The Bay Area winds idle as Cut-Off Low forms by Mike Godsey Remember the wild winds of last week that impacted the west coast from the Gorge to the Bay Area to Southern California to Baja? Those winds came from the North Pacific High and now the NPH is on vacation a 1000 miles west of…
Forecast becomes iffy with a possible Cut-Off Low in the picture. by Mike Godsey Take a look at the extended forecast to the right for rest of the week in the first image! Doesn’t it drive you crazy when forecasters use all those weasel words? Why can’t forecasters be decisive and forecast the future with absolute certainty like…
How can endless NW winds…end? Mike Godsey You know the feeling. Your muscles ache from day after day on the water. Your blistered hands say “no more”. Yet you pray to the wind gods “DON’T STOP” It seems that for endless days the North Pacific High’s surface NW winds have roared down the California coast and Baja Norte coasts….
Southern California, Maui, S. F. Bay Area and the Columbia Gorge see winds in the 20-30 knot range at the same time. by Mike Godsey Winds in the Columbia River Gorge in the 20-30 knot range are common. But they are the exception in the S. F. Bay Area and are uncommon most of the season…
Post frontal NW clearing winds develop Saturday. by Mike Godsey Sunday: (updated Thursday April 21 at bottom of blog) If you have lived east of the Rockies you were constantly hearing broadcast meteorologist talk about cold fronts and thunderstorms heading towards your locale. And on the TV weather maps you were always seeing those blue lines…
NW winds ramp up then down. by Mike Godsey
Record high temperatures then an early season marine surge. by Mike Godsey Working on text. Today in the Bay Area many all time record temperatures are likely to be broken as the temps move into the low to mid 90’s. Older windsurfing amongst you will remember that 40 years ago heat waves in the Bay…
Watch as a new North Pacific High forms and marches towards the California coast. by Mike Godsey I will be adding text and imagery to this blog as the NW winds get closer us. Right now the ETA appears to be mid day Monday.
How strong will the NW wind be? by Mike Godsey For over a week I have been mentioning NW winds for the Bay Area around Tuesday Mar. 22. But if you look at the extended forecast each day you will notice that the forecast wind range is larger than normal: “Upper teens to mid 20’s”…
Baja, Gorge, SoCal, Bay Area, Maui…it all starts at the ITCZ by Mike Godsey This blog is a more detailed and imagery based version of a recent forum post. You have probably wondered where the North Pacific High’s surface NW winds and the thermal winds it turbocharges disappear to in the fall. And more importantly what…