Fall type northerly winds return to the west coast. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com In part one of this blog, we saw that during recent days the North Pacific High had disappeared from the eastern Pacific depriving the west coast of its northerly winds. This 2nd. part of the blog shows the return of the North Pacific High and touches on…
The worse for 3rd & The best for Pt. Isabel. by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com The title may be a bit of an overstatement but it captures the flavor of the 2018 San Francisco Bay Area kite and windsurfing season at the 2 sites that suffered and benefitted the most. Looking at the wind graphs to the right…
How we do a “Guesscast” for Stinson Beach while taking baby steps up the forecast learning curve. ROUGH DRAFT by Mike Godsey, Mike AT iwindsurf.com The banner above is from a Coast Guard helicopter scouting trip Rob and I took looking for possible weatherflow.com sensor sites. We have just started doing daily forecasts for Stinson…
The NPH is still creating an eddy near San Francisco. by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com For weeks the Bay Area has seen one counter-clockwise spinning eddy and/or low-pressure system to our west. The resulting southerly coast wind has held the typical NW coast winds far from shore. The result of all the southerly flow has made for the…
WSW and WNW winds converge making for unreliable wind near launch site. by Mike Godsey, Mike AT iwindsurf.com Here are some of the e-mails I received from customers about the winds INSIDE at 3rd. Ave. & Coyote yesterday Aug. 31, 2018 versus the windgraph: R, “Reading your report this morning, yesterday was indeed a super…
Large weak eddy brings southerly winds to much of Bay Area. by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com
Strong trade winds supercharged by powerful hurricane winds threaten Hawaii. by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com NWS: Hurricane Local Statements Issued: 21 Aug 2018 5:27 am HST A Hurricane Watch has been issued for Big Island Interior, Big Island North and East, Big Island Summits, Haleakala Summit, Kahoolawe, Kohala, Kona, Lanai Makai, Lanai Mauka, Leeward Haleakala, Maui…
In meteorology, like politics, instability sometimes wins over stability! by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com This, I know is true: The Gorge is usually glassy calm during heat waves. At the end of a heat wave cool stable marine layer clouds flood the corridor from the ocean. Then very strong usable winds blow through the corridor towards Roos. The strong winds…
Why the Gorge winds finally returned to normal. by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com Despite the recent unusual heat wave winds at the Hatch and Swell the Gorge has had long periods of mild summer wind despite the epic winds of May. The phrase I hear repeatedly is “The Gorge is broken” So what has caused…
The NRL product still has some advantages. by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com The new GOES 16 satellite imagery has great tools and higher resolution compared to the old GOES 15 satellite. However, as you can see in the 2 images below from this morning, The Monterey NRL, through the years, has tweaked the GOES15…