Very EARLY GUSTY low to mid 20’+ ENTIRE coast & Bay mid-Golden Gate south past 3rd. Ave. + Sherman, Rod & Gun. Bit weaker in Benicia and Alameda. 1- Beefy 2770 mile wide North Pacific High compacts isobars along West Coast from Pistol River to Baja so northerly ocean winds roar!2- This wind is accelerated…
In response to significant long-term climatic shifts, the National Weather Service (NWS) has updated its public notification protocols for temperature hazards in Alaska. Climatological data reveal that Alaska is experiencing anomalous warming at a rate approximately double that of the contiguous 48 states, with a recorded increase in the statewide average annual air temperature of…
One of the most beautiful, accessible, and photographed places in the Gorge is the Rowena area. This area also has two popular Gorge launch sites, Doug’s Beach and Rowena. The last week has seen non-stop powerful winds in most of the Gorge. Meanwhile, lingering high-pressure has dropped the humidity and crushed the marine layer clouds….
Now at 11:30 AM: Very good Año Nuevo clearing so Waddell south is building nicely. Standing waves in marine layer clouds confirm strong winds just aloft so keep eye on Ocean Beach, Pt. Isabel and 3rd. Ave. launch site winds. From 7:30 AM:Wind Recipe Thursday: 1-Gonnabe a complex day as various forces battle, so be ready…
Yesterday the North Pacific High’s surface NW ocean winds were exceptionally weak yet my forecast was for strong upper-teens to low 20’s winds for almost every water location in the San Francisco Bay Area. There are 2 keys to Bay Area summer winds. The first is the many gaps in the Coast Range and East…
Now at 11:30 AM: There are white caps outside of Anita Rock and below the San Rafel/Richmond Bridge. Most of the Bay Area has cleared. Our fleet of ≈30 Tempest sensors between 3rd. Ave. and Half Moon Bay are showing NE winds and that usually means WSW PM winds from the Hwy. 92 gap area…
Thursday’s Eddy Wind Recipe: It you are new to the San Francisco Bay Area summer winds you are befuddled right now. For weeks we have had NW ocean winds curving in to most sites. But the handwriting was on the wall with 3rd. Ave. often plagued by W to WSW winds at the launch sites…
Saturday’s Wind Recipe: First Major Eddy of the season starts Monday! Sherman Expression Session FORECAST: Upper-teens to low 20’s+ Up and down blasts stronger due to winds aloft and proximity of heat bubble. The NPH delivers very strong NW wind to our ocean buoys and scours out clouds fast: Bodega buoy 23g31, S.F. buoy 20g23…But…
Friday’s Wind Recipe by Mike Godsey: 1, The Bodega ocean buoy NW 25g31 as a 3500-mile wide NPH anchors NW wind and chilly upwelling along our coast. 2, A sensor near the Altamont Pass is reporting 21g31 supporting the evidence that the pressure gradient focuses Stockton > Bakersfield which favors coast winds and sites from…
2100 mile-wide North Pacific High is compacted against the California coast by a rainy Gulf of Alaska storm Strong pressure gradient towards Stockton helps Candlestick and Alameda. A massive gradient towards Bakersfield and the Great Basin accelerates wind down the coast. The same gradient sucks winds over the launch sites from Anita Rock to 3rd…