Or as Buffalo Springfield once said: “Is April is the new June?” by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Look at the first bunch of images taken this morning and you can see that everything looks normal…. for June. I mean, what is going on? Deep fog burying the entire California coast and well inland. Sherman Island blowing in the…
What does this mean and why will the winds be weak today? by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Something is really weird with the wind this morning. Looking at the Bay Area wind graph at 9AM you are seeing mostly NE winds. And looking at the model animation above you can see the ocean winds are NNW…
The Bay wins today but mostly loses tomorrow. While the Gorge sees beautiful warm weather but no wind. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Typically when the iwindsurf.com forecast mentions a ridge from the NPH and NW ocean winds but NNE winds aloft over the bay only weak winds are forecast for the Bay Area. Today, April 15, should be an exception…
But sliver of the NPH keeps modest NW near the Bay by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com This animation is chock full of weather action. First note the massive “new” North Pacific High north of Hawaii and its clockwise spinning winds. Typically this high pressure would be just west of the California coast bringing us strong NW wind. Also note…
forecast the fate of the North Pacific High becomes tricky. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Looking at the model animation below you can see the huge Cut-Off Low west of California. The SW winds created by this low will not impact the surface winds in the Bay Area. However below this Cut-Off Low there is a surface storm and together they…
Lingering storm system keeps NPH from Bay Area. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Well the scattered showers have subsided and the skies are mostly blue so where are the typical strong NW clearing winds from the North Pacific High? And why are the ocean winds more WSW to weak NW the next few days rather than the normal…
But somewhat weaker winds expected today. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com First let’s look at why the winds were so strong Tuesday then explain why the winds will be a bit weaker today. Image #1 shows the wind map for the Bay Area Tues. March 31. As you can see almost every launch site in the greater Bay Area saw…
Solid wind almost everywhere in the San Francisco Bay Area. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Well yesterday was one of those somewhat uncommon days where kiters and windsurfers at almost every site in the Bay Area had plenty of power. Wind savvy readers know that when my forecast headline mentions “Combo of NW and SW flow” you can expect a day…
Whatever it is the ridge will impact the wind and weather in the Bay Area, the Gorge, Southern California and even Baja today. by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Today the Bay Area some sites will see mild upper teens wind at best, Southern California will have morning offshore gusts reaching into the upper 40’s on the ridge tops but afternoon sees upper teen onshore…
Where does the North Pacific High go when the NW winds fade? by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com Strong NW winds are a frequent visitor to the Northern California coast in the spring and early summer. These winds appear when the North Pacific High locates closer to the California coast. Typically this happens after the passage of a storm system. Then after several days…