West Coast Wind Blog: by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com For the most part it has been a great season for Baja’s East Cape. But now we are in a summer time pattern as the North Pacific High lords over the North Pacific. So summer…
by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com The February 14 Valentine blog talked about overall causes of the unusual southerly winds in the Sea of Cortez. Today’s blog shows a close up of these winds. Now if only that low pressure was closer to us we could…
La Ventana and Los Barriles are famous for their reliable northerly winds and swell. Sometimes those northerly winds from the North Pacific High and high pressure in the 4 corners are strong sometimes mild but always northerly. But a few times each season those venues see weak southerly winds which may get into the foil…
by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com It always seem like magic. Solid winds one day then the next day the sky looks the same from your beach but the winds are much lighter. Both days are sunny and the inland valleys heat but there are…
by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com We have had days of strong winds starting with a wild El Norte winds then continuing at a solid pace. What causes such a long run of strong wind? More typically we have a couple of days of strong…
by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com When I talk about high pressure in the 4 corners and the North Pacific High I focus on the wind in the Sea of Cortez. But winds also makes ripples and ripples can grow to chop and with enough…
by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com Yesterday was a pretty wild day. It started with heavy clouds, scattered light rain and wild random gusts. But as I forecast the clouds cleared fast and the thermal effect of the inland valleys heating helped steady the wind…
by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com La Ventana often has nice sunsets but several times each season it has the most amazing sunrises you can imagine. My photo web site has lots of examples of these sunrises. Regular old sunrises are very simple. There are…
by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com It is rare to do a forecast and have the recipient of the forecast circle the cardon cactus over your house. But today we have to deal with a low pressure are to the north diverting our wind away…
by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com La Ventana is renowned for being a window to spectacular SUNRISES. Of course, there is a demographic which has been coming here for years and has yet to see a sunrise. But as my banner photo shot, last Saturday…