by Mike Godsey : Gorge & Baja photos & videos ikitesurf.com/iwindsurf.com, mikeATiwindsurf.com Daily human La Ventana & Los Barriles forecast. This satellite animation shows the high thin clouds from the subtropical jet stream that kept the inland valleys from fully heating yyesterday. That and the slight NNW rather than N. angle of the winds made it hard for the…
by Mike Godsey : Gorge & Baja photos & videos ikitesurf.com/iwindsurf.com, mikeATiwindsurf.com Daily human La Ventana & Los Barriles forecast. Today we have a solid high pressure in the Great Basin as you can see by the isobars around the orange area in the image. There is also a low pressure trough near tip of Baja. This combo is…
High pressure builds so stronger wind! by Mike Godsey : Gorge & Baja photos & videos ikitesurf.com/iwindsurf.com, mikeATiwindsurf.com Daily human La Ventana & Los Barriles forecast. Tuesday saw solid wind but today we should see earlier and stronger winds. This animation starts with the setup Tuesday. Notice the North Pacific High in red which indicates higher pressure. Notice the lobe or…
Kick in the turbocharger Wednesday! by Mike Godsey : Gorge & Baja photos ikitesurf.com/iwindsurf.com, mikeATiwindsurf.com We have all the ingredients for a strong El Norte + Thermal wind event today. There is high pressure in the Great Basin and blue skies for inland valleys heating so thermal boost. But today we have another ingredient to the wind…
by Mike Godsey, iwindsurf.com/ikitesurf.com/Weatheflow.com Tomorrow is a locked and loaded for strong El Norte winds. Today day is an iffy day since the El Norte are ramping up but we need the subtropical jet to obey the models. If this happens we have blue skies in the afternoon and the scenario you see in this animation happens!
by Mike Godsey ikitesurf.com/iwindsurf.com, mikeATiwindsurf.com So, as you all know wind, is created by a pressure gradient from high pressure to a low-pressure zone. Baja is a bit complicated because there is sometimes just a very local pressure gradient between to the inland valleys that makes local very steady thermal winds in the low to weak upper-teens range. And sometimes there is…
by Mike Godsey, iwindsurf.com/ikitesurf.com Weatheflow.com Mail: mikeATwindsurf.com Sunday and especially Monday have wind potential with building high pressure in the Great Basin. However, coaxing the El Norte wind in the middle of the Sea of Cortez and getting the local thermal winds to jump start requires inland heating. And that, in turn, needs lots of sun. Unfortunately, the high clouds look like they will be over…
by Mike Godsey, iwindsurf.com/ikitesurf.com Weatheflow.com Mail: mikeATwindsurf.com This looks like a perfect set up for at least upper-teens wind. But… The first image shows the isobars of a large high pressure in Great Basin extending over the 4 corners and into mainland Mexico. This results in isobars over the Sea of Cortez creating a N. to…
by Mike Godsey, iwindsurf.com/ikitesurf.com Weatheflow.com Mail: mikeATwindsurf.com Below is the clouds associated with the high-speed winds at ≈ 18,000 ft. that were near Baja yesterday. These clouds as well as the low clouds you see in the bottom image took the edge off the winds yesterday and made them up and down at times near shore. Overnight this upper trough has mostly moved…
by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com With low swell already hitting the beaches and UP AND DOWN winds sometimes hitting 18 mph at the campground sensor it is clear that El Norte winds will develop just outside today. But to get those winds to the beach we need a local pressure gradient to the Los Planes…