Author: Mike Godsey

West Coast Wind Blog: La Ventana winds a bit more promising as clouds thin since early this morning.

Notice the huge mass of clouds carried by the Sub-Tropical Jetstream from a disturbance to the SW over Baja Sur. This mass of clouds has been lingering north of Baja’s East Cape the last few days but overnight lunged over us. If those clouds linger we will have weak unreliable wind. However, watching the satellite…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Clouds arrive early causing wind lull at La Ventana

Yesterday saw an abrupt drop of the wind velocity at some La Ventana sensors around 2:30 PM. This fade nicely illustrates the importance of heat in the Los Planes Valley. Below is my forecast for yesterday which mentions the possibility of this happening. This satellite imagery shows the massive clouds to our north and the…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Why are the El Norte winds in the Sea of Cortez hitting the beaches so early this Thanksgiving morning?

The banner above shows what the winds looked like at the La Ventana campground at 9:45 AM Thanksgiving Day. Note the building white caps. What causes the winds to start out so early and how did the forecast predict this in advance? Well, forecasting strong El Norte winds was easy. This next image shows the…

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Useful blogs : Winds on Baja’s East Cape

Baja daily human forecast   Questions about the forecasts or blogs? mgodseywf@gmail.com About Mike Godsey WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE BAJA FORECASTS THE WEATHERFLOW SENSOR NETWORK IN LA VENTANA IF IT SWELLS, RIDE IT! What causes Baja winter swell? CAUSES OF LONG EL NORTE WIND EVENT: PART 1: LINGERING HIGH PRESSURE IN THE GREAT BASIN…

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