by Meteorologist Kerry Anderson Here in Southern California we are once again in a very unusual pattern for summertime as we watch the flow from the south bring up subtropical moisture. All week Dolores, now a Tropical Storm, has been followed closely as the models have shown her moisture to be heading our way. …
Lots of the signs of a marine surge towards the weekend. What could go wrong? In one word: Dolores. by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com It all looks so simple in the top animation. The winds are NW today and tomorrow and turn into a SW marine surge by Friday and Saturday. But the reality is far more…
A visual guide: What’s with those dirty thin clouds above the marine layer clouds. by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com Yesterday Ben did a great job showing the impact of the current monsoonal pattern on Southern California so today I will cover the Bay Area. As the marine layer clouds burn back today you will notice 2 things. First…
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Benjamin Miller: So, we’ve all heard about the monsoons that bring flooding rains to the South Pacific and southeast Asia. But that’s it, right? Monsoons don’t impact the U.S., do they? Well, that depends upon how you define monsoons. Traditionally, we like to define monsoon as “a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by…
The gory details. by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com I know it sometimes looks like we ignore occasions when we totally blow forecasts. But actually we are acutely aware of our errors and when the mistakes are really big we work together to figure out what happened. Normally this all happens behind the scenes but I thought since my Southern California…
Here is how we coax NW wind into the Bay. by Mike Godsey, It was a day much like today wind wise. There I was 22 years old slowly slogging out the Golden Gate Hawaii bound on a sloop only 2 feet longer than my age. I was totally ignorant about the North Pacific High’s surface NW…
by Weatherflow forecasters Kerry Anderson and Mike Godsey San Diego beaches saw a big build in the winds today. As the sun rose this morning winds were already out of the NW in the low teens and by the end of the day Mission Bay had seen gusts top 20 mph. Not your typical day!…
Whatever it is the ridge will impact the wind and weather in the Bay Area, the Gorge, Southern California and even Baja today. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Today the Bay Area some sites will see mild upper teens wind at best, Southern California will have morning offshore gusts reaching into the upper 40’s on the ridge tops but afternoon sees upper teen onshore…
Despite an El Nino, a weird winter and abnormally high sea temps the NPH is behaving normally today. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Well this winter saw weird weather in windsurfing triangle from Maui to the Gorge to Baja. And the Bay Area was the epicenter of the weirdness. However today the North Pacific High is positioned in a good…
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