The Great Lakes are no stranger to wild conditions. Tragedies like the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking in almost 28′ seas on Lake Superior are well documented. Thankfully, these types of tragedies have been very rare in recent decades. However, a lesser documented risk are the wind-driven waves that sweep fishermen and others from the pierheads and…
WeatherFlow’s Pro Forecasts are starting back up around the country and we are happy to announce that we are adding several new regions to the lineup! WeatherFlow will now be providing expert weather prediction for Texas, focusing on the coastal areas of South Padre Island, Corpus Christi, and Houston/Galveston, but to include other areas, such…
Our newest WF-WRF model has been unleashed on the New York/New Jersey domain and we have been seeing some amazing results! During the summer months, the NJ coast often gets a series of cold fronts but these aren’t exactly ‘fronts’ because in summer they weaken and often die before they get over the NJ coast….
Add eddy, SW flow aloft, pressure gradient to N. Great Basin and the Central Valley and step back! by Mike Godsey Below is some imagery I will turn into a blog later. Right now I am preparing to hit the water! But the imagery below should be enough for you to construct the probable blog…
Weighing at 10X the size of the Golden Gate eddy… meet the Bodega Eddy. by Mike Godsey On many recent days we have been cursed or blessed by the tiny Golden Gate just west of the Gate. Cursed if you ply the waters of the coast or much of the Peninsula, Blessed it your home waters…
Uh oh! Fast ramp up of a Catalina Eddy. by Mike Godsey One of the many things that makes Southern California forecasting difficult is the unpredictability of the Catalina Eddy. If there is an eddy then the Southern California coast marine layer takes longer to dissipate, the pressure gradient is weaker and less of the…
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Benjamin Miller: So, we’ve all heard about the monsoons that bring flooding rains to the South Pacific and southeast Asia. But that’s it, right? Monsoons don’t impact the U.S., do they? Well, that depends upon how you define monsoons. Traditionally, we like to define monsoon as “a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by…
Here is one of those days where I just bowed to mother nature and said, “You won this round”. The setup here is a strong ridge of High pressure dominating the eastern seaboard which pretty much rules out much of a synoptic breeze (frontal generated). I thought this would be a…