Author: Mike Godsey

Current North Pacific High dies then new NPH arrives

Where does the North Pacific High go when the NW winds fade? by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Strong NW winds are a frequent visitor to the Northern California coast in the spring and early summer. These winds appear when the North Pacific High locates closer to the California coast. Typically this happens after the passage of a storm system. Then after several days…

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Hurricane Diaries

Baja Guide Links:  Home  | Human Forecasts | FAST forecast | Why Baja blows | Feedback: Baja forecast | Model forecasts | Road Rules |  Driving Down | Baja wind | Windy sites | Food & Water | Camping| Resorts | Money, insurance, pets | Hurricane Diary | Zoom Baja Maps | Windless days | East Cape driving maps | Wireless & Internet | Fish/Surf | Baja photos | Support local businesses | La Ventana turtles. Baja can have hurricanes in the fall that can have a major impact on the road and the windsurfing & kiting beaches. The following…

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Understanding Baja winds

Baja Forecast and Guide Links:  Home  | Daily Human Forecast | Why Baja blows | Feedback: Baja forecast | | Road Rules |  Driving Down | Where to go. | | Food & Water | Camping| Resorts | Money, insurance, pets | Hurricane Diary | Windless days | East Cape driving maps | Fish/Surf | Baja photos | The Baja Peninsula is 760 miles long with a backbone of rugged mountains extending its entire length. Only a few small towns dot its length except for the…

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Battered North Pacific High sulks west of Southern California and Baja

So NW clearing winds between storms. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com As you know the waters between California and Hawaii are dominated by the clockwise winds of the North Pacific High most of the summer. But as winter approaches huge counter-clockwise spinning storm systems like the one you see in this video shove the NPH far to the south. And in this case hurricane…

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