¡Buenos dias! We saw a very fortunate early afternoon thinning of the high cloud cover yesterday, and the wind gauge at the campground showed a solid afternoon with winds ranging from 18-21 mph from 1 pm until just past 4:30. A satellite pass overnight measured NNW winds of 15 knots over the southern Sea of Cortez, and models are again in good agreement that similar background wind will continue today. Infrared satellite loops early this morning continued to show a large swath of high clouds from BCS westward into the Pacific for over 1200 miles, and as was the case yesterday, the thickness of high clouds today will be a major factor in our winds this afternoon. At this point it looks like there again may be some thin spots in the cloud cover, so I'll be optimistic that we see another windy afternoon. The remainder of the forecast looks on track as surface high pressure remains anchored to our north and high clouds continue to stream into our area through Friday. The surface high centered far to our north will weaken on Saturday into Sunday, and the background flow may fall just below the threshold to fully trigger our wind machine on Sunday. At this point it looks like Monday and Tuesday will be down days as the surface pressure gradient in our region remains weak.
(Tides)- Today…Partly sunny. North wind 16-20 mph.
- Thursday…Partly sunny. North wind 16-20 mph.
- Friday…Partly sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Saturday…Partly sunny. North wind 16-18 mph.
- Sunday…Mostly sunny. North wind 12-14 mph.
- Monday…Sunny. Northeast wind 10-12 mph.
- Tuesday…Mostly sunny. Northeast wind 10-12 mph.