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…
The Gorge’s local sea breezes are an important but rarely visible part of the wind machine but they star in late summer. by Mike Godsey The Gorge wind machine is a complex beast driven by a bunch forces ranging from massive like the North Pacific High to mesoscale like the Columbia Basin to high altitude like…
Gorge, Bay Area winds weaken. by Mike Godsey The Bay Area coast had wild winds Friday and moderate winds a many sites Saturday while the same day the Gorge had winds into the 30’s. Yet both venues will have much milder winds today. All of this despite today seeing a massive North Pacific High lording…
You don’t see much sign of the NNE winds at the surface but they impact the wind distribution and strength. by Mike Godsey Have you ever noticed that on days when my forecast prattles on about the impact of AM NNE winds on the Bay Area winds you actually don’t see much sign of NNE…
Unusually strong North Pacific High and strong winds fed by hurricanes. by Mike Godsey
Cut-Off Low at ≈ 18,000 ft.and surface low block NW surface winds. This blog tells the back story why the Bay Area coast and Peninsula has seen NW flow weaker than normal for this time in the summer. The saga of this weird wind summer continues with a massive 8 mile in diameter over California…