Sometimes there is a stinger to strong wind that makes the experience less than perfect. Tomorrow that stinger will probably be sporadic weak WNW -NNW gusts that will try to push the favorable El Norte (North) winds away from shore. This first image from John S’s weather station at the north end of the La…
NNW ocean winds and NE inland winds battle near Pismo Beach making forecasting tricky. I know it is frustrating when the wind forecast babbles on with lots of maybes and issues etc. Today’s wind forecast for Pismo Beach is a classic. The forecast talks about very strong ocean wind but it ends up telling you…
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…
Part one: The entire west coast has light wind as the North Pacific High abandons the eastern Pacific. Yesterday and the preceding days have seen easterly winds the Gorge and weak southerly winds for most of coastal California. Notably absent were the northerly winds along the coast and the high pressure that makes of a critical part of the normal wind…
On this September 12, we had more rain showers in the Gorge, first drops making it past Mosier since June! Most likely we will be bidding farewell to those heat waves of summer, of which we had plenty, injecting triple digit heat and wildfire smoke over the Northwest. The feature we see often mentioned in…
I mentioned in my forecast this morning that the North Pacific High would get a bit more consolidated by this afternoon. However, today is not characterized by a consolidated North Pacific High. This first image, a surface map, shows a non-consolidated North Pacific High pressure over the Eastern Pacific which is the case today. However…
Even when the victor of a battle is preordaine the timing is difficult! There is a reason the forecasts have been wishy-washy about the timing and strength of the upcoming marine surge Saturday or Sunday. We will be in for a wind battle midday Saturday and while the marine surge is the ultimate winner the…
The Isla Vista to Ledbetter to Ventura winds Rough Draft Part One You have probably noticed that it is very hard to forecast the winds in the Isla Vista to Ledbetter to Ventura corridor despite the very strong winds that are very close to this area. This first image shows a common wind pattern. The…
Thunderstorm season in the Northeast US is off to an eye opening start after yesterday’s severe weather outbreak. A strong squall or line of thunderstorms passed through MA down to NJ in the late afternoon and evening bringing damaging winds and localized hail. In the radar image below, note the gust front ahead…