Author: Mike Godsey

West Coast Wind Blog: Northerly winds aloft cause extreme gusts and lulls for San Francisco Bay Area,

Forecast Jargon Decoder: November 3, 2024 UP AND DOWN very strong NW winds on the COAST. Bay has On and Off NORTH winds sub-teens to mid 20’s strongest Pt. Isabel, Coyote and 3rd. Ave.  BAJA human forecasts have started! Note: Last day of the forecast season! Go Baja! My goal each year is for the Windy…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Tropical Storm Kristy helps produce early season Northerly winds in the Sea of Cortez. But…

You know the old aphorism “If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck…) Well sometimes it isn’t a duck. From the perspective of the La Ventana beaches it would appear that Sunday, Monday and today, Wednesday, we are having classic El Norte winds roaring down the Sea of Cortez. As you old time…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Baja beckons this winter!

Dreaming of warm air and water, big swell and sandy beaches and most importantly reliable wind? Baja’s East Cape offers it all. Your accommodations can range from a tent at the campground to a private home to a resort or even bunk beds. We are going into a La Niña pattern which usually means strong…

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West Coast Wind Blog: San Francisco’s reputation as the foggy wind capital of the world threatened.

Enough of this! Here is how to save San Francisco’s reputation! The vast display of exposed skin at Crissy in recent afternoons has to end! It is bad for San Francisco’s reputation as the windy fog capital of the world, so here is my fix! 1. Coax the heat-producing upper ridge at ≈ 18,000 feet…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Cam imagery of San Francisco inversion on weak wind day.

Forecast: FADE LIKELY! Mild BRIEF barely useful winds reach near Larkspur/Clark’s Brickyards, Flying Tigers/Haskins and Brooks Island and North Tower to Point Blunt. Now at 11:30 AM: High clouds are streaming over Sonoma and the Napa Valley which was suppose to be our strongest pressure gradient so I am dropping the forecast wind values From 7:30…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Southern California winds impacted by “Heat Bubble” issues!

Professional Meteorologist Forecast Issued Wed, Oct 2 11:30:00 by Meteorologist Kerry Anderson – Next scheduled update: 7:00 PMSpecial updates issued as needed. Strong sea breeze activity for So Cal where the clouds clear. Temperatures are climbing quickly as we sit under a huge ridge.  Central California: Offshore NNE flow has cleared the marine clouds. The beaches…

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