Typically this would mean massive SW winds all day but gradients are weak One of the great challenges in Bay Area wind forecasting is predicting the genesis and death time of the Golden Gate eddy. In the old days of Bay Area wind forecasting 20 years ago we were oblivious of the existence of the…
With the NPH far from the coast of the Pacific Northwest the Gorge loses a critical part of its wind machine The wind machine that creates the Gorge’s strong winds is a multipart system. Some parts are small scale geological factors like the many places where the walls of the Gorge narrow creating one or…
Clouds over Central Valley and Southern California deserts may take edge of pressure gradient.
Sometimes we mention convective clouds in the forecast but often they have no impact on the wind. Yesterday they DID! Yesterday, Aug. 2, mid day saw lots of high thin clouds over the corridor with mild somewhat gusty winds at the Hatch. At 185 lbs. I was sailing just downwind from the Hatch slightly overpowered range…
by meteorologist Nick Luchetti In the summertime you’ll almost always see the forecasters at WeatherFlow mention in their forecasts the possibility for afternoon sea breeze development. At first glance, the sea breeze appears to be a simple phenomenon, but forecasting the strength and overall evolution of a sea breeze is quite complex. There are actually several…
These are the days that almost every Bay Area site gets a fair share of wind! But…. Remember those endless days of SW flow last week that were the bane of the coast and most of the Peninsula? And I am sure East Bay folks know well those days when NW flow has the coast…
In the blog just prior, we are talking about surface pressures and the effects on winds as we experience them in the short term. This post is dealing with more long term patterns and how they may relate to our everyday forecast. Sometimes the difference takes place high above, in the upper atmosphere…… This last…
OBX Cranks 3/26/15 Instead Of Disappointing Tim Kent 4/23/15 1st East Coast shift back in the forecaster chair or in my case couch-no excuses. Pretty straightforward synoptic scenario with a Warm front lifting back up the coast in advance of approaching Cold front. The suggestion for most of the coast was for warmish moist…
Burly 975 mb low with a cold front, delivers a good punch of rain and strong southerly winds, for the Pacific Northwest Coast. Check out your favorite surf websites to keep track of the giant swells that peaked last night around 26 ft. !