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
Old North Pacific High to the east creates one last day of heat wave. Newly born NPH to the west deformed and delayed. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Text coming later this morning, May 1.
Videos of the inbound upper ridge and the death of the North Pacific High then its rebirth next Friday. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com The next couple of days as you enjoy the warmth you will be reading forecast text about the heat producing upper ridge and the lack of a North Pacific High and its NW wind….
First storm exits stage EAST afternoon. Next storm arrives stage WEST tomorrow night. Can the North Pacific High make a brief windy stage appearance between the two? by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com This will be a real race with the clock. The North Pacific High’s surface NW winds have to build fast before they die late tomorrow…
Hi Gang, As you can see in the video below Saturday still looks like the most promising strong wind day for Southern California. The bulk of North Pacific High’s surface NW winds will be shoved south of the Bay Area by a storm system. So the peak winds will be in the Southern California bight….
Why were the winds stronger inside the bay than along the coast Tuesday and then weaker Wednesday? by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Don’t you just hate it when the forecast babbles on about “powerful pressure gradient to the Great Basin enhances……”? After all the Great Basin is hundreds of miles to the east in Nevada and Utah how can it impact our…