In response N to NE winds develop in The Gorge, Southern California, Bay Area and Baja. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Yep, its fall and the winds begin a ramp down in The Gorge, Southern California, Bay Area. But in Baja we are seeing the first hints of the coming winter time El Norte winds. And today we are seeing…
Video: upper trough bringing showers to the Bay Area and The Gorge brings a cool down to Southern California. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Before looking at the video below let’s get the main characters labeled. This satellite image from 7AM Wednesday of the water vapor due to upper level winds above 10,000 feet. First find…
…. Weak storm system departs by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com In this video blog from yesterday you saw who the weak storm system currently hitting the Bay Area resulted in the North Pacific High and its NW winds retreating to the south while mild SW storm winds prepared to hit the Bay Area. As this storm departs late Friday and Saturday we see…
North Pacific High’s surface NW winds retreat to the south. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Think how often in the spring and fall you see words like ” North Pacific High’s surface NW winds retreat to the south in the face of an inbound upper trough”. Words to that effect have in the forecast the last several days. As you…
Northern California deprived of NW wind while Gorge lacks high pressure for the duration. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Funny how we take things for granted. Each year around late September the NW wind gradually becomes weaker and less reliable and by late Oct. it is often only a memory. The Bay Area has the most reliable winds on…
Imagery of hurricane by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Hurricane Odile made landfall Sunday night as a Category 3 storm near Baja Sur’s Cabo San Lucas with an estimated intensity of 125 mph. Initial reports of extensive damage to some resorts but no loss of life. No reports yet from La Ventana and Los Barriles on Baja’s…
Bakes the region creating strong but UP AND DOWN coast winds by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com
The Heat Bubble: to much of a good thing. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Several years ago Southern California had an intense heat wave that produced thermal trough (aka “heat bubble”) issues that got so strong that they even impacted Cabrillo rather than just Belmont to Seal. This blog and imagery will give you some insight into the sometimes weird winds…
The death of the SW flow. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com The large video shows the pattern that has created the small surface counter-clockwise spinning eddy west of the Bay Area. As you know the North Pacific High normally brings strong NW winds to the Bay Area coast in the spring and early summer and then modest NW wind in the summer…
If the climate is not changing then something is……. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com