Get the advil ready
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:52 am
The forecast is sweet for wind from now until OCTOBER.......just kidding, but today, sat and sun will be great days. Here is the discussion from NWS (with my comments added)
THE COAST WONT WARM THAT MUCH AS A WEAK TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW (read: 10 or 8m weather on the coast, solid wind @ third)CONTINUES BUT MANY INLAND AREAS SHOULD WARM UP CLOSE TO THE POTENTIAL. (who cares)
8 AM SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS SHOWED A FAIRLY STRONG NLY FLOW WITH 3.3 MB ACV-SFO AND ANOTHER 4.9 SFO-SMX (this is the wind machine for the coast). WMC-SFO WAS 4.2 MB OFFSHORE
BUT SFO-SAC WAS 1.1 ONSHORE (bodes well for us in the bay). THAT ONSHORE GRADIENT IS FORECAST TO INCREASE TO ABOUT 2 MB THIS AFTN WHICH WILL GENERATE A MODERATE SEABREEZE (can I get an Amen brothers and sisters ;-) (the wind will be a bit more mellow then yesterday on the coast - not so gusty).
EXCEPT FOR A FOG PATCH OR 2 NEAR MONTEREY THIS MRNG THERE WAS NO LOW STUFF AROUND...BUT THE MARINE LAYER IS BECOMING BETTER DEFINED AROUND 1000 FEET DEEP AND THE ETA INDICATES SOME PATCHY CLOUDS SAT MRNG...MOSTLY FROM SFO S. ONSHORE FLOW IS FORECAST TO INCREASE.... SOME WELL INLAND SITES COULD AVOID THE COOLING BUT A STRONGER SEABREEZE WILL SEND TEMPS DOWN ELSEWHERE. (Delta will be really nice on Sat/Sun. Alameda, Crissy, and Berk will all be fun as well.....ahh, it's like the old days when it blew 5.0 wsurfing everywhere, you just picked you favorite site, hook up w/your bros and rip. Make sure you have cold beers for the post sesh hang)
Good winds + waves, Zeev.
THE COAST WONT WARM THAT MUCH AS A WEAK TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW (read: 10 or 8m weather on the coast, solid wind @ third)CONTINUES BUT MANY INLAND AREAS SHOULD WARM UP CLOSE TO THE POTENTIAL. (who cares)
8 AM SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS SHOWED A FAIRLY STRONG NLY FLOW WITH 3.3 MB ACV-SFO AND ANOTHER 4.9 SFO-SMX (this is the wind machine for the coast). WMC-SFO WAS 4.2 MB OFFSHORE
BUT SFO-SAC WAS 1.1 ONSHORE (bodes well for us in the bay). THAT ONSHORE GRADIENT IS FORECAST TO INCREASE TO ABOUT 2 MB THIS AFTN WHICH WILL GENERATE A MODERATE SEABREEZE (can I get an Amen brothers and sisters ;-) (the wind will be a bit more mellow then yesterday on the coast - not so gusty).
EXCEPT FOR A FOG PATCH OR 2 NEAR MONTEREY THIS MRNG THERE WAS NO LOW STUFF AROUND...BUT THE MARINE LAYER IS BECOMING BETTER DEFINED AROUND 1000 FEET DEEP AND THE ETA INDICATES SOME PATCHY CLOUDS SAT MRNG...MOSTLY FROM SFO S. ONSHORE FLOW IS FORECAST TO INCREASE.... SOME WELL INLAND SITES COULD AVOID THE COOLING BUT A STRONGER SEABREEZE WILL SEND TEMPS DOWN ELSEWHERE. (Delta will be really nice on Sat/Sun. Alameda, Crissy, and Berk will all be fun as well.....ahh, it's like the old days when it blew 5.0 wsurfing everywhere, you just picked you favorite site, hook up w/your bros and rip. Make sure you have cold beers for the post sesh hang)
Good winds + waves, Zeev.