First Day of may brings wind
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If you want to kite today, be at one of the following places:
1. Crissy
2. Coast (which also has building swells)
Wed - go to the delta.
Get some, Z.
1. Crissy
2. Coast (which also has building swells)
Wed - go to the delta.
Get some, Z.
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3rd
Don't have as much experience @ third..I'm better @ sherman/berkely and the promised land - coast.......
based on the NNW flow above and the N to S pressure gradient, I would say that it will be more like 14/16m weather, and light near shore.....
forecasting really is quite tough, since the data available is regional, and the climates that we have are micro-micro-micro based. Not to mention, to do a good job forecasting, you need to gather micro level data every hour....for example, land heating and the low it creates can sometimes suck the wind closer to shore then forecast (this happens on the coast with Monterey bay/Santa cruz getting hot, and the thermal low sucking the NW energy close to the coast). Bottom line, there are way more factors then one can really process.
I really respect Stu/Mike at ikite. Unlike the dudes on TV, these guys need to be a lot more accurate on a much more micro scale. When they are right, no one gives them credit. When they are wrong, people rip on them.
Here is my educated guess for 3rd:
20% chance of riding 12m kite (if this happens, it will come up late and quick)
65% chance of 14/16m kite
15% chance getting skunked with work/weather.
Good winds, Z.
based on the NNW flow above and the N to S pressure gradient, I would say that it will be more like 14/16m weather, and light near shore.....
forecasting really is quite tough, since the data available is regional, and the climates that we have are micro-micro-micro based. Not to mention, to do a good job forecasting, you need to gather micro level data every hour....for example, land heating and the low it creates can sometimes suck the wind closer to shore then forecast (this happens on the coast with Monterey bay/Santa cruz getting hot, and the thermal low sucking the NW energy close to the coast). Bottom line, there are way more factors then one can really process.
I really respect Stu/Mike at ikite. Unlike the dudes on TV, these guys need to be a lot more accurate on a much more micro scale. When they are right, no one gives them credit. When they are wrong, people rip on them.
Here is my educated guess for 3rd:
20% chance of riding 12m kite (if this happens, it will come up late and quick)
65% chance of 14/16m kite
15% chance getting skunked with work/weather.
Good winds, Z.
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the rev says he can call berkely....?
dose he ...?
knows not what fate he casts.......
says i ...
Z you go boy .
i love the talk so far
give use more.
do you need your own corner ?take weather section..!
call it what....?
Dr Z weather.
dose he ...?
knows not what fate he casts.......
says i ...
Z you go boy .
i love the talk so far
give use more.
do you need your own corner ?take weather section..!
call it what....?
Dr Z weather.
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This looks good to me, let's hope it goes:
SAN FRANCISCO SAN PABLO SUISUN BAY AND THE WEST DELTA-
354 AM PDT TUE MAY 2 2006
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 30 KT.
.WED...W WINDS 15 TO 30 KT.
.WED NIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT. PATCHY FOG.
.THU...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
PATCHY FOG.
.FRI AND SAT...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG.
SAN FRANCISCO SAN PABLO SUISUN BAY AND THE WEST DELTA-
354 AM PDT TUE MAY 2 2006
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 30 KT.
.WED...W WINDS 15 TO 30 KT.
.WED NIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT. PATCHY FOG.
.THU...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
PATCHY FOG.
.FRI AND SAT...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG.
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