Much of early October saw the Weatherflow iwindsurf.com/ikitesurf.com forecasts barely changing from day to day for Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area. During that time marine layer clouds clogged the Bay Area and the Southern California bight much like June Gloom. The cause of this stagnant weather pattern was the Rex Block discussed…
Have you noticed that our San Francisco Bay Area forecast text has barely changed recently? Almost every day there is mention of the Central Valley thermal low over the coast and a chance of an eddy and largely absent NW ocean winds. Before you attribute the repeated forecast text to forecaster laziness consider the Rex…
As you have probably noticed we have had some weird wind/weather patterns in recent years. But this week has been exceptional for weirdness. This graphic shows how anomalous a weather pattern is compared to historical norms. Lots of weirdness today. For you math wizards that means the major wind makers, Hurricane Kay and the North Pacific…
Several years ago I was at 3rd. Ave. on San Francisco’s Peninsula rigging when I heard a conversation that went something like this: “We just are not getting the usual NW winds this summer. The North Pacific High has disappeared” That season the San Francisco Bay Area had a summer cursed by frequent eddies off…
If you live on the California or Oregon coast it seems like a regular day with dense fog at dawn. But above that fog and in the eyes of inlanders it is an atypical day with high thin clouds from the Sea of Cortez overhead from San Diego to the Columbia River Gorge. So take…
Spring on the west coast is usually fairly predictable even on the large scale. In March the North Pacific High’s average size increases and it moves closer to Baja Norte and wave folks migrate to fables Punta San Carlos and the endless wave. On the California coast, spring means mild winds and gentle weather. Then in…
In this first image, you can see that the North Pacific High’s surface NW winds are roaring down the Northern California and Central California coasts this morning. But notice how all this wind bypasses Southern California waters and there are actually SE winds in the Southern California bight. Where is all this NW going? And why…
West Coast Wind Blog: by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com It was an interesting day on forecasting on the west coast. My California forecasts exceeded the strong winds I forecast but the winds which I said “SHOULD” reach Baja’s East Cape never even hit the…
West Coast Wind Blog: by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com Many thanks to the people who requested the continuation of the daily Baja blogs. Unfortunately, with the season slowly ramping down for most tourists, there were not enough requests to justify working on a blog…
West Coast Wind Blog: by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com Nature always has killers. This porpoise near the Hot Springs had a fatal encounter with a shark. Likewise the fabled reliable wind of Baja’s East Cape often has wind killer lurking to the north and…