3rd Ave & King of the Bay

[Bulldog]

Hmmmm.

"The incoming surface marine surge and the upper high have reached a momentary stand off. Typical a marine surge sends deep cooling fog and strong wind all the way to Sherman. In this case a powerful dome of upper high is dumping hot air over us. This has crushed the bottom of the marine layer fog to the deck and is limiting the surge to a narrow ribbon of fog and wind from the Golden Gate past Treasure Island to Berkeley with another ribbon north of SFO. Normally I would expect the marine surge's SW flow to pile up enough fog on the coast range to blast to Sherman this PM but the upper high is standing firm. Bottomline best wind will be near the forementioned ribbons.

ï Note At any moment marine surge could gain the upper hand jacking up Larkspur, Pt. Isabel, Sherman winds. "


That upper high was standing firmly on my head all morning, or at least that's what it felt like.

[zgur]

Ok Paul, now that I know it's you, the post takes on a whole different tone.......

Since I'm giving beers out this weekend to Gabe, Leann and Big D, let's make a little wager or 6 cold pacifico's:

I say it blows nice tonight and all weekend long at the delta (nice meaning guys are powered on 16m or less kites).

What say you??

Z.

[Bulldog]

Oh, what the heck. I'd love to sacrifice a sixpack for the cause. Looks like NWS sacto is beginning to see possibilities, though. I'd like to raise the stakes and say 12 meter or better, but that would be greedy at this point.

Not to be a weather geek, but last year was a wierd summer in the Valley in that we didn't have very many of these "super high pressure" events with temps over 105. Last year, the whole thing went off like clockwork, with the valley heating up and then popping when the marine layer powered up. It was a really pleasant summer here, and windy almost every day in the Delta. Maybe one down day for every 5 or 6 windy ones.

Before I started kiting, though, I remember many week long events where it just kept getting hotter and hotter every day. (And once you get used to 100 degrees, believe me that 110 is way, way hotter.) I'm guessing those were dead days in the Delta.

Area forecast discussion
National Weather Service Sacramento California
915 am PDT Friday Jun 23 2006


Discussion...
an interesting forecast to Ponder for the next few days. Strong
high pressure and ongoing offshore gradients point to a slam dunk
forecast of continued hot temperatures through the next few days. And this
seems to be the fate for the northern SAC valley. However...there
is a glimmer of hope for the southern SAC and northern sj valleys.
Pressure grads are currently supporting off shore flow but are
weakening and shifting such to begin a trend toward a change in
flow. At the same time...coastal stratus is slowly tiptoeing
northward and now reaches north of the Bay area. The marine layer
remains far too shallow for any immediate relief to be seen/felt but
the hope lies in the trend. So while the northern SAC valley will sizzle
into next week the trends indicate that folks in the southern SAC and northern
sj valleys have a light at the end of the Tunnel on which to hope.
They just need to first get through the Tunnel and it is a hot one.

[windhorny]

Hello! fellow wind geeks. ITS BLOWING! Everywhere! Tell the boss to shove it and suit up.

[Bulldog]

Everywhere except Sherman, that is. Have fun in the Bay all.

[OliverG]

See you in the morning at Sherman before the Bay games for a warmup session....

[Greg]

I had one of those surreal kite sessions today, it blew like a fan for a coupl-a-hours....SaaaWING!
Have fun!!!
L.M.G.