¡Buenos dias! A couple of ASCAT satellite passes last evening measured 15-20 knot NNW winds over the southern Sea of Cortez. Surface analysis early this morning shows strong high pressure centered near Salt Lake City, and all of the most recent numerical model forecasts show this feature will remain nearly stationary through Thursday, with solid north background flow continuing. Today will likely be the last completely clear day, as models show some thin, high clouds will creep into BCS on Wednesday and be a recurring theme through next weekend. While at this point it looks like the clouds will remain thin, we’ll have to watch the satelllite imagery day to day to see if thicker clouds threaten to dampen our thermal…stay tuned. The background flow will weaken on Friday into Saturday, but models continue to show a weak ridge of high pressure forming just to our north, and this feature should be enough to keep our wind machine primed. Long-range model forecasts disagree on timing, but they do agree that an expansive surface high will drop out of Canada late this weekend or early next week and likely bring us norte conditions.
- Today…Sunny. North wind 20-24 mph.
- Wednesday…Mostly sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Thursday…Mostly sunny. North wind 16-20 mph.
- Friday…Mostly sunny. North wind 16-18 mph.
- Saturday…Mostly sunny. North wind 16-18 mph.
- Sunday…Mostly sunny. North wind 22-26 mph and gusty.
- Monday…Mostly sunny. North wind 20-24 mph.