High pressure over the western USA sends moist air above the west coast. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Several times each summer the exotic phrase “Monsoonal Clouds” appears in the forecast. For some of you the phrase is just greek for others it triggers vague memories of something to do with India. If you are a Vietnam…
…as the battered old North Pacific High merges with new North Pacific High. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com It has been a wild 9 days of unending SW flow and Sherman Island and East Bay winds such as we used to see a decade or two ago. And the Sherman Island wind distribution was much more…
How an upper ridge impacts Southern California, Gorge and Bay Area winds. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com In the first video we are looking at a model projection of the upper level winds at the 500mb level ( around ≈ 18,000 ft.) from Friday 28 through Monday. At the start of the video notice the very warm air (reddish…
North Pacific High makes an early move to its summer home. But is should return, briefly…… by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Every spring the North Pacific High slowly moves up the coast from west of Baja ending up west of the Pacific Northwest. Of course it gets bumped southward with most storms or upper troughs passing to the north. But…
Video: Why such a large and long lasting Catalina Eddy today? by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com The causes of the Catalina Eddy that so often shuts down Southern California winds while creating weak SSE wind are complex. And one of these days I will do a special blog covering that topic. But today let’s focus on why today’s Catalina Eddy is so…
How can the wind blow 20 to 30 knots WEST Sunday and 20-30 knots EAST Monday? by Mike Godsey To understand this crazy 180 degree switch in wind direction you have to look at the big picture. Take a look at the video of the Pacific yesterday that I annotated. Find the North Pacific High the winds that spiral out…
Why Southern California strong WNW winds and Bay Area unreliable SW winds. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Ever wondered exactly what North Pacific High looks like? Well today in this video of model output the North Pacific High is hard to miss. It is that massive dome of high pressure air between Hawaii and Baja. Note how the wind…
One high pressure creates 4 different wind patterns by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Looking at the video animation to the right you can see strong winds pouring out from high pressure in the Great Basin and 4 corners regions of the USA. To the south note the fame El Norte winds of Baja’s Sea of Cortez. To the…
Sea Turtles of La Ventana Bay Sea Turtles have existed for millenniums and yet in our short life time we may be both witness to and culpable for their extinction. With each new hatching there is new life and new hope, but only one in a thousand live to maturity. We can take an active…
Our Movie | Sea Turtles of La Ventana Bay NATURAL HERITAGE AWARENESS PROGRAM TELESECONDARY SCHOOL #10, EL SARGENTO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MÉXICO About the NHAP The Natural Heritage Awareness Program began in May of 2008 to bring about to the students an awareness of all things natural surrounding them and the means of identifying and understanding it…