Powerful easterly winds rip Rooster Rock. by Mike Godsey, Mike AT windsurf.com We have already seen one strong east wind event this fall and that event had devastating consequences for the Eagle Creek fire causing it to sweep from Eagle Creek to almost the outskirts of Corbett. As you can see in Ben’s forecast for today…
Makes Piedras Blancas sensor read low while accelerating the Arroyo Laguna winds by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com Mike As you work to understand the central coast winds, I thought You might be able to explain the winds the last couple of days at Arroyo Laguna. If you look at the 11am to 3pm time…
“Smoke on the water” is a phrase that normally brings excitement to Gorge sailors & kiters… but not this time! by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com Below is a map I prepared using our weatherflow.com sensor data and a fire map from the Incident Management Team 2. Note that the most catastrophic fire expansion happened…
Powerful predawn winds touch down randomly by Mike Godsey Sept. 11. Updated Sept. 21, 2017 We had a “mystery” wind event early Monday morning Sept 11, 2017. The previous Sunday evening while preparing the Bay Area 7 PM wind forecast I noticed that our 1 km WF-WRF model had a baffling 1-2 hour burst of very strong…
Strongest Atlantic Hurricane ever in recorded history? Updated Wed. Sept 6, 2017 by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com Update: This first video is the eye of Irma with average winds of 185 mph Tuesday Morning. Fox News has declared that Hurricane Irma is the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history while other meteorological sources say it is the…
Wind patterns change fast for the Bay Area and Southern California. by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com As the remains of Tropical Storm Lidia moved from Baja waters to west of the Southern California Bight it shook up the wind patterns for both the S. F. Bay Area and Southern California making for fast changes…
Calm Gorge Winds, Sparse Bay winds and Strong Southern California coast winds. And what about Hurricane Harvey? by Mike Godsey You have probably seen graphics like the one above from the Portland Press Herald during a heat wave. This is a very simplified depiction of the type of dome of upper high pressure that has been…
Here are some different views of the eclipse. First are 3 animations I made from satellite imagery. The second two photos show the eclipse’s light as it filters through leaves and illuminates asphalt driveway. Mike Godsey
Your tool at times when the sensor is not accurate. by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com You have probably noticed that the Swell City sensor often reads inaccurately especially in the morning. This is because the only location for a sensor in the area is atop a 30 foot cliff on the waters edge near…
But often fail at the exact focus of it’s winds. by Mike Godsey, MikeAT iwindsurf.com Years ago when I first began forecasting when the models could barely resolve the entire Bay Area I and the NWS were oblivious of eddies off the Golden Gate. Sure ocean fishing party boats knew that sometime there were mysterious…