Wednesday: warm and sunny with a tiny taste of westerlies

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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	hot	and	sunny	buns
Steven’s Locks	LTW	10-13	10-13	LTW
Viento	15-18	15-18	10-13	LTW
Swell-Hood River	LTW	LTW	LTW	LTW
Lyle to Doug’s	LTV	LTV	calm	LTE
Rufus, etc.	LTV	LTV	calm	LTE
Roosevelt & Arlington	LTV	LTV	calm	LTE

Gorge Wind Forecast

Warm and dry weather sticks around through the weekend, and that’s joined by a whole gamut of wind opportunities. None of those look particularly strong, but at least three days have the potential to get you on the river. There’s a chance of a stronger day on Monday or Tuesday, but models are far from agreeing on this today. Maybe tomorrow?

Wednesday kicks off with pressures of 30.14/30.10/30.09 for gradients of 0.04 and 0.01. Models suggest the wind will fade, so if you want it, you’d better get it. There’s not much, but dawn patrol westerlies were 15-18mph near Viento and less than 5mph everywhere else. That 15-18 could spread from Viento to the Stevenson-Swell stretch for a couple hours this morning, but don’t count on it. After 11am or so, the wind drops to 10-13, and then it drops to light-and-variable for the afternoon. River flow readings are 64-66kcfs, river temp is 66F, and high temp forecast is 82F.

Thursday turns the wind around. You’ll find easterlies at 20-25 from Rooster to Viento for a few hours in the morning. The wind drops to 15-20 after 11am. Afternoon westerlies fall to 15mph near Rooster and 10-15mph from Stevenson to Viento. High temp: 84F.

Not much happens Friday: easterlies at 15mph near Viento and Stevenson for the morning with light and variable wind all day at Rooster Rock. Saturday: light and variable everywhere. Sunday: lots of variety in the forecasts, but the deterministic GFS has the Corridor with 21-24mph westerlies. Cross your fingers for that outcome; about 30% of the ensembles have wind on Sunday and the rest do not. Looking deeper into the future, we have a giant spread in predictions for Monday and Tuesday but at least a chance for some wind. We’ll keep an eye on it. Have a great day!

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Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast

Coast forecast (north/central/south, waves). Swell forecast provided by NWS. Wind direction northerly unless otherwise noted. Wednesday: 15-20/15-20/25-30, NW swell 3′ at 14 seconds and W 3′ @ 9. Thursday: 15-20/10-15/20-25, W 3′ @ 12. Friday: 15-20/15-20/25-30+, W 4′ @ 13. Jones Wednesday: 13-16. Thursday: LTW. Friday: 16-19. Sauvie’s Wednesday: 11-14. Thursday: 10-13. Friday: 11-14.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – On vacation until next fall

Hood River Weather Forecast

Clouds this morning quickly break up and leave us with clear sky. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 80’s later. Light westerlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be sunny. Temps start in the low 50’s and end in the mid 80’s. Light easterlies. No rainbows. Friday will add some intermittent high clouds. Temps start in the mid 50’s and end in the mid 80’s. Light easterlies. No rainbows.

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Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know! Regular weekly events: Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. The Columbia Gorge Tri Club has a weekly workout at Mayer Park in Rowena at 6pm Tuesdays. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, there’s a run from Pine Street Bakery. The Small Boat paddlers have a group paddle at 6pm on Thursday at the Hatchery. Post and Pint and Post n’ Pinot are done for the season due to darkness. There’s a free Zumba class at 6pm in the parking lot of One Community Health in The Dalles on Wednesday. Providence is sponsoring a walking program called Healthy Strides. Meets Weds at May Street 5:30pm, through Nov 16. All ages welcome, and there’s swag!

Cycling

It’s dusty out there… Hood River County has reopened motorized use for trails in the NW Area (Post, Kingsley, Binn’s Hill). Other HRC trails are still closed. These trails are closed to all uses, and some might not have signage saying they are closed: Hospital Hill, Underwood, Whoopdee, and any lands Owned or Managed by American Forest Management, Broughton Lumber Company, DGS Timber, Green Diamond, Kreps Ranch, Kreps Family LLC, Lupine Forest, Manulife Forest Management, Twin Creeks Timber, and Western Pacific Timber, LLC in Klickitat, Skamania, Stevens, Yakima, Hood River and Wasco counties.

The road connecting Plains of Abraham to Smith Creek closes at noon Monday-Friday and will not be open to bikers during that time. Courtney Road (the road that goes up above Syncline) is closed until October. Do not attempt to use it to access trails. If you’re riding Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.