Author: WeatherFlow Forecaster

West Coast Wind Blog: Acapulco low pressure brings uncommon mid-March winds for Baja’s East Cape

by Mike Godsey Historically the winds on Baja’s East Cape, Rasta Beach to La Ventana to Los Barriles corridor, begin to fade as spring approaches. This happens as the North Pacific High moves towards Alta California and high-pressure systems in Four Corners become less common. This leaves Baja’s East Cape with only Local Sea Breezes…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Baja clouds magically clear and winds blow!

Mike Godsey Reading Matt Sounders forecast for solid NNE wind yesterday I was very skeptical. From my house, I was looking at lots of wind-killing clouds and a glassy Sea of Cortez. But, like magic, the clouds parted and a delightful combo of mild “El Norte” winds and robust Local Sea Breezes sent hundreds of…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Beautiful Baja Sunrises, a love/hate relationship.

Mike Godsey During El Niño years it is more common to have the clouds of the Sub-Tropical Jetstream over Baja Sur. While La Ventana often has nice sunrises these jet clouds This often create spectacular sunrises in the La Ventana area making the village a window to the eastern sunrise. Sometimes the clouds linger the…

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West Coast Wind Blog: North Pacific High gets to intimate with Baja so the wind fizzles.

Forecast Decoder by Mike Godsey: Yesterday, Matts’s forecast, somewhat cryptically, talked about an overly-friendly North Pacific High. Remember the old cliche about “Too much of a good thing”? Normally having a smallish winter-sized 1-2000 mile-wide North Pacific High near Baja is good for the Sea of Cortez winter winds. But as spring approaches and the…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Model resolution is often vital for an accurate winds forecast!

by Mike Godsey Notice the low-pressure trough in the right side of the image. With low-pressure over almost all of the Sea of Cortez and no low-pressure south of Cabo the large scale pressure gradient is almost nil. This seems confirmed when you look at the satellite-derived winds of the ASCAT The next graphic shows…

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Caribbean Wind & Reef Blog, Part 3: “Wind reversal” damage on Bonaire and Curaçao.

Mike Godsey “A mighty tremor roused us from sleep at 3 pm in the SandDollar Condos. The ground vibrated beneath us, as colossal waves crashed against the shore. It was unmistakable – the reversal had finally come. Feb. 5, 2024” For starters I should mention that mild “Wind Reversals” can be a blessing since, as…

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