West Coast Wind Blog: Pacific reform for fortells
by Mike Godsey, Link to daily Baja forecast
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by Mike Godsey, Link to daily Baja forecast My forecast barely came true yesterday for La Ventana and Los Barriles as blue skies appeared and the forecast winds briefly moved from the outer water wind line to the shore. Look carefully at this satellite imagery from about 10 am yesterday and you can see the…
by Mike Godsey, Link to daily Baja forecast 9 AM update with satellite imagery of today’s clouds at bottom First, the good news! Due to the generosity of John Salow and some work on his and my part and the support of the great folks at Kitesurfing Planet the Weatherflow.com network has added a beach…
by Mike Godsey, Link to daily Baja forecast Very mild steady winds Tuesday but Wednesday winds build up a notch as the North Pacific High buds of a high pressure that moves towards the 4 corners by Thursday. While some models say only mid-teens for La Ventana Wednesday this model captures the effect of heating…
by Mike Godsey, Link to daily Baja forecast Sometimes really big El Norte winds are crazy gusty. Other times they are just mildly gusty. There are 2 basic reasons for gusts. 1. Surface wind flowing around or over mountains and points often becomes turbulent creating eddies and waves that your wind or kite experiences as…
by Mike Godsey Until this last decade, El Norte winds from the 4 corners region used to be the sole source of strong winds in the Sea of Cortez. These winds have a mostly NORTH direction which makes them side-onshore winds relative to most Sea of Cortez beaches. This means the wind do not need to…
Find the 2 “L’s” in this graphic. Those are the centers of the storm that is dumping rain and snow on California. So, why should you care? After all you came to Baja’s East Cape to get away from rain and snow and they could not possibly impact you in your winter wind refuge. Wrong! Looking…
by Mike Godsey, Link to daily Baja forecast Mild wind set up today as bullets 1-5 show in the image below. But more importantly these 2 photos from last night and dawn today remind us there is more to life in La Ventana than wind. But look carefully in the upper left corner between Eureka,…
Find the 2 “L’s” in this graphic. Those are the centers of the storm that is dumping rain and snow on California. So, why should you care? After all you came to Baja’s East Cape to get away from rain and snow and they could not possibly impact you in your winter wind refuge. Wrong! Looking…
by Mike Godsey In past decades the North Pacific High’s average position in the Pacific varies seasonally as you can see in this first graphic showing its average monthly location over 43 years. In January the NPH is small and typically well west of Baja. Then as spring develops the NPH slowly migrates northward while enlarging….