Author: Mike Godsey

Caribbean Wind & Reef Blog, Part 3: “Wind reversal” damage on Bonaire and Curaçao.

Mike Godsey “A mighty tremor roused us from sleep at 3 pm in the SandDollar Condos. The ground vibrated beneath us, as colossal waves crashed against the shore. It was unmistakable – the reversal had finally come. Feb. 5, 2024” For starters I should mention that mild “Wind Reversals” can be a blessing since, as…

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Caribbean Wind Blog, Part 2: First to ply the Trade Winds – Indigenous People

In 1492, Christopher Columbus, driven by his ambition to chart a westward route to Asia, set sail from the Canary Islands with three ships. Relying on the steady easterly trade winds of the North Atlantic high-pressure system, his crew made landfall on October 12th on an island in the Bahamas. Though Columbus believed he had…

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Caribbean Wind blog: Overview of Caribbean Trade winds, part 1

Several WeatherFlow-Tempest zoomable Model forecasts for the Caribbean for today can be found here: This first blog will cover some of the basic factors causing the Caribbean Trade winds. In future blogs I will be using the island of Bonaire to illustrate Caribbean wind patterns. Photo by Mike Godsey Today is a somewhat atypical winter day in the…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Baja winds – role of Great Basin high versus low pressure south of Cabo.

Today’s Forecast Jargon Decoder: The entire forecast for the current day can be found on iwindsurf.com or kitesurf.com. Decoder blogs are designed to help you visualize what the terms we use in the forecast. Today our long run of moderate El Norte wind continues today for the Rasta Beach, La Ventana and Los Barriles zone….

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West Coast Wind Blog: How strong “El Norte” winds bring an end to Baja’s wind drought.

Todays Forecast Decoder: The entire forecast for the current day can be found on iwindsurf.com or kitesurf.com. wx.iwindsurf.com/proforecast/56 The nagging clouds disappear as the North Pacific High and the upper trough move eastward and stop steering clouds our way. Note how the models. had heavy clouds yesterday but much sparser clouds today and almost no…

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West Coast Wind Blog: What does the wind drought in Baja have to do with the frigid temperatures in the USA and Canada?

Back in beach Meteorology 101 you probably learned that wind is created as air moves from high-pressure towards low-pressure. Every sunny day at our beaches you can see and feel this happen as the Coastal Valleys heat and mild winds ramp up. But these local scale winds are much weaker than the strong winds created…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Baja Artificial Intelligence Buoy

WeatherFlow-Tempest, the creator of ikitesurf.com, iwindsurf.com, sailflow.com etc. has setup a virtual AI bouy for the waters just off La Ventana. Artificial Intelligence Buoys, or AIBs, are simulated stations that use current and historical data from nearby sensors to provide wind reports at a location where sensors do not exist. AIBs are typically generated at…

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