Today, race with the clock. Most models have wind-killing clouds clearing by noon, while some have them lingering. Bottom line: Mid to maybe weak upper-teens focused La Ventana IF clouds clear early. Today’s wind recipe: 1. Bully boy, high pressure is preparing to move into the Great Basin to create Tuesday’s wild Baja wind, but it…
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To me Facebook has only 2 uses. One is to communicate with friends is villages where they don’t have regular e-mail. The other use is to keep up with the windsurfing/kiting/winging communities in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Baja where I forecast. This collage of Facebook messages illustrate this second use:
Typically, El Norte wind events, like the one building today and peaking Friday, are triggered by high pressure moving into the Great Basin 4-Corners region. Looking at this image, you can see that the high pressure today is actually pretty far to the north, and the northerly wind coming from that high pressure towards the…
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…
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…
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…
We are in a Diablo wind event with higher elevations seeing northerly wind gusts to 50 mph with Mt St Helena gusting as high as 75 mph. Red Flag fire conditions prevail. Today’s Surface winds: Strong unfavorable NNW/NNE winds aloft battle with moderate WNW ocean winds trying to curve into the Bay making for extremely…
Forecast Jargon Decoder: Oct. 17, 2024 Strong NNW winds just aloft battle with very strong WNW surface winds curving into the Bay making for Blasts and Lulls from hell. Note: Use extreme caution launching kites today! Look at today’s Blog for the Bays modeled winds at 5 AM and 4 PM. The crazy strong winds…
West Coast Wind Blog: Forecast Jargon Decoder: A massive Gulf of Alaska wintry storm complex apparently did not get the word that we are moving into a La Niña pattern. Extending from a weak rainy front will graze the Bay Area Saturday pushing our NW down to the Waddell to Natural Bridges zone. Off the…