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…
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…