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…
Saturday’s Wind Recipe:
Human Forecast for May 3, 2025 Very EARLY Gusty winds for the entire coast and Bay including Ocean Beach for the “King of the Cove” Saturday! Note: The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management has issued a HIGH WIND ADVISORY for blowing objects. Now at 11:30 AM: With parts of the Bay and Central Valley still blanketed…
Mild on Central Coast but windy for Lopez and strong for Isabella. Entire Southern California sees moderate winds. Central Coast A tiny storm system off San Francisco diverts the North Pacific High’s surface NW winds around the Central California coast so the coast sees mild W to WSW wind. However, a strong pressure gradient towards the…
Wind Recipe: 1. A tiny storm system due west of S.F. blocks most of the North Pacific High’s surface NW winds. 2. Scattered high clouds mean the Central Valley gradient is very mild. 3. The storm provides a weak serving of WSW wind that might serve the wind-starved just outside of Anita Rock and Pt….
I am sticking to current forecast as the larger eddy expected Sunday begins brewing 12 hours early! Wind Recipe: 1. A small eddy off Golden Gate is creating southerly coast winds and has pushed the marine layer far inland. 2. This eddy probably lingers so residual S. coast winds from Waddell to Bodega. 3. Meanwhile,…
Todays Wind Recipe: 1. A 3000-mile wide NPH already has NW to W wind tickling coast sensors. 2. This kills the eddies southerly coast winds. 3. N. Central Valley wind weaken the Sacramento gradient while enhancing the Stockton and Bakersfield gradient. 4 As the clouds burn off this causes W. ocean winds to curve &…
As clouds pull back Sherman blows then Pt. Isabel and Marin followed by TI then North Tower and Tigers. Today’s Wind Recipe: 1. Southerly coast winds continue from Bodega to past Waddell as low-pressure lingers over the coast from Oregon to the North Bay. (Who can figure out why Half Moon Bay has NW winds?…
Todays Wind Recipe: Full Human forecast. https://wx.ikitesurf.com/proforecast/2 1. As expected, the NW ocean winds at our ocean buoys have plummeted to the sub-teens and we have weak southerly eddy winds from Waddell to Bodega. 2. This occurred as the NPH pushed a ridge into far Northern California and NE winds developed aloft creating an eddy….