The main wind machine for the East Cape wind capitals of Los Barriles and La Ventana are a combo of NNE El Norte winds from the Great Basin + local sea breezes genterated by low pressure in our coastal valleys. But in La Niña years the North Pacific High frequently moves close enough to Baja…
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…
Baja’s East Cape forecast for La Ventana, Los Barriles and El Sargento: Looking at this amazing 7:15 AM satellite imagery you can see a solid mass of clouds from the subtropical jet stream is over the Sea of Cortez for Mulege to just north of La Paz. The edge of this cloud mass has a…
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…
Ask anyone who wings, kites or windsurfs the west coast from The Gorge to Los Barriles to Hawaii and they will heard of the North Pacific High. This dome of high pressure spans much of the Pacific and changes shape, location and size daily and seasonally. This brings trade winds Hawaii, NW clearing winds to…
In Part 1 of this blog, we saw how lingering surface high pressure over the Great Basin kept the El Norte winds blowing for days rather than the typical 2-3 days. In Part 2 we saw how an upper ridge can anchor that surface high pressure in place while increasing its strength. Now Part 3…
This photo from 2019 shows the dawn clouds from the sub tropical jet stream. They make for a beautiful sunrise and this big swell rolling onto the Rasta Beach north of El Sargento sure look promising. But all those clouds mean it was difficult to get coastal valley heating we needed to get that big…
In Part 1 of this 3 part blog we saw how lingering high pressure over the Great Basin kept the El Norte winds blowing for days rather than the typical 2-3 days. But the question remains… why did that high pressure linger so long and stay so strong. Part 2 of this blog answers that…
If Matt and my forecasts are right we are in for a long spell of moderate El Norte winds coming down Sea of Cortez from the Great Basin. The 3 part blog looks at the 3 major causes of this event from Nov. 20 to around Nov. 25. Typically El Norte wind events last 2-3…
There is now a Weatherflow Tempest weather station at Rasta Beach about 1 km north of El Sargento. This sensor at hosted by the great folks at Kitesurfing Planet. Be sure to check out all their rental gear and the amazing beach side restaurant. The sensor is at the back of the beach so it…