Watch North Pacific High being crushed towards California coast.
So strong NW wind in the Bay Area coast. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com
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So strong NW wind in the Bay Area coast. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com
Mild warm up brings improved local sea breezes Friday by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com You often see the words “Upper level ridge brings warming to Southern California so the inland valleys warm and the pressure gradient ramps up” And probably the geek Upper level ridge part of that statement puzzles you. So what is an upper level ridge? Looking at…
The North Pacific High returns! by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com For 8 days my guesstimate on the blogs and extended forecast has been that the EDDY pattern and SW flow that has ruled the Bay Area wind for many days would end tomorrow June 11. A casual look, (I am on vacation right now), at…
North Pacific High makes an early move to its summer home. But is should return, briefly…… by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Every spring the North Pacific High slowly moves up the coast from west of Baja ending up west of the Pacific Northwest. Of course it gets bumped southward with most storms or upper troughs passing to the north. But…
Cut-Off Low may bring a marine surge one day early. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Hi Gang, I just updated the videos below since it is looking more and more likely that a marine surge is developing just south of the Golden Gate. Look at second video! Don’t you just hate it when forecasts like mine…
by WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson Upon doing the forecast in the AM 6/6/14, I noticed what looked similar to a derecho having larger scale rotation. Overnight warm front activity/warm air advection just south of an EAST-WEST stationary boundary typically sparks clusters of storms but usually not in this pattern. In fact, this MCV managed…
Where does the eddy come from? by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com If your favorite sites are north of the Bay Bridge the Golden Gate Eddy is your wind friend. While if you are a coast or Peninsula person you probably shudder when you see mention of the eddy in the forecast. So where does the Golden Gate Eddy come from…
Watch the eddy rule in the morning to mid afternoon then in 2nd video watch if for dawn until its DEATH! by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com This video is from dawn today to 11AM. Look for the counter-clockwise spinning motion in the fog just west of the Golden Gate between Pt. Reyes and around Pillar Pt.. First video: Notice…
Watch the eddies writing in the fog pouring into the Bay Area. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com If you are a radiologist you will quickly find the counter-clockwise spinning eddy in the X-ray like satellite imagery from 8AM this morning. For the rest of us the eddy is the stirred up pattern in the fog just west of the Golden…
Watch as Amanda sucks in wind from the NPH and SPH by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com