by Mike Godsey, mike@iwindsurf.com On this day the WF-WRF barely showed a hint of an eddy. The NAM surface had a better hint. But, as I have noticed again and again for larger elongated eddies, the 950 & 975 NAM…
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West Coast Wind Blog: Forecasting UP AND DOWN Gorge winds.
A Slack discussion: Learning to recognize a pattern for very up and down winds in the Columbia River Gorge by Matt Sounders & Mike Godsey windfind 4:36 PM Here is a animation I am working on to help explain the UP…
D-Day Weather
by Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson As we recognize the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion it is interesting to look at the role the weather and meteorologists played in the success of the operation. According to How D-Day was Delayed…
Kite Surfer Rescue
by Weatherflow Meteorologist, Kerry Challoner Anderson Last night I was out walking near sunset, checking out the marine layer development north of Santa Cruz, California when I noticed a Kite Surfer struggling to make it back to shore. The winds…
Severe weather in the Northeast
WeatherFlow Forecaster
Posted in Cape Cod, Connecticut, Long Island/SE New York, Massachusetts North Coast, New Jersey, Northeast Florida, Rhode Island, Weather Blog
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…
Waves arriving from Down Under
by Weatherflow, Meteorologist Kerry Challoner Anderson A cold outbreak for Eastern Australia has not only meant that I am preparing this from under the warmth of some extra blankets but also has brought record wave heights, epic winds for Wind…
Picking the Right Model
Yesterday’s forecast was a tough one so I made sure to check back this evening to verify. We know we may not always be exactly right and so the process of verifying helps us to learn and improve and also…
A close look at Southern California isobars
Take a look a the close-up animation I made of the WRF Southern California Isobars. 1. It appears to be far higher than 3km res. 2. Note the exceptionally tight isobars are all over the mountains at all times of the…
Eclipse Weather
WeatherFlow Forecaster
Posted in Cape Cod, Coastal Georgia, Coastal South Carolina, Columbia River Gorge, Connecticut, Delmarva, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Simcoe/Georgian Bay, Long Island/SE New York, Massachusetts North Coast, New Jersey, Northeast Florida, San Francisco, Southeastern North Carolina, Southern California, Tidewater Virginia, Weather Blog
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…
June Tropical Activity Stirring in the Atlantic Basin
WeatherFlow Forecaster
Posted in Coastal Georgia, Coastal South Carolina, Outer Banks, Southeastern North Carolina, Weather Blog
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson The start of the Atlantic Basin hurricane season is June 1st and goes through November 30th each year. Typically, we might see a few small homegrown or near coastal systems develop along tail end of cold…
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