¡Buenos dias! An Oceansat satellite pass just before midnight measured 15-20 knot winds over the southern Sea of Cortez, and the latest batch of model forecasts are in good agreement that solid NNW background flow will continue today. A few morning high clouds will quickly move off to the east, leaving sunny skies to feed our local thermal. Although most of the west component will likely be pulled onshore on southern beaches by afternoon, some of the northern beaches could see some wind-shadowing and gusty conditions near shore. Surface high pressure over Arizona today is then forecast to weaken a bit on Saturday, but we should still have ample north flow and sunshine to trigger our wind machine. Strong surface high pressure over British Columbia on Saturday will move southward into Idaho on Sunday, and the surface pressure gradient over BCS will tighten significantly, with norte conditions looking likely. Depending on the amount of high cloud cover on Monday, we may see norte conditions continue. On Tuesday circulation around a low pressure system far to our southwest will bring thickening high cloud cover to our area, but we may still see strong enough background flow for one more rideable day. As the low to our southwest slowly moves northeastward Wednesday into Thursday, models are in good agreement that abundant cloud cover will be drawn up into BCS, with a couple of models even showing some significant rainfall…stay tuned.
(Tides)- Today…Sunny. North wind 20-24 mph…with gusty NNW winds on northern beaches.
- Saturday…Mostly sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Sunday…Mostly sunny. North wind 22-26 mph.
- Monday…Partly sunny. North wind 20-24 mph.
- Tuesday…Mostly cloudy. North wind 16-18 mph.
- Wednesday…Cloudy with showers possible. Northeast wind 10-12 mph.
- Thursday…Cloudy with showers possible. Northeast wind 8-10 mph.