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
End up being sucked into Hurricane Marie by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Are you are a coast or Coyote and 3rd. Ave. sailor hating those SW eddy winds? Want to get even? Watch this video from 10AM today to see those dratted eddy winds get chew up by Hurricane Marie. Unfortunately the hurricane helps distort the…
So southerly flow continues. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com If you are a coast sailor or kiter or your home waters are adversely impacted by SW flow you are probably wondering what is going on this summer. And the forecast geek talk about counter-clockwise spinning surface eddies and 850mb lows over the Bay Area does not…
Big winds likely for the Gorge starting tomorrow. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Video #1 Winds at ≈ 18,000 ft. Today, Monday August 18: The Gorge has only low teen winds today . Looking at the video find the Gorge and notice the counter-clockwise spinning winds of the Cut-Off Low over Northern California. Then note the powerful WSW winds north…
Weak Gorge winds. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com There is an old saying in meteorology: A Cut-Off Low is a weatherman’s woe. This is because Cut-Off Lows are very unpredictable and tend to meander around since they are cut off from the main flow of weather. They and there counter-clockwise spinning flow or clouds can disrupt…
Watch this Cut-Off Low trigger an atypical mild marine surge. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com As expected this Cut-Off Low triggered marine surge has been mild and very atypical. But overall the marine surge has been even weaker than expected. Anytime a Cut-Off Low is in the wind equation things get unpredictable. Today, as Claire forecast, the…
Then Cut-Off Low stops just west of Marin County creating a mild marine surge of SW wind and fog. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Normally a marine surge of SW foggy cool air can happen to bring a sudden end to a heat wave. But today we have a less typical marine surge that is caused by a Cut-Off Low….
So weaker Gorge, Bay Area Peninsula & coast winds. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com The Columbia River Gorge and the San Francisco Bay Area Peninsula and coast had a long spell of unusually weak winds the last 2 weak. Sometimes this was due to monsoonal clouds aloft and even sprinkles. Sometimes is was related to a weak pressure gradient in…
High pressure over the western USA sends moist air above the west coast. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Several times each summer the exotic phrase “Monsoonal Clouds” appears in the forecast. For some of you the phrase is just greek for others it triggers vague memories of something to do with India. If you are a Vietnam…