by Mike Godsey : Gorge & Baja photos & videos ikitesurf.com/iwindsurf.com, mikeATiwindsurf.com Daily human La Ventana & Los Barriles forecast. There is high pressure building in the Great Basin this Friday Tuesday, December 28, 2018. Right now it looks like the isobars only tighten over the northern Sea of Cortez Friday with a full El Norte wind event arriving…
by Mike Godsey : Gorge & Baja photos & videos ikitesurf.com/iwindsurf.com, mikeATiwindsurf.com Daily human La Ventana & Los Barriles forecast. This satellite animation shows the high thin clouds from the subtropical jet stream that kept the inland valleys from fully heating yyesterday. That and the slight NNW rather than N. angle of the winds made it hard for the…
Kick in the turbocharger Wednesday! by Mike Godsey : Gorge & Baja photos ikitesurf.com/iwindsurf.com, mikeATiwindsurf.com We have all the ingredients for a strong El Norte + Thermal wind event today. There is high pressure in the Great Basin and blue skies for inland valleys heating so thermal boost. But today we have another ingredient to the wind…
by Mike Godsey, iwindsurf.com/ikitesurf.com/Weatheflow.com Tomorrow is a locked and loaded for strong El Norte winds. Today day is an iffy day since the El Norte are ramping up but we need the subtropical jet to obey the models. If this happens we have blue skies in the afternoon and the scenario you see in this animation happens!
by Mike Godsey ikitesurf.com/iwindsurf.com, mikeATiwindsurf.com So, as you all know wind, is created by a pressure gradient from high pressure to a low-pressure zone. Baja is a bit complicated because there is sometimes just a very local pressure gradient between to the inland valleys that makes local very steady thermal winds in the low to weak upper-teens range. And sometimes there is…
by Mike Godsey, iwindsurf.com/ikitesurf.com Weatheflow.com Mail: mikeATwindsurf.com This looks like a perfect set up for at least upper-teens wind. But… The first image shows the isobars of a large high pressure in Great Basin extending over the 4 corners and into mainland Mexico. This results in isobars over the Sea of Cortez creating a N. to…
by Mike Godsey, iwindsurf.com/ikitesurf.com Weatheflow.com Mail: mikeATwindsurf.com Below is the clouds associated with the high-speed winds at ≈ 18,000 ft. that were near Baja yesterday. These clouds as well as the low clouds you see in the bottom image took the edge off the winds yesterday and made them up and down at times near shore. Overnight this upper trough has mostly moved…
Poorly positioned high pressure at the surface and an upper trough aloft means mild winds. by Mike Godsey, mail: MikeATiwindsurf.com Looking at the model animation below note that in part one we are seeing the surface winds while in part 2 we are seeing the winds of an upper trough at about 18,000 ft. The surface animation shows there is…
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All from chilly high pressure in the Great Basin area! A glance at the NWS technical discussions above tells you that localized big wind events are the story for Southern California, San Francisco Bay Area and the Gorge this morning. Also, notice the mention of compressional heating and the winds fading in the afternoon. First, check out the Gorge map to the…