I mentioned in my forecast this morning that the North Pacific High would get a bit more consolidated by this afternoon. However, today is not characterized by a consolidated North Pacific High. This first image, a surface map, shows a non-consolidated North Pacific High pressure over the Eastern Pacific which is the case today. However…
Thunderstorm season in the Northeast US is off to an eye opening start after yesterday’s severe weather outbreak. A strong squall or line of thunderstorms passed through MA down to NJ in the late afternoon and evening bringing damaging winds and localized hail. In the radar image below, note the gust front ahead…
Early Spring Cold Weather Sea Breezes in the Northeast 4/10/18 …
by Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson Week Overview January and February saw a strong ridge of High pressure sitting over the West coast. Consequently the West saw an early start to steady Northwesterly winds along the coast. Well as quickly as it started, patterns have changed and instead of looking to the north for our winds…
Ventura fire, Gorge, Bay, SoCal, Baja winds! by Mike Godsey Today we are seeing unusually strong late easterly winds over much of the west coast from the Gorge to the Sea of Cortez. These winds are stirring unusual late season fires in Southern California. Kerry, our forecaster who lives near the Ventura fire but is…
Because Planning, Swell Size, Fades, Directions… by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com How to use the Viento sensor: 1. Most days the winds build at Viento before reaching the Hatch, Swell, Event Site launch sites. So the Viento sensor gives you an early hint for planning your day. 2. Likewise a mid day fade at Viento often…
Strongest Atlantic Hurricane ever in recorded history? Updated Wed. Sept 6, 2017 by Mike Godsey, mike AT iwindsurf.com Update: This first video is the eye of Irma with average winds of 185 mph Tuesday Morning. Fox News has declared that Hurricane Irma is the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history while other meteorological sources say it is the…
by Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson After listening to my daughter’s description of her total eclipse experience I regret not making the effort to get myself in position to be in the path of totality. Instead my experience included trying to prepare the midday update for Oregon and realizing that I could not see the where…
Below is an animation of the wind patterns of Hurricane Harvey on Friday Aug. 25 as modeled by the ECMWF.
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson 8/3/17 Tropics Update: The Cape Verde season is getting underway…with the NHC 8AM update giving a strong tropical wave coming off of Africa (#Invest99L) a 30% chance next 48hrs for development….and a 60% chance next 5 days. A break in the Saharan Air Layer (mid level desert dust) and a…