Author: Mike Godsey

West Coast Wind Blog: Satellite image animation confirms pressure gradient distribution at 10 AM

Wind Recipe: Note: Good chance late afternoon fog shuts down Crissy. 1- Weak elongated counter-clockwise eddy and its southerly coast winds expanded overnight less than expected, with southerly coast winds from Pismo to near Pt. Area. 2- The eddy spins all day as it gains southerly support from a low-pressure that extends up to ≈…

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West Coast Wind Blog: San Francisco battered as Coastal Low-Level Jet turbocharges the NW ocean winds.

June 20 & 21 the Bay Area saw a significant high-wind event, marked by a notable absence of the typical June Gloom marine layer clouds and ferocious surface gusts exceeding 50 knots. These winds had the clear signature of an exceptionally powerful and unusually low-altitude California Coastal Low-Level Jet (CLLJ). The powerhouse behind any wind…

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West Coast Wind Blog: Alaska Heat Wave, First Heat Advisory.

In response to significant long-term climatic shifts, the National Weather Service (NWS) has updated its public notification protocols for temperature hazards in Alaska. Climatological data reveal that Alaska is experiencing anomalous warming at a rate approximately double that of the contiguous 48 states, with a recorded increase in the statewide average annual air temperature of…

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