¡Buenos dias! Satellilte-derived NW winds of 5-10 knots were common over the southern Sea of Cortez last evening. All of the latest numerical model runs show surface high pressure centered just north of Salt Lake City this morning will send a new surge of north flow into BCS today, but the big wild-card for the next few days will be the thickness of high cloud cover and how much it will dampen our local thermal. Infrared satellite loops early this morning showed substantial high clouds moving in from the southwest, but many of the model forecasts show some breaks in the cloud cover as well, so we may see at least a partial thermal boost. Similar conditions are expected on Sunday, and Monday, with the surface high to our north gradually weakening on Monday. Tuesday will be a transition day, but at this point it looks like just enough north flow will remain to combine with full sunshine and give us another windy afternoon. A light wind regime is then forecast to set up over BCS on Wednesday as the surface pressure gradient becomes very weak. We may see a slight bump in the north flow next Thursday but long-range model forecasts show light winds will likely return again on Friday.
- Today…Mostly sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Sunday…Mostly sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Monday…Mostly sunny. North wind 16-20 mph.
- Tuesday…Sunny. North wind 16-18 mph.
- Wednesday…Sunny. East wind 8-10 mph.
- Thursday…Sunny. North wind 14-16 mph.
- Friday…Mostly sunny. East wind 8-10 mph.