We had a perfect Berkeley “T” yesterday day as the marine surge arrived here is the story in imagery. Here is the Berkeley T forming in the late afternoon as seen from the Berkeley hills.
Just a quick blog to show you photos from near dawn today. This is what the marine layer clouds looked like from Bay Area hilltops. I have also inserted an image from the Bodega 915 mhz profiler I use to determine the depth of the marine layer. Notice the cool marine layer air near the surface and the…
For a basic understanding of how marine surges in the Bay Area develop you should read the blog below entitled : Anatomy of a marine surge”. The marine surge that swept into the San Francisco Bay Area June 3, 4 and 5 was exceptionally strong. As you can see in the video below Sherman Island in the Delta held winds averaging…
This video from this Friday May, 31 shows the clouds and winds at about 18,000 feet in the pacific west of California. The dark green areas are high levels of moisture. The dark gray areas are very dry air. Notice the northward extending loop in the upper level clouds. This is called an upper level high…
The North Pacific High is anchored to the Central California coast by a near Omega Block over the Great Plains. Once this pattern breaks down the North Pacific High will begin its normal wobbling about the pacific sometimes favoring California other times Hawaii. Mike Godsey
Don’t you hate it when forecasters prattle on and on about upper troughs at 18,000 feet blah, blah etc. One, you ask, what the hell is an upper trough! And 2nd. how can anything thousands of feet above you have anything to do with the wind in your kite or sail? Well below is some…
Too much of a good thing: The Heat Bubble Mike Godsey
Mike just sent me this compilation of images (the images below the Wind Obs Map) as we’ve been discussing the outcome of today’s Bay Area forecast. I couldn’t help but post it to the blog to help explain why meteorologists all across the West Coast are rapidly losing their hair… First, notice how the winds…
Data Prepared by Mike Godsey