by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com jmarik wrote about Part 1 of this blog: Hi Mike, Does this explain why 3rd Ave. channel was ripping while SFO was reading only low 20’s today? Cheers. Hi jmarik, I think you are probably right about the SFO winds. As you can see in this first image of yesterday’s standing waves…
by Mike Godsey & Matt Sounders, mikeATiwindsurf.com Link to Part Two of this blog. So take a look at this wind map from today, June 15. Do you see two very strange things? Benicia has AVERAGE wind of 29 and my forecast last night called for very strong UP AND DOWN winds for Benicia. As you…
by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com If you saw last nights and today’s forecast you know we are in for epic winds today as a marine surge southerly winds battle strong NW winds. This morning the southerly marine surge winds win out but this afternoon powerful wind from the North Pacific High winds win decisively as…
by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com Pt. Isabel has, by far, the most interesting cruising ground for windsurfers and kiters in the Bay Area. Where can you round and island, speed sail in glassy waters, find large rolly swell while watching the Golden Gate and the San Francisco skyline. There is just one downside to Pt. Isabel….
by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com & Matt Sounders A few days ago I wrote a blog about the strange Cut-Off Low at ≈ 18,000 ft. feet between Hawaii and Baja that was tracking towards San Francisco where it would bring epic winds. Then how the Cut-Off Low would create explosive winds for the Gorge First –…
by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com Did you notice fast the sky changed today from crystal blue to cloudy? That event is something we have been forecasting for days. Clearly, something is about to happen. Remember the old days when it seemed that wind was just about the pressure gradient? And while the forecasts were crappy more…
by Mike Godsey So today looked like a pretty routine forecast with a shallow marine layer and a low pressure retracts back to the valley and I expected the pressure gradient to go up up and the NW winds curve in. With the strongest pressure gradient towards Stockton I expected the winds to peak in…
by Mike Godsey About a week ago I mentioned a wayward Cut-Off Low located between Hawaii and Baja up at ≈ 18,000 ft. At the time it looked like it would march towards Northern California and impact the Bay Area. Turn out I was right on. This animation shows the Cut-Off Low as well as…
By Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson The beaches are gradually opening in California this Memorial Day weekend and just in time. We will need to find places to cool down as the forecast models are showing a quick build of an upper-level ridge over the West Coast. And it won’t be going anywhere too soon. The…
by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com If you saw my 11:30 AM forecast you know I was not very bullish about the Isla Vista to Leadbetter winds: “IF you see the eddy die by early afternoon there a slight chance of mid to upper-teens for Isla Vista but weaker Leadbetter.” Eddies are always hard to forecast especially…