¡Buenos dias! An Oceansat satellite pass around midnight measured solid 15 knot NW winds over the southern Sea of Cortez. All of the most recent numerical model forecasts show that while the background flow weakened early this morning, it should build again and reach a mid-afternoon peak today. Infrared satellite loops showed some thin, high clouds streaming in early this morning…blowoff from Tropical Storm Sonia far to our southwest…but plenty of sunshine should filter through this afternoon to give us an added thermal boost. The background flow is forecast to weaken on Monday, but just enough north flow will likely remain to help jump-start our local wind machine. Model forecasts are in excellent agreement for the remainder of the week, with a new area of high pressure building into the interior west of the U.S. on Tuesday and north background flow increasing over BCS. The surface pressure gradient over BCS will weaken a bit on Wednesday, but at this point it looks like ample north background flow will continue and with full sunshine expected, we should see a windy afternoon. Thursday and Friday will likely be down days as the background flow over BCS becomes very light. Long-range model forecasts show a new area of high pressure building into the interior west of the U.S. on Saturday, with north flow returning to BCS.
- Today…Mostly sunny. North wind building to 20-24 mph.
- Monday…Mostly sunny. North wind 16-18 mph.
- Tuesday…Mostly sunny. North wind 20-24 mph.
- Wednesday…Sunny. North wind 16-20 mph.
- Thursday…Sunny. East wind 8-10 mph.
- Friday…Sunny. East wind 8-10 mph.
- Saturday…Sunny. North wind 16-18 mph.