Max pressure gradient split between Sacramento, Stockton and towards Bakersfield so NW ocean winds accelerate to almost every site that CLEARS. Mike Godsey Forecast Jargon Decoder, April 25, 2024 The eddy and its southerly winds are history as low to mid-20’s winds develop due to: 1. a 3000-mile wide dome of high-pressure, the North Pacific…
Forecast Jargon Decoder: Mon, Apr 22 2024 Wind forecast For Monday: Synopsis: The North Pacific High’s surface NW winds move further from shore as low-pressure moves over the coast in the AM, and a counter-clockwise eddy develops encouraged by the low-pressure and NNE winds aloft. The eddy never dies even as the low-pressure retreats back…
by Mike Godsey Forecast Jargon Decoder: Friday April 16 Synoposis: The US ship Bell Shimada 50 miles west of the Golden Gate is reporting 1-knot west wind which tells that the North Pacific High’s surface NW winds are far from shore while the coast sensors are showing southerly eddy winds from Monterey to Mendocino. Still, I expect the…
Mike Godsey “There is no North Pacific High this spring” (heard on the beach at Crissy Field) Are you are an avid West Coast surfer, kiteboarder, windsurfer, winger or sailor or just love to watch huge surf? Then you love the NW clearing winds and waves from the North Pacific High that commonly follow a…
Kerry Challoner Anderson I was one of many Americans who spent time and money to position myself, and a bunch of my family, in the path of totality for today’s eclipse. Was it worth it?….ABSOLUTELY. I could wax poetic about how bizarre it was to stare at the sun being gobbled as the moon passed…
by Mike Godsey Forecast Jargon Decoder: April 7, 2024 Strong coast winds and GUSTY LATE winds Crissy Beach to Alameda to Peninsula launch sites. Weaker WNW for Benicia, Pt. Isabel, Race Track and Berkeley. Update: Getting skeptical about the strong wind forecast inside the Bay given the current weak NE winds? I am keeping to the…
by Mike Godsey Forecast Jargon Docoder: Thursday, April 4, 2024 A 2800-mile-wide North Pacific High spans the waters from the Gulf of Alaska to near the tip of Baja so very strong NNW ocean winds are blasting past of the Farallon Islands (18 miles west Gate). Unfortunately, a tiny 150-mile-wide wide low-pressure area loiters all…
by Mike Godsey Forecast Jargon Decoder: April 2, 2024 Amazingly in April, we have a perfect mid-winter pattern with Windy Duo, the North Pacific High, and the Four Corners high-pressure making a cameo appearance. Their isobars merge over the southern Sea of Cortez pumping northerly winds towards a low-pressure well south of Cabo Wabo. Add…
by Mike Godsey Forecast Jargon Decoder: Monday April 1, 2024 As a storm departs Southern Californians moves into the Great Basin the North Pacific High’s surface NW winds ramp up on the Pacific side along with huge swell. The North Pacific High’s winds take two pathways in Baja Sur: 1. Part of the wind flows…
Mike Godsey Forecast Decoder: March 31, 2024 Link to full 7:30 AM forecast for each site. Today, the North Pacific High’s surface NW winds really ramp up west of the Farallon Islands (18 miles west Gate). Sadly, the storm tracks further down the coast and ends up near Southern California. This produces an N. to…