Endless Cut-Off Low kills surface wind then ejects… NPH fills in. by Mike Godsey (If all you care about is the coming NW wind skip all this jargon and imagery and scroll down to the bottom animation!) Considering it is late fall the Bay Area has seen a good number of windy days. This…
UPDATED IMAGERY AT THE BOTTOM A combo spinning low pressure near Sherman Island and powerful NW ocean winds and winds aloft arrives in the afternoon. by Mike Godsey It is the prefect storm if you like powerful, gusty, shifty winds. A beefy unseasonal North Pacific High slams strong NW wind at the surface. While at…
Beautiful cumulonimbus clouds thrust over the far East Bay. by Mike Godsey The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most beautiful urban areas in the USA. Weather wise its juicy marine layer clouds are unparalleled as they flow over the coast range in the summer. But one thing the Bay usually lacks weather wise…
Yep! NW clearing winds in Oct! by Mike Godsey For many days a weak surface low pressure has been blocking the North Pacific High’s surface NW winds from reaching the Bay Area. Finally yesterday the upper trough at ≈ 18,000 ft. brought some scattered showers to the Bay Area. Nothing unusual about all of this….
Yesterday the forecast offered a massive North Pacific High and NW wind and today…. by Mike Godsey Just yesterday the Bay Area forecast was touting the appearance of a massive North Pacific High stretching from California to the Gulf of Alaska to Hawaii. And mild but useful NW flow curved into many sites as upper…
This time of year the North Pacific High is suppose to be shrinking not bulging… why? by Mike Godsey You know the routine. The twin Bay Area winds machines, the North Pacific High’s surface NW winds and the thermal winds to the Central Valley that propelled your kite or sail all summer are both suppose…
Well, it has been a weird season and a marine surge is possible. by Mike Godsey Wow! Take a look at the difference in the surface winds today and tomorrow. I have been issuing a Marine surge ALERT! in the forecasts for several days now. This is still an iffy forecast for a simple reason:…
Here is a sampling of some of the words I used in my Saturday 7AM forecast to describe what I expected: Bizarre, Wind could die fast, Variable winds (3X) UP AND DOWN (5X), weather picture is a mess today, rest of the Bay Area will be iffy, clouds from Linda may shut down the Bakersfield…
Let’s send up a balloon for the answer! Weather balloon: Sacramento, CA by Mike Godsey & Kerry Anderson Whether you live in the S. F. Bay Area, Southern California or the Columbia River Gorge you can’t help but notice that the marine layer clouds often play a role in your wind. You may have noticed that…
Heat producing upper ridge causes surface thermal trough to expand over all 3 venues weakening wind. by Mike Godsey Take a look at today’s forecast for Southern California, The Gorge and the Bay Area. All three have HEAT as the common thread and all three have many sites where the wind will be weak. How…