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As I write at 10:45 AM on July 12, a tiny eddy is dying between the Golden Gate and Stinson Beach. This satellite animation shows the current winds as the eddy dies. This afternoon, with the eddy gone, mild NW winds reach into the Bay. With a max pressure gradient towards Sacramento, we should see…
The greater San Francisco Bay Area usually has very different wind patterns than the Central California coast and Southern California Coast. But, on Saturday, July 13, a huge eddy impacts the entire region. Sat, Jul 13 2024, Bay Area extended forecast. Note: DAWN PATROL: Very early AM strong winds develop Larkspur/Clark’s Brickyards to Benicia to Benicia…
Forecast Jargon Decoder: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 BELOW the heat bubble created by a historic lingering heat wave, a tiny eddy off San Francisco sends a narrow finger of up and down upper-teens to low 20’s wind from mid Golden Gate to Brooks Island & Larkspur and maybe 3rd. Ave. Channel. Meanwhile, Arroyo, Pismo and…
Forecast Jargon Decoder: June 30, 2024 It’s a fun day to arrive at Ocean Beach near dawn and watch the SSW eddy winds blow apart as big NW white caps reach the sand by 1 p.m. Ohh! Be sure to bring your kite! Expect upper-teens to mid 20’s winds on the ENTIRE coast, Crissy beach,…
Forecast Jargon Decoder: June 29, 2024 Unsettled upper-teens to low 20’s winds focus in the mid Golden Gate to Pt. Isabel ton near Pt. Isabel to mid San Pablo Bay. Meanwhile, upper-teens winds are unsteady in the 3rd. Ave. Channel and especially near the launch sites late. This pattern develops as: 1. The North Pacific…
Forecast Jargon Decoder: June 20,2024, do you enjoy these Decoders? Tricky day for launch site winds. Strongest winds mid Golden Gate to Brooks Island to near Shimada Park + 3rd. Ave. Channel & Waddell. Napa Complex day with a combo of strong WSW/SSW wind north of the Bay Bridge and WNW vs WSW wind on…
Meteorologist learn a lot of theory from books and articles and comparing your forecasts to reality. I also I think I have learned much about very local wind idiosyncrasies from driving and hiking around the terrain that impacts the wind velocity and direction. But I have learned the most by talking with people who actually…
Once San Francisco had more summer time fog and extremely steady winds. In recent decades the winds are often more turbulent and fog is less widespread. This same pattern is becoming more frequent in Southern California and in the Columbia River Gorge. This change has been reported in many places. Here are examples in a…
Forecast Jargon Decoder, June 16, 6:59, 2024 Do you find these Decoders useful? Let me know mgodseywf@gmail.com Limp low-pressure from the Central Valley has ballooned out from the Central California over the coast so we are seeing glassy waters below the Golden Gate to Anita Rock. So once again the Crissy wind sock appears in…