¡Buenos dias! The norte arrived shortly after midnight, and the wind gauge at Rasta Beach recorded wind gusts to around 20 mph. Winds have temporarily diminished early this morning as the cooling downslope winds off the Cacachilas Mountains pushed the strongest winds offshore. As we get surface heating later this morning, the stronger winds offshore will get pulled inland, particularly on the southern beaches. Models show some west component remaining this afternoon along northern beaches, so conditions there will likely be gusty and wind-shadowed. The norte will quickly subside tonight, but solid north background flow and sunny skies on Wednesday will bring us another windy day. The new model runs are in good agreement that strengthening surface low pressure over the interior west of the U.S. on Thursday will bring light westerly background flow to BCS. We also may see substantial high clouds to partially dampen our local thermal, so at this point it looks like a light wind day. Surface high pressure is then forecast to build into the Baja Peninsula from the Eastern Pacific on Friday, with increasing NNW background flow. Models are in excellent agreement that a reinforcing area of high pressure will build into the 4-corners area of the U.S. on Saturday, with norte conditions possible here. Long-range model forecasts show solid north background flow continuing through Sunday, then winds will rapidly diminish as a new storm system approaches California on Monday.
- Today…A few morning high clouds, then sunny. North wind 22-26 mph and gusty.
- Wednesday…Sunny. North wind 18-22 mph.
- Thursday…Partly sunny. Northeast wind 10-12 mph.
- Friday…Sunny. North wind 16-20 mph.
- Saturday…Sunny. North wind 22-26 mph and gusty.
- Sunday…Sunny. North wind 20-24 mph.
- Monday…Sunny. Northeast wind 10-12 mph.