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West Coast Wind Blog: Dreaded Sub Tropical Jet Stream pounds the final nail into La Ventana’s wind coffin but makes for beautiful sunrises.

The La Ventana & Los Barriles launch site wind forecast for the current day can be found on iwindsurf.com or kitesurf.com. Forecast Jargon Decoder, Dec. 20, 2023 A 2500 hundred mile long mass of clouds far aloft is streaming from the WSW is over much of southern Baja today. This clouds mass is known as…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Forecast Jargon Decoder, La Ventana, East Wind, Dec. 12, 2023

The La Ventana & Los Barriles launch site wind forecast for the current day can be found on iwindsurf.com or kitesurf.com. Forecast: Muy tranquilo. Good Fishing then good Paragliding and decent foiling with big wings and skill for Rasta Beach. Note: During mild EASTERLY WINDS, the best paragliding is in the area in the Rasta Beach…

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West Coast Wind Blog: The Sub-tropical Jetstream, an “evil” beauty

The tiny village of La Ventana is known for its amazing Sea of Cortez sunrises framed between Isla Ceralvo and Punta Arena. But usually, the sunsets behind the mountains pale in comparison. But last night this “evil beauty” sunset appeared. The winter weather in southern Baja is supposed to be endless blue skies and calm…

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Hilary Trajectory: Warm water, Upper high pressure, Cut-off Low, Subsidence, El Niño and Climate Change.

Hurricane Hilary had a very atypical trajectory and strength as it neared Baja Norte and Southern California waters. And today, August 21, moisture from Hilary is high in the atmosphere spreading clouds over large parts of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Hilary’s rain set all-time records for…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Decoding the Significance of ‘Inflow’ and ‘Outflow’ Gaps in San Francisco Coast Range for High Wind Sites”

Forecasting wind for the San Francisco Bay Area is extremely tricky compared to the Southern California, Baja or The Gorge. All those sites usually have inbound wind coming from the coast heading inland and typically from one direction. The Bay Area can have NW or W or SW or SSW ocean winds. Plus it has…

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