Which way does the wind blow?

Everyone has an opinion on which way the wind blows but Dave Rusin sent me the following message:

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>1. Which direction does the wind through the Columbia Gorge blow. I hear it
>can be quite windy but get conflicting word on direction.

Planning for my own bike trip this year I found this site:

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/climate/windrose.html

You can choose from hundreds of cities in the US and can see a
wind rose for each month. (That's a graphic that shows how often,
or how strong, the winds have been from each direction.)

Also useful: a text listing of similar data:

http://www5.ncdc.noaa.gov/documentlibrary/pdf/wind1996.pdf

Today's winds:

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/

Winds and other weather predictions for 4-7 days into the future:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/5km_grids/5km_gridsbody.html

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Dave

Those are great tools for planning a tour.

Thanks …. Roland