Endless heat and brown skies to the Gorge… comes to an end tomorrow! by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com My banner above shows the almost daily view of the Hatchery from my house the last 2 weeks. The smoke is mostly from fires in Canada but its unusual persistence and the unending heat wave is…
Surface eddy and low pressure aloft maintain southerly winds. by Mike Godsey, Mike AT iwindsurf.com Today, Saturday July 29 things start with a small surface eddy near the coast. Then tomorrow a Bodega eddy, much like the one you see in my banner animation above, forms at the surface. Then low pressure systems develop above…
They determine if the The Wall is Great or Hate! by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Take a look at the swell near The Wall in my banner above. Notice how the big swell is uniform reflecting solid WSW wind from Oregon to Washington on an epic Wall day. This VIDEO link shows the sort of action…
by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com Looking at the top animation of the surface winds from Sunday through Monday it looks like we transition into an unusual wind event for the Bay Area to Southern California regions starting tomorrow. At first glance if looks like a just a huge surface Golden Gate “eddy”…
Leo and Cabrillo are spared for different reasons. Hey Mike, Long time no talk. Hope all is well and you’re having a great summer. I thought I’d share a weather thought from today’s very strong winds for Leo Carrillo. I’m not at the beach today (too much weekend madness for my tastes), but checking the graphs…
Battles with subsidence from crushing high pressure heat wave. by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com A marine surge is arriving either tomorrow Friday or Saturday AM at the latest. These animations show some of the variables involved.
Makes forecasting very iffy by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com Take a look at the extended forecast for the Bay Area tomorrow. So what is going on? As you may have noticed Bay Area wind patterns keep changing in last 10-20 years. They are very very different than the stable spring and summer pattern that…
An autopsy of an East Bay wind crash! by Mike Godsey If you were on the water near Pt. Isabel on May 28 or 29th at 3:30PM you remember those days well. If not take a look at this wind graph and imagine what it was like on the water. The job of this blog is…
Maybe the sensor is not broken? by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com Hi ctuna, You are not the only one to notice the “wacky” San Luis readings. No we have not moved the sensor and there are no new structures near the sensor. But something has changed and that is the Bay Area wind patterns….
Weak winds for Southern California and the Bay Area with eddy woes! by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Below is the Bay Area forecast for this weekend. Not very promising for most of the Bay Area and Southern California also has little promise for most sites. The following graphic tells the story. Watch the time line and…