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
Watch isobars dance as they create the Bay Area NW wind this afternoon. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com You hear about isobars all time in the forecasts along the west coast and you have long since figured out that the more isobars the stronger wind. But exactly what are isobars and what is their role in the Bay Area…
Atypical genesis and death of Golden Gate eddy partially spoils forecast. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com 8 years ago I did not know the Golden Gate eddy existed and and it was never mentioned in the NWS discussions or in the literature. (So I took the liberty of naming it the Golden Gate eddy, if I was more…
When it comes to Trade Winds the winds angle is everything. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com So here are some of the many forum posts about the relative lack of trade winds in Hawaii. Read, weep and then scroll below to see what happened. 3.7_Maui Joined: 20 Jul 2012 Posts: 18 Posted: 18 May 2014 22:01 …
Watch video as inbound upper trough kicks heat producing upper ridge to the east. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com I will be adding more text to this blog later this morning But to get you started first locate California and the Bay Area. Then notice the huge loop of wind at ≈ 18,000 ft. that extends over the…
Video: Transfer of momentum to the surface. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Have you noticed that I often mention the hilltop winds in the forecast. You may have wondered why they are important since you sail and kite at the surface. Actually most of the summer the wind aloft are NOT very important in the surface wind…
Big picture vs. little picture. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com I am sure it bewilders some of you how fast the wind can change from day to day. After all much of the Bay Area had strong NW Wednesday with blue skies while today it looks like mostly weak southerly winds and clouds. Others of you are probably bewildered…
Watch as weather system off the Pacific Northwest exits Sunday and North Pacific High’s surface NW winds rake the west coast Monday and Tuesday. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Compare the first still image of the surface weather patterns today, Sunday, with the second video image for Tuesday. What this surface analysis…
Watch NW ocean wind combine with thermal wind to the Central Valley and Great Basin . by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com