Everyone Knows ... It's Windy

The next time I make a statement like "this time of the year, the west wind dies down", you can safely ignore it.

The west wind this afternoon kicked in with a vengence. The high gust at our house today was 35 mph. I checked back through this year's data and the highest gust so far was 37 mph on January 7, when a minor "Columbus Day" type storm moved through. As usual, with all the Hood River Weather site wind speeds, add 10 to 20 mph for on-river conditions.