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Post by zgur » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:52 am

One more time before the time changes......we have hope for wind....

"THE GRADIENTS ARE FORECAST TO SWITCH TO ONSHORE AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING PER LATEST GFS AND WRF MODEL RUNS. THE WRF BOUNDARY LAYER RH FIELD ALSO INDICATES MOISTURE SPREADING LOCALLY INLAND OVERNIGHT IN A RENEWED SEABREEZE".....can you say fog/wind????

Bring it.......

Get some, Z.

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Post by Proparoo » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:09 am

Not looking to good,,,, but Hell, I forcasted light winds last Wed.

SAN FRANCISCO SAN PABLO SUISUN BAY AND THE WEST DELTA- 843 AM PDT SAT OCT 28 2006 .

TODAY...E WINDS 5 KT...BECOMING NE IN THE AFTERNOON. .

TONIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. .

SUN...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. .

SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 5 KT...INCREASING TO 5 TO 15 KT. .

TUE AND WED...W WINDS 10 KT.
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Post by Bulldog » Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:08 pm

You gotta check that in 3D.

Sunday 10-20
Mon 15-25
Tues 15-25

Everything's better in 3D this time of year.
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Post by Proparoo » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:43 pm

Paul,

Hip us to this 3D thing...
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Post by Bulldog » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:10 pm

3D is Zevgurian for "coastal". Waves; three dimensional water.

The coastal wind forecast is looking better than the Bay, although they've backed off on tomorrow's wind. Monday and Tuesday they're still calling for 15-25 NW, but we all know that 48 hours is a long way away in meteorolist land.

I hate it when it's windy on Monday instead of Sunday. :-x
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I love it....

Post by zgur » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:02 pm

I love it when the weather guys talk dirty to me......"...ONSHORE FLOW IS FORECAST TO RETURN TO THE AREA TONIGHT AS WELL AS COASTAL STRATUS. ALREADY A LARGE PATCH OF STRATUS CAN BE SEEN ON SATELLITE IMAGERY EXTENDING STRAIGHT SOUTH FROM CAPE MENDOCINO AND THEN WEST OUT OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC. THE WRF BOUNDARY LAYER RH FIELD STILL INDICATES AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE ALONG THE COAST AND EXTENDING LOCALLY INLAND TONIGHT. WITH AN ONSHORE FLOW REGIME...COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW ACROSS THE DISTRICT...MOST NOTABLY ALONG AND NEAR THE COASTAL ZONES"

OOhhhh baby, I'm getting so hot.....

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Post by narly1 » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:25 am

heres more
the coastal forcast

POINT ARENA TO PIGEON POINT TO 20 NM- POINT ARENA TO PIGEON POINT 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-

222 AM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 5 FT. NW SWELL 3 TO 5 FT AT 11 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG.
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 6 FT. NW SWELL 3 TO 5 FT AT 11 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG.

.MON...NW WINDS 15 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 6 FT. NW SWELL 3 TO 5 FT AT 11 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 6 FT. NW SWELL 4 TO 6 FT.
.TUE...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. NW SWELL 3 TO 6 FT.
.WED...S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT.WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. NW SWELL 3 TO 5 FT. A CHANCE OF RAIN.
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. W SWELL 4 TO 6 FT. A CHANCE OF RAIN.
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Post by Bulldog » Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:57 am

No wind on the coast, even out at the buoys. Seems unlikely it will appear in a few hours.

Is the wind at Sherman going to hold, or is it a fluke?
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Post by windhorny » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:09 am

Georg and I got some light wind Alameda action this morning. It looks like it is going to fill in later!

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Post by Bulldog » Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:09 pm

I'm heading to SI. It's been steady at 19 for two hours. Marker 12 off by one click on the direction, so I think it's probably straight outta the west.
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