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…
Watch the North Pacific High moving towards the Bay Area and then hitting the coast! by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Int the first video you are at 18,000 feet. The green areas are heavy with moisture and potential rain. Notice the distinct southward extending loop in the upper level winds and clouds that are moving towards California…
Watch upper trough shove NPH to the south. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com I will add text to these 2 videos tomorrow but right now focus on the upper trough at ≈ 18,000 ft. in the top video. Then in the second video notice how the inbound upper trough is causing the North Pacific High to push a ridge into the Pacific…
Bay Area dodges 2 wind killing bullets! But Southern California winds take one in the heart. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Normally on a day like this I use the phrase “it’s a race with the clock” but I was tired of that hackneyed wording and too lazy to dream up a replacement. But it was a race and…