BLOG: PERFECT WIND pattern for BAY WINDS...IF

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Hi Gang,

You all know that the pressure gradient to the Central Valley is critical to get the ocean winds to accelerate into the Bay.

What is less obvious is the direction those winds take after flowing through the many gaps in the Coast Range.

And that determines:

1. Which sites receive strong wind.

2. How close the wind comes to the actual launch sites rather than staying far from shore.

And that is determined by where in the maximum pressure gradient is located in the 450-mile-long Central Valley.

Today, the pressure gradient is evenly split between Sacramento, Stockton, and Bakersfield, bringing winds to most San Francisco Bay Area sites.

But the tricky-to-forecast clearing pattern can spoil this pretty picture at sites with clearing issues.

This blog shows how this pattern will play out today if we get enough clearing.

https://blog.tempest.earth/west-coast-wind-blog-perfect-wind-scenario-for-san-francisco-bay-winds/

Mike Godsey
tempest.earth
IK/IW

[a-might-bit-goosty]

Perfect? I'm glad a lot of locations are having fun, but wind direction of 247 sucks ass for 3rd Av.

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