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Sol-flyer
Since 21 Mar 2006
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Otto Mann
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| Wed Apr 21, 10 8:10 am |
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Its windy in the gorge?
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Justsmile
Since 20 Jul 2009
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Not Portland
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| Wed Apr 21, 10 8:22 am reality vs. forecast |
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Below, it shows the wind forecast today at 14knots for rufus and above it shows it blowing 30 knots etc. How and where can you find an accurate forecast. This site is not even close to what it currently blowing. When I look at most of the forecasts on this site they show the max winds this week at 12-14 knots in most of the gorge and that does not sound like what most people are forecasting. I am stumped as to how far a forecast can be to reality. This favorite might get erased if I can find a reliable source.
I should make note that this forecast if from windfinder.com
Wind Statistic Wind Report Forecast Super Forecast Local Forecasts
Columbia River / Rufus (RUFUS)
Lat/Lon: 45.70 -120.34 Time zone: UTC -7 Sunrise: 06:04 Sunset: 19:56
Print Version Forecast Map Google Map kitebeaches.com
Local date Wednesday, Apr 21 Thursday, Apr 22
Local time 02h 05h 08h 11h 14h 17h 20h 23h 02h 05h 08h 11h 14h 17h 20h 23h
Wind direction
Wind speed (mph) 14 12 10 10 12 8 8 9 8 9 9 8 9 10 8 8
Cloud cover
Precipitation (in/3h) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pressure sealevel (hPa) 958 959 960 961 962 962 962 963 965 966 967 967 966 966 967 970
Air temperature (°F) 44 42 42 44 44 50 50 46 41 39 42 55 64 64 51 46
Local date Friday, Apr 23 Saturday, Apr 24
Local time 02h 05h 08h 11h 14h 17h 20h 23h 02h 05h 08h 11h 14h 17h 20h 23h
Wind direction
Wind speed (mph) 7 6 6 3 5 10 10 9 9 9 12 10 13 13 8 7
Cloud cover
Precipitation (in/3h) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pressure sealevel (hPa) 971 971 972 971 968 967 968 970 971 972 975 976 975 975 976 977
Air temperature (°F) 42 39 42 57 66 66 55 48 50 44 44 51 57 55 46 41
Local date Sunday, Apr 25 Monday, Apr 26
Local time 02h 05h 08h 11h 14h 17h 20h 23h 02h 05h 08h 11h 14h 17h 20h 23h
Wind direction
Wind speed (mph) 5 2 2 6 7 7 5 3 5 3 5 8 9 9 7 6
Cloud cover
Precipitation (in/3h) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pressure sealevel (hPa) 977 977 978 977 974 972 971 970 969 968 968 965 962 957 955 952
Air temperature (°F) 37 33 44 53 59 60 48 41 39 37 46 55 64 66 55 53
Local date Tuesday, Apr 27 Wednesday, Apr 28
Local time 02h 05h 08h 11h 14h 17h 20h 23h 02h 05h 08h 11h
Wind direction
Wind speed (mph) 5 2 5 8 3 3 2 3 5 5 2 5
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Sol-flyer
Since 21 Mar 2006
1280 Posts
Dude, where's my Bus?
Otto Mann
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| Wed Apr 21, 10 8:29 am |
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even Temira gets it wrong some of the time. I think reading the pressure gradients for the gorge is tricky at best. It seems like there is a lot of variables to get an accurate forecast. The storm systems change every hour 
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
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