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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven’s Locks | light | 5-10 | 10-13 | 13-16 | |
| Hatchery/Wunderbar | light | 5-10 | 10-13 | 13-16 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | light | light | 5-10 | 13-16 | |
| Rufus, etc. | light | light | light | 5-10 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | light | light | light | 5-10 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
I’m on my second cup of coffee, and it’s not helping all that much. That’s not a great sign for the accuracy of this forecast, but I’ll give it my best shot! We’ll have high pressure and sunshine for Wednesday followed by a ‘deterioration’ in the weather over the weekend. Clouds and rain in the western Gorge will shift the wind to the east, and atmospheric dynamics will make the wind gusty and unreliable.
For Wednesday, we start the day with calmish wind and weak gradients. Flow is 328kcfs, and temp is 59 degrees. Pacific high pressure builds a bit this afternoon and desert pressure drops with heating, giving us slowly building westerlies. By 11am, we’ll have 10-13 at Stevenson. The wind will take its time, but eventually end up at 13-16 from Stevenson to The Dalles this evening.
An approaching front and low pressure trough start to impact the Gorge Thursday, making this forecast a bit on the guess-casting side of things. The day starts with 20-25 from Viento to Mosier with 13-16 to The Dalles. By late morning, we’ll have gusty, intermittent 22-27 from Stevenson to The Dalles and 14-18 east to Roosevelt.
Friday’s wind will be impacted by the arrival of a strong cold front and evening rain. The day starts cloudy in the western Gorge with 5-10 and sunny in the eastern Gorge with 12-15. As this front approaches, we’ll see a short lived burst of gusty 24-29 moving from west beaches to east beaches Jump on it as soon as you see the wind climbing, because it’s not going to last all that long. Timing: 2ish western Gorge, 5ish eastern Gorge.
Saturday and Sunday both look cloudy and rainy west of Hood River, possibly including Hood River on Saturday. This shifts the wind east, with the steadiest, most reliable wind east of The Dalles. We’re a long ways out to be calling the wind. Current GFS run suggests 24-28 Saturday and 22-25 Sunday. The Euro agrees with the general picture but has stronger wind Saturday.
BONUS: Jones Wednesday: 16-19. Thursday: 12-15. Friday: X. Sauvie’s Wednesday: 10-13 late. Thursday: 7-10. Friday: X. Coast (north/central/south). Wednesday: NW5/NW5/5-10, W swell 8′ at 12 seconds. Thursday: SW15/SW10/X, W swell 6′ @ 10 seconds. Friday: X/X/X, W swell 6′ @ 10 seconds, rain.
Random Morning Thoughts
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Mt. Hood Mountain Weather Forecast
There is, believe it or not, some unseasonable weather in the Mt. Hood forecast: snow! For Wednesday, it’ll just be sunny. Free air freezing level (FAF) 11,000′ int eh morning and 13,000′ in the afternoon. Wind: SW 10 early, NW 5 afternoon, S 15 overnight. Thursday looks clear with maybe some high clouds late. FAF: 12,000′ all day, 10,000′ after midnight. Wind: S 15 morning, SW 25 afternoon, SW 15 overnight. Friday turns increasingly cloudy, then rainy around 5pm, then potentially snowy overnight. Snow level 10,000′ morning, 8000′ afternoon, 5500′ after midnight. Up to 1” accumulation at 5000′. Wind: SW 15 morning, SW 30 afternoon, WSW 20 after midnight. Saturday looks snowy and windy with 4-6” of new above 6000′. Sunday looks like snowfall, sunbreaks, and windy.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Wednesday starts off clear and stays that way. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 80’s later. Calm wind in the morning. Moderate westerlies later. No rainbows. Thursday looks clear to start and sees high clouds in the afternoon with filtered sun. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early and mid 70’s in the afternoon. Moderate to strong westerlies. No rainbows. Friday starts with low clouds and then turns cloudy and rainy. Temps will be near 50 early and in the mid 70’s in the afternoon. Moderate to strong westerlies late in the day. 10% chance of rainbows. The weekend looks showery and windy with a 99% chance of rainbows.
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White Sprinter Van of the Week
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Road and Mountain Biking
All the road bike rides are open. There is a work party on Surveyor’s Ridge on Saturday. Meet at Little John snopark at 9am. 450, Fifteenmile, Gunsight, Boulder Lakes and High Prairie remain closed. No word on Huffman Peak. Falls Creek is open top to bottom.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events start with free yoga at the FISH food bank in hood River at 10. There’s meditation at noon at Trinity Natural Medicine, and the all-levels women’s Post n’ Pinot ride at 5:30 at Dirty Fingers. Tomorrow’s night’s rides include the race-pace Post n’ Pint at Dirty Fingers at 5:30 and a women’s mountain bike ride from Mountain View Cycles at 5. Tonight’s the Hood River County Recreation Trails Committee meeting at the extension office in Hood River at 5.
This week is the community rebuild of the Hood River Children’s Park. Visit the City of Hood River’s website for ways to help. The Pistol River Wave Bash starts tomorrow, there’s a surveyor’s ridge work party Saturday that meets at Little John snopark at 9, and the Sandy Ridge Enduro is Sunday. There’s a free half-day meditation retreat on Saturday at Yoga Samadhi, 1-5pm, with the monks from Pacific Hermitage.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
