¡Buenos dias! North…northwest background flow increased last night as an ASCAT satellite pass before midnight showed 15 knot winds were common over the southern Sea of Cortez. Model forecasts are in excellent agreement that surface high pressure centered over western Colorado this morning will build into the 4-corners region of the U.S. today then remain essentially stationary through Friday with solid north…northwest flow through the period. A couple of the models are hinting at some wind-shadowing on northern beaches today, so conditions may be gusty there. The surface pressure gradient should begin to weaken a bit next Saturday, then long-range models show it completely collapsing on Sunday, with light background flow returning to BCS. The big variable over the next week will be the thickness of high cloud cover, and while infrared satellite loops and all of the model forecasts show high clouds moving in today and persisting through at least Sunday, at this point it looks like there willl likely be enough filtered sun each day to trigger our local thermal.
(Tides)- Today…Mostly sunny. North wind 20-24 mph and gusty…especially north beaches.
- Tuesday…Mostly sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Wednesday…Mostly sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Thursday…Mostly sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Friday…Mostly sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Saturday…Mostly sunny. North wind 16-20 mph.
- Sunday…Mostly sunny. Northeast wind 8-10 mph.