WeatherFlow’s Pro Forecasts are starting back up around the country and we are happy to announce that we are adding several new regions to the lineup! WeatherFlow will now be providing expert weather prediction for Texas, focusing on the coastal areas of South Padre Island, Corpus Christi, and Houston/Galveston, but to include other areas, such…
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson 4/18/21 Held annually in Charleston, this year’s Charleston Race Week 2021 weekend proved a bit difficult to pin down for winds due to unsettled weather lingering to the south along a stalled front. Saturday, April 10 showed a few UPs and DOWNs before meeting full forecast values in the mid-late…
Until 25 years ago summertime eddies off the Golden Gate were uncommon. Since then these counterclockwise air masses have become increasingly common and some summers they are a dominant force in determining the wind distribution in the Bay Area. This increasing eddy pattern is associated with the increasing frequency of the North Pacific High developing…
Last week there was somewhat atypical weather and winds for the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California and the Columbia River Gorge. The Gorge saw very frequent blue skies and warm dry air plus westerly winds. Southern California saw many days of strong NW wind that curved into the coast. While San Francisco saw a…
Many coastal locations around the world have weak morning land breezes that blow from inland towards the ocean followed by local sea breezes that blow from the sea towards the land. The AM winds are caused by the land cooling overnight making for denser high-pressure air compared the warmer air over the water. Then as…
This La Nina year has brought exceptional winds to Baja’s Sea of Cortez. Typically the winds in the El Sargento Los Barriles zone is an everchanging mixture of northerly winds from high pressure in the Great Basin and the local sea breezes generated by heating in the local inland valleys. And the only role of…
Yesterday, March 22, saw strong winds in the El Sargento to Los Barriles area. These wind developed as the North Pacific High created a solid pressure gradient down the length of the Sea of Cortez. Today the North Pacific High is in the same location and same strength and continues to send strong northerly wind…
