¡Buenos dias! The wind gauge at Rasta yesterday showed north winds of 12-14 mph from around 1:30-2:30, and some of us got a feeble few runs in before the dreaded easterlies shut it down. An Oceansat satellite pass around midnight measured light southerly winds east of Cerralvo, and all of the most recent numerical model forecasts show light onshore breezes will develop this afternoon. A surface low pressure system west of Ensenada this morning will move inland on Wednesday and allow a narrow ridge of high pressure to build into the central Baja Peninsula. This will bring north background flow back to our region, and with sunny skies expected, we will see a good thermal boost as well. Another storm system will affect California and the far northern Baja Peninsula on Thursday, and tend to nudge the surface ridge located just to our north a bit farther south. This will add a westerly component to the background flow on Thursday, but models show the background flow veering to a more northerly direction during the afternoon. Models are in excellent agreement that the large surface high over the eastern Pacific will build eastward into the northern Baja Peninsula on Friday, with increasing north background flow here. Solid north flow will likely continue through Saturday, then increase a bit on Sunday as a reinforcing shot of high pressure builds into the 4-corners region of the U.S. Long-range forecasts show north flow decreasing on Monday as another storm system moves into the western U.S. from the Pacific.
- Today…Sunny. East wind 8-10 mph.
- Wednesday…Sunny. North wind 16-20 mph.
- Thursday…Sunny. North…northwest wind 16-20 mph.
- Friday…Mostly sunny. North wind 20-24 mph.
- Saturday…Sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Sunday…Sunny. North wind 20-24 mph.
- Monday…Sunny. North wind 16-18 mph.