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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | is | smoke | bad for | buns? | |
| Steven’s Locks | LTW | W 5-10 | W 5-10 | W 10-13 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | LTW | W 5-10 | W 5-10 | W 10-13 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTV | LTV | W 5-10 | W 10-13 | |
| Rufus, etc. | LTE | LTE | LTE | LTE | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTE | LTE | LTE | LTE | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Once again, it’s a very smoky morning in the Gorge, with the Underwood AQI reading 151. That’s officially unhealthy – all people will experience effects, especially if they are exercising. With west wind in the western Gorge and east wind in the eastern Gorge today, the air quality won’t improve much, if at all. Moving on to the wind, rather than the AQI forecast…
For Wednesday, we start with a weak westerly gradient of .03 and light and variable wind. Looks like the wind will build to W 10-13 from Stevenson to Rowena this afternoon with E 5ish east of Rowena. River flow is 147kcfs and river temp is 71 degrees.
Marine clouds push into the western half of the state on Thursday, courtesy of an approaching low pressure trough. That system will also kick off a chance of thunder, especially to the S and E of the central Gorge. Before taking that into account, the forecast is Dawn Patrol at 21-24 from Viento to Mosier with 14-18 from Lyle to The Dalles and 10-13 at Stevenson. We’ll see the wind hold at the upper end of that range through early afternoon. Models suggest late afternoon westerlies at 25-29 from Lyle to Rufus with 18-22 in the western Gorge and 10-13 east of Rufus. There’s also the possibility of an Executive Session (after work, dinnertime, early evening) at 26-29 from Stevenson to the Hatchery. If thunderstorms fire up, expect the wind to be quite gusty with the potential for unpredictable shutdown.
Looking at Friday, upper flow turns from S to NW, stabilizing the air mass from west to east. A deep marine push into Portland assists cross-Cascade gradients. We’ll start with Dawn Patrol at 24-27 from Viento to Doug’s, probably strongest at Mosier. The wind quickly builds to 27-31 from Stevenson to Rufus with 20-23 farther east. As of right now, the weekend forecast looks like 12-15 Saturday and 18-22+ on Sunday with some variation between models.
BONUS: Jones Wednesday: 24-27. Thursday: 24-27. Friday: 24-27. Sauvie’s Wednesday: 17-20. Thursday: 17-20. Friday: 12-15. Coast Wednesday (north/central/south). No/no/nada, NW swell 4′ at 10 seconds building to NW 7 @ 13. Thursday: 5-10/15-20/20-25, NW 6′ @ 12. Friday: 5-10/15-20/25-30, NW 6′ @ 9.
Random Morning Thoughts
Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
Clear and smoky for Wednesday with a chance of thunder this afternoon. Free air freezing level (FAF): 15,000′. Wind: SW 15-20. Thursday will be clear early with high clouds and a chance of thunder in the afternoon. FAF: 15,000′. Wind: SW 20 early, SSW 15 later, S 10 overnight. Friday looks high overcast becoming clear. FAF: 15,000′. Wind: S 10 early, NW 5 in the afternoon.
Gorge Weather Forecast
It’s cool and smoky this morning, and the AQI is 151. I was blown away yesterday by all the people out early riding bikes. It’s officially unhealthy to do that right now. Better air returns on Thursday. Temps for Wednesday will be in the upper 50’s early and low 90’s later. Light west wind. No rainbows. Slight chance of PM thunder over the Cascades. Thursday starts in the mid 60’s and climbs to the low 80’s with afternoon high clouds. Strong west wind. No rainbows. Slight chance of thunder over the Cascades. Friday looks clear or perhaps high overcast, at least early, with nice clean air. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early and mid 80’s in the afternoon. Strong west wind. No rainbows.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Trails on private timberland (Hospital Hill, Whoopdee, Underwood, and anything else on Kreps, Stevenson, Weyerhauser, etc.) will remain closed to ALL uses until the end of fire session (significant rainfall). Washington and Oregon public lands have now banned smoking and campfires for the remainder of the season, telling you what are some of the main causes of wildfires.
Gorge 400 from Wyeth to Herman Creek has reopened. There are about 7 trees down. Plains of Abraham is open. Trails in Hood River County are now closed to motorized use due to fire danger. Bicycles are fine. The Petersburg Loop east of The Dalles has reopened for road biking. Highway 30 from Memaloose to Rowena has reopened Canyon Road in Odell has reopened.
Upcoming Events
Today’s activities start with free yoga at 10 at FISH food bank. At noon, there’s meditation at Trinity . This evening starts with a no drop women’s mountain bike ride from Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Family mountain biking is at Post Canyon’s Family Man at 6.
Tomorrow morning at 8, all women are welcome to join the Pumptrack Pedalettes at the new Golden Eagle Park pumptrack. Coming up Friday, PCT days kicks off in Cascade Locks with outdoor movies from 8 to 10 on Friday and Saturday night and all sorts of activities during the day. If you need more movies than that, Beauty and the Beast plays at Jackson Park Saturday night and Coco plays at Kramer Field in The Dalles Saturday night too. The Gorge Paddle Challenge runs Saturday and Sunday in Hood River with a kickoff party at Kickstand Friday evening.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
