Post frontal NW clearing winds develop Saturday. by Mike Godsey Sunday: (updated Thursday April 21 at bottom of blog) If you have lived east of the Rockies you were constantly hearing broadcast meteorologist talk about cold fronts and thunderstorms heading towards your locale. And on the TV weather maps you were always seeing those blue lines…
NW winds ramp up then down. by Mike Godsey
Record high temperatures then an early season marine surge. by Mike Godsey Working on text. Today in the Bay Area many all time record temperatures are likely to be broken as the temps move into the low to mid 90’s. Older windsurfing amongst you will remember that 40 years ago heat waves in the Bay…
Watch as a new North Pacific High forms and marches towards the California coast. by Mike Godsey I will be adding text and imagery to this blog as the NW winds get closer us. Right now the ETA appears to be mid day Monday.
How strong will the NW wind be? by Mike Godsey For over a week I have been mentioning NW winds for the Bay Area around Tuesday Mar. 22. But if you look at the extended forecast each day you will notice that the forecast wind range is larger than normal: “Upper teens to mid 20’s”…
Baja, Gorge, SoCal, Bay Area, Maui…it all starts at the ITCZ by Mike Godsey This blog is a more detailed and imagery based version of a recent forum post. You have probably wondered where the North Pacific High’s surface NW winds and the thermal winds it turbocharges disappear to in the fall. And more importantly what…
The Pacific is hot and hurricanes common. by Mike Godsey Surely at this point you are wondering what the hell is going on with NW clearing winds in late Oct. Here are some quick insights: Take a look at Kerry’s great recent blog about the vast amount of heat the oceans have been storing in…
Watch as an upper trough sucks up a Cut-Off Low. by Mike Godsey In this first animation we are seeing the Cut-Off Low at ≈ 18,000 ft. that is currently west of Southern California. Cut-Off Lows are called such since they pinch off from the largely WEST to EAST winds the circle the earth far…
Endless Cut-Off Low kills surface wind then ejects… NPH fills in. by Mike Godsey (If all you care about is the coming NW wind skip all this jargon and imagery and scroll down to the bottom animation!) Considering it is late fall the Bay Area has seen a good number of windy days. This…
UPDATED IMAGERY AT THE BOTTOM A combo spinning low pressure near Sherman Island and powerful NW ocean winds and winds aloft arrives in the afternoon. by Mike Godsey It is the prefect storm if you like powerful, gusty, shifty winds. A beefy unseasonal North Pacific High slams strong NW wind at the surface. While at…