¡Buenos dias! Model predictions of marginal background flow verified well yesterday, and as is typical in that situation, northern beaches saw significantly higher winds than southern beaches, with the gauge at Rasta Beach peaking at around 14 mph, while southern beaches saw only light winds. An ASCAT pass around midnight measured NW winds of 10 knots near Cerralvo, and the most recent batch of model forecasts are in good agreement that the background wind will increase very slightly today…perhaps just enough to get rideable winds on all of the area beaches this afternoon. Sunny skies are again expected today, so we should get a sizeable thermal boost as well. Models are in excellent agreement that the background winds will again fall below the threshold to fully trigger our wind machine on Tuesday. The majority of model forecasts show light winds will continue on Christmas Eve, and with increasing high cloud cover, our local thermal will likely be partially dampened as well. As a ridge of high pressure builds into the northern Baja Peninsula on Christmas Day, NNW winds over BCS will increase substantially, and with only a few thin, high clouds expected, we will likely see a windy afternoon. The surface pressure gradient is forecast to tighten on Friday, and with full sunshine expected our local wind machine will likely be in fine form. Long-range model forecasts continue to generally be in good agreement that strong surface high pressure will build from the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. on Saturday southeastward to near Salt Lake City on Sunday, bringing norte conditions to our region. Extended range forecasts disagree on details, but it looks likely we will see solid north flow continue through the beginning of next week.
(Tides)- Today…Sunny. North wind 14-16 mph.
- Tuesday…Mostly sunny. North wind 10-12 mph.
- Wednesday…Partly sunny. North wind 10-12 mph.
- Christmas Day…Mostly sunny. North wind 16-20 mph.
- Friday…Sunny. North wind 20-24 mph.
- Saturday…Sunny. North wind 20-24 mph.
- Sunday…Sunny. North wind 22-26 mph.