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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | too | cold | hot dog | buns only | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 5-10 | 14-18 | 14-18 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | 10-14 | 10-14 | 14-18 | 14-18 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-14 | 10-14 | 14-18 | 14-18 | |
| Rufus, etc. | too much | current | light | light | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | 10-14 | 10-14 | 5-10 | 5-10 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
A series of weather systems over the next several days will complicate the forecast and impact the wind quality. That said, it’ll be windy, so make plans to drive around with your gear in or on the car, just in case. For Wednesday, we start the day with .08 (pdx-dls) and .04 (dls-psc). With a gradient like that, I’d expect to see low 20’s, but models predict the wind will back off during the day as low pressure takes over the inland areas. Let’s call it 10-15 everywhere but Stevenson this morning. We’ll see a slow build-and-hold to 14-18 from Stevenson to Mosier with the wind backing off east of there. River temp is 58 degrees. Flow at The Dalles is 510,000cfs.
A weather system swings through on Thursday morning giving us a combo of high clouds, a deeper marine layer, and decreased high temps (mid 60’s). Teh wind starts at 10-13 near Stevenson and 18-22 from Viento to The Dalles with 10-13 out east. We’ll see a quick build to up-and-down 24-28 from Stevenson to Arlington, strongest from Lyle to Rufus, where there’s still too much current.
Brief high pressure on Friday morning gives way to another weather system Friday afternoon. Models disagree on max wind strength Friday, with the GFS liking 13-16 and the Euro liking 20-24. Wind will be concentrated in the western Gorge. Looking at the weekend, forecasts are bouncing around a lot. Saturday was 24-27 and is now 13-16. So, don’t rely on that one yet. The GFS and Euro both like the idea of 28-32 on Sunday (yesterday’s forecast was 24-27). Point being – the weekend forecast isn’t yet settled, but it does look windy-of-some-sort.
BONUS: Jones Wednesday: 20-23. Thursday: 15-18. Friday: X. Sauvie’s Wednesday: 10-13. Thursday: 8-11. Friday: X. Coast (north/central/south). Wednesday: 25/25/30, NW swell 5′ at 9 seconds. Thursday: X/X/X, W 4′ @ 9. Friday: X/X/10-15, W 6′ @ 12.
Random Morning Thoughts
The random morning thoughts are currently on vacation!
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
For Tuesday, Mt. Hood will see a few high clouds. Free air freezing level (FAF) 10,000′ this morning dropping to 7000′ after midnight. Wind SW 10-15 during the day and W 5 after midnight. Wednesday looks clear with clouds late in the day or evening. FAF: 7000′ early and 8000′ in the afternoon and evening. Wind: W 5 early, NW 10 int eh afternoon, variable to 10 after midnight. Thursday looks cloudy with a few sprinkles or flurries possible. Snow level 8000′ early, 6000′ in the afternoon and briefly as low as 4000′ after midnight. Wind: NW 10-15.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Sunshine this morning gives way to partly cloudy sky this afternoon and high clouds tonight. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and near 70 this afternoon. Light to moderate west wind. No rainbows. Thursday looks high overcast. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and mid 60’s in the afternoon. Moderate to strong west wind. No rainbows. Friday looks cloudy early and partly cloudy or sunny later. Moderate westerlies. No rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Week
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Road and Mountain Biking
The Forest Loop road bike ride in the woods above Trout Lake is open, which means ALL the road rides are open! Knebal, Eightmile and Surveyor’s are open. Fifteenmile is not. Lewis River is open. Falls Creek is open from the top down. Hospital Hill has cows on it, so there are no dogs allowed at this time. The ticks are horrendous over there right now – expect to get bitten if you ride there. Deet is your friend. Wednesday is the women’s Post n’ Pinot ride at Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Mountain View has a mountain bike ride at 5pm on Thursday, and the Post n’ Pint ride is Thursday at Dirty Fingers at 5:30.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events start with free yoga at the FISH food bank in Hood River at 10 and meditation at noon at Trinity Natural Medicine. Tonight’s at 5:30, it’s the all-levels, no drop women’s mountain bike ride at Dirty Fingers. Complete the ride and you earn a free pint of beer. Race-pace riders do the same thing tomorrow night for the Post n’ Pint ride. Mountain View Cycles has a women’s mountain bike ride tomorrow at 5pm.
Friday is First Friday in Hood River. Saturday brings several volunteer projects: Northwestern Lake, BZ falls, and the Weldon Wagon trail. You can get more information on those through the White Salmon Riverfest website and Facebook pages. The Truss extreme kayak race is Saturday, and the annual $30 locals-only community raft trip on the White Salmon is Sunday through Wet Planet Whitewater.
Pine Hollow a SUP event Saturday, and Pacific Hermitage has a garden party. There are free BMC demo bikes at Sandy Ridge Saturday. Trailkeepers has work parties at Wygant Peak Friday and Saturday. More information on those is available through their website and Facebook. There are gear swaps Friday and Saturday afternoon at the Husum fire station. Drop off for the swaps is Thursday.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
