmental gains forced on us by this virus. Obviously I don’t have the answers. I just see an opportunity for each of us to consider how we can make permanent planet-saving shifts inspired by #stayhomesavelives.
See, climate change, unlike coronavirus, happens on a lifetime scale. It’s hard to see the damage happening right in front of us. But if we don’t act now, the devastation caused by what we’re doing to the planet will make the coronavirus chaos look like nothing. Food for reflection, for sure. Happy Earth Day.
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | closed | beach | clothed | buns | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | LTV | LTV | 10-13 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 5-10 | LTV | LTV | 10-13 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 5-10 | LTV | LTV | 10-13 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 5-10 | LTV | LTV | 10-13 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 5-10 | LTV | LTV | 10-13 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Addition to the list: As of late yesterday, Rock Creek in Mosier is now closed to anyone who is not a resident of zip code 97040. This is due to visitors not practicing social distancing at the beach. All Oregon (Viento, Rowena) and Washington (Doug’s, Hatchery) State Parks are closed at this time. The Hood River Marina and Event Site are closed. The Army Corps has closed all parks (The Wall, Rufus, Roosevelt). well City is closed. Please do not come here to do wind sports. Do them close to home. If you’re local and getting on the water somehow, follow Maui rules: rig quickly, get in the water, and leave as soon as you are done. No hanging out. Maintain at least six feet space on land and on the water. Do not place yourself directly upwind or downwind of anyone. Don’t go harder than 50%, and keep your focus at 100%. This is not the time to get injured.
Wind forecast for Wednesday: Not much, as rain spreads eastward and sticks around for much of the day. Morning westerlies in the 5-10 or 10-13 range, depending on location, give way to light and variable conditions by mid-morning as the rain settles in. Afternoon wind picks back up to 10-13 as the weather system exits. Offshore high pressure on Thursday combines with a weak passing weather system for stronger, but gusty and unreliable westerlies. Morning wind starts at 12-15 in the west and 16-19 east of Mosier. By 10am or so, the wind picks up to 25-29 from Rowena to Arlington. Max wind west of there will be gusty 18-23. Friday starts light and variable and doesn’t do much more; westerlies rise to just 5-10 in the afternoon. Weather systems moving through on Saturday and Sunday give us unreliable westerlies in the upper teens to low 20’s.
Jones, Sauvie’s, and Coast forecast are on break to discourage travel.
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
All the mountains are closed, the forest is closed, and neither in-bounds nor out-of-bounds snowsports are available at this time. Some of you will be tempted to go out backcountry skiing. Take a look at this sobering article about a recent BC rescue and consider carefully if you want to put others at risk. Remember, Timberline, Skibowl, and Meadows are all closed to uphill traffic at this time. This is to comply with Kate Brown’s executive orders. It’s the law, folks. Obey it!
Wednesday’s looking like a rainy day on Mt. Hood, which might increase the water stored in the snowpack, but certainly won’t increase the snowpack! Expect rain to start up around 8am and continues all the way through Thursday morning, when there could be a few flurries. The snow level will be 7000′ early, 8000′ through the evening, and 4000′ early Thursday. About 0.6” rain falls during the day followed by 0.4” rain and a trace of snow overnight. Wind: SW 15-20 early, 25-35 in the afternoon, W 40 in the evening, and NW 30-35 after midnight.
Thursday brings a few orographic snow flurries early followed by clear sky. The snow level will be 4000′ in the morning, 5000′ in the afternoon, and 5500′ after midnight. Just a trace of snow falls before the sky clears. Wind: NW 30-35 early, NW 20-25 in the afternoon, and SW 5-10 after midnight.
Friday looks sunny in the morning and cloudy in the afternoon. The free air freezing level (FAF) will be 5500′ early, slowly rising to 8000′ after midnight. Wind: SW 10 all day and SW 10-20 after midnight. Another round of rain moves in midday Saturday followed by a little bit of snow sometime Sunday.
Hood River Weather Forecast
High clouds and a pretty sunrise early Wednesday give way to rain sometime around 9am. Once it starts, it won’t stop until after midnight. Up to 0.5” rain will fall in Hood River. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and upper 50’s later. Light westerlies. 18% chance of rainbows. Thursday starts cloudy with a few sprinkles possible. The sky clears in the afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. 76% chance of rainbows. Friday looks sunny early. Clouds build starting late morning. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and upper 60’s later. Light west wind. No rainbows. Next rain: Saturday. 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
ALL trails in the Gorge are closed. Hood River County (Post Canyon, Pinemont, HRC forest roads), SDS (Underwood, Whoopdee), and Kreps (Hospital Hill) lands are closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus by incoming hoards of visitors. DNR land (Nestor) is closed per the DNR website and a little tiny sign at the bottom of the Nestor trail. USFS (44 Road trails, Syncline) are closed. State Parks (Columbia Hills, Twin Tunnels) are closed. There were two considerations: protecting medical professionals, and keeping crowds away when the weather is nice. Google Sun Valley’s Covid-19 rate if your are curious what crowds of recreation visitors can do to spread coronavirus.
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