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…
Huge upper high pressure covers west coast by Mike Godsey,mike AT iwindsurf.com Take a look at these NWS technical discussions for the coming days for the Southern California, The Gorge and the San Francisco Bay Area. All three mention high pressure as the cause of the continued and building heat. Sometimes it is confusing when the term high pressure is…
Convection threatens Southern California coast winds by weakeningpressure gradient to deserts. by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com July 18 a massive fast developing convective system in Arizona was moving towards the Southern California deserts. Issued a warning that the associated clouds could spoil the pressure gradient needed to help the coastal winds. It turned out that most of…
First check out part one of this blog: “Creation of a “Mega Eddy” The huge eddy that expanded from Southern California reached the Bay Area today, June 24, 2018, making for some of the strongest southerly winds in recent history for June. I will be working on this blog tomorrow. But below are a bunch…
Expect southerly eddy winds from Baja to Northern California. by Mike Godsey This is a rough draft but I wanted to get this imagery out to you ASAP. Most models agree that an unusully “mega eddy” pattern develops along the west coast form Baja Norte to north of Bodega Bay this Sunday. This will bring southerly winds to all of…
Hot weak winds to cool blasts of wind! by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com This blog will let Crysta’s extended forecast and the imagery tell the story. Be sure note the position of the low pressure in Columbia Basin and the distribution and packing of the North Pacific High’s isobars.
Strong winds for Southern California… but where, coast or interior?: by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com As you follow the Southern California forecasts you probably find yourself looking forward to the words “strong pressure gradient to the Great Basin” Maybe it does not make any sense how a place so far away from the Southern California coast can…