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…
Sergio now tracking south of Puntat San Carlos. by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com Today, Oct 10, 2018, hurricane Sergio has made the boomerang turn to the east as modeled. But it has taken a more southerly of all the modeled trajectories. This means it will pass over Baja well south of the surf sailing mecca of San Carlos….
Hurricane Sergio boomerang! by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com So take a look at this first image. It shows the tracks of all the hurricanes in the eastern Pacific in the period 1980-2005. It is clear that the vast majority of such hurricanes originate off Central America then curve south of the tip of Baja then zoom…
The worse for 3rd & The best for Pt. Isabel. by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com The title may be a bit of an overstatement but it captures the flavor of the 2018 San Francisco Bay Area kite and windsurfing season at the 2 sites that suffered and benefitted the most. Looking at the wind graphs to the right…
The NPH is still creating an eddy near San Francisco. by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com For weeks the Bay Area has seen one counter-clockwise spinning eddy and/or low-pressure system to our west. The resulting southerly coast wind has held the typical NW coast winds far from shore. The result of all the southerly flow has made for the…