¡Buenos dias! An Oceansat satellite pass around midnight last night showed the leading edge of the next surge of north wind had reached a point just south of Loreto, and local wind gauges detected that increasing north flow began around 3:30 this morning. Model forecasts are in good agreement that surface high pressure centered over the eastern Pacific will maintain a relatively tight surface pressure gradient over BCS over the next several days, with winds likely peaking on Tuesday with norte conditions expected. Some high clouds will stream in from the southwest on Monday and Tuesday, but we should also see plenty of sunshine to give us an added thermal boost. The norte will subside on Wednesday as a storm system moves into California and pushes the axis of the ridge of high pressure over the northern Baja Peninsula southward. Model forecasts are in good agreement that the storm system over the western U.S. will intensify on Thursday and cause our background flow to become more westerly. The break will be brief however, as long-range forecasts are in good agreement that a new surge of north flow will reach BCS on Friday, and as surface high pressure builds to our north on Saturday, norte conditions could again develop.
- Today…Sunny. North wind 20-24 mph.
- Monday…Mostly sunny. North wind 20-24 mph.
- Tuesday…Mostly sunny. North wind 22-26 mph and gusty.
- Wednesday…Sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Thursday…Sunny. North wind 12-14 mph.
- Friday…Sunny. North wind 20-24 mph.
- Saturday…Sunny. North wind 22-26 mph and gusty.