by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com It is rare to do a forecast and have the recipient of the forecast circle the cardon cactus over your house. But today we have to deal with a low pressure are to the north diverting our wind away…
by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com The cloud situation threatened the quailty of the winds yesterday but the expected hole in the clouds arrived mid day and lead to complete clearing. Hence the strong forecast winds arrived.
by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com Clouds will be the deciding factor in today’s forecast as you can see in this first image Ignoring the clouds for now…today has the potential to be a classic El Norte wind with the bulk of the wind coming…
by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast Questions about the forecast: Mail me mgodseywf@gmail.com We are not the only critters that travel using the Sea of Cortez winds. These ocean-going gastropods (snails) use their air bladder to stay afloat but also to ride the wind. Like us, they sometimes make poor decisions and…
by Mike Godsey: Baja daily human forecast TODAY and TOMORROW in 2 images. TODAY: TOMORROW!
I am sure that at 10 AM yesterday everyone who reads this forecast in La Ventana and Los Barriles were convinced that all my caveats about clouds spoiling the upper teens to low 20’s forecast were correct. The waters were calm and clouds everywhere. But like magic the skies mostly cleared for La Ventana and…
by Mike Godsey, Link to daily Baja forecast My forecast barely came true yesterday for La Ventana and Los Barriles as blue skies appeared and the forecast winds briefly moved from the outer water wind line to the shore. Look carefully at this satellite imagery from about 10 am yesterday and you can see the…
by Mike Godsey, Link to daily Baja forecast 9 AM update with satellite imagery of today’s clouds at bottom First, the good news! Due to the generosity of John Salow and some work on his and my part and the support of the great folks at Kitesurfing Planet the Weatherflow.com network has added a beach…
by Mike Godsey Until this last decade, El Norte winds from the 4 corners region used to be the sole source of strong winds in the Sea of Cortez. These winds have a mostly NORTH direction which makes them side-onshore winds relative to most Sea of Cortez beaches. This means the wind do not need to…