¡Buenos dias! An Oceansat satelllite pass just after midnight measured 10 knot NW winds over the Sea of Cortez east of Cerralvo. Model forecasts are in excellent agreement that surface high pressure centered near Salt Lake City this morning will build slowly southward today, with the surface pressure gradient tightening over BCS. As a result, north background flow will increase substantially, and with sunny skies expected, our local thermal will give an added boost. Ample north flow will continue on Monday, with our afternoon thermal giving us another windy afternoon. The surface pressure gradient will become weak on Tuesday, and at this point it looks like the resulting north background flow will fall to just below what normally triggers our wind machine. A couple of model forecasts show a small increase in the background flow on Wednesday and Thursday, but it’ll be close. Long-range forecasts are in good agreement that surface low pressure will track across the southwestern U.S. Friday into Saturday with westerly flow developing across BCS.
- Today…Sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Monday…Sunny. North wind 16-20 mph.
- Tuesday…Sunny. North wind 12-14 mph.
- Wednesday…Sunny. North wind 14-16 mph.
- Thursday…Sunny. North wind 16-18 mph.
- Friday…Sunny. Northwest wind 10-12 mph.
- Saturday…Sunny. West wind 12-14 mph.