Wednesday: muggy, sunny, windy - The Gorge is my Gym

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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	20-23	20-23
Swell-Hood River	17-21	21-24+	24-27	G20-25
Lyle to Doug’s	12-15	16-20	24-27	24-27
Rufus, etc.	12-15	16-20	24-27	24-27
Roosevelt & Arlington	10-13	10-13	13-16	13-16

Gorge Wind Forecast

Westerlies continue in some shape or from for the next five days. No promises on wind quality; several weak weather systems moving through will contribute to gustiness. But that’s okay. Westerlies of some sort are better than westerlies of no sort at all!

For Wednesday, we start with gradients of .08 and .05, meaning you’re going to have plenty of options today. Wind speeds at dawn were in the teens or low double digits all the way from Stevenson to Arlington. We’ll see the wind build to 23-26 by late morning from Viento to Mosier with 12-15 east and west of there. Afternoon wind rises to 20-23 at Stevenson and gusty 24-27 from Viento to Rufus with 12-15 to the east. River flow is 139kcfs and temp is 69 degrees.

Thursday will be a cloudy day as a cold front approaches offshore. Low pressure offshore dominates the picture, keeping the ORCA high along the CA coast. Westerlies start at 11-14 all through the Gorge. It appears they will dip midday into the upper single digits. Late in the afternoon, as the front approaches, the wind picks up to gusty 12-16 from Stevenson to Mosier.

Friday looks drizzly west of Hood River, so mark that off your list of places to kite or paddle or float downwind on your unicorn. The wind stays light west of Mosier until the evening, when it picks up to 11-14. Better luck will be found post-frontal, east of the clouds. Areas east of Mosier start with 10-13 or so. In the afternoon, they pick up to gusty 21-25 from Rowena to Boardman.

Best guess for Saturday is 13-16, just from Moiser westward. Best guess for Sunday is 24-27 from Stevenson to Avery.

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). Wednesday: SW5-10/LTW/LTV, W swell 2′ at 8 seconds. Thursday: SW 20-25/SW15-20/LTS, W swell 5′ @ 10 seconds. Friday: SW10-15/S5-10/LTV, W 6′ @ 9. Jones Wednesday: 12-15. Thursday: 6-9. Friday: 6-9. Sauvie’s Wednesday: 10-13. Thursday: 10-13. Friday: nothing/southerly.

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

Wednesday looks sunny all day. Temps will be in the mid 60’s early and upper 80’s later. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday starts with high clouds and ends with lower clouds. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and mid 80’s later. Muggy. Light to moderate westerlies. No rainbows. Friday looks possibly showery in the morning with clouds all day. Temps will be in the low 60’s early and upper 70’s later. Moderate westerlies. 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. The small boat group has a friendly and distanced paddle on, I believe, Thursday nights. 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