Cameras on Mount Diablo and Mount Tam showed a sea of fog covering the Bay Area, filling the Carquines Channel, Napa Valley and Santa Clara Valley.
This fog distribution, along with the barometer, tells us that there are strong pressure gradients across Napa, Sacramento, Stockton, and Bakersfield.
So if your package of air flows through the gaps in the Coast Mountains, you'll feel a force sucking you through nearly every launch site in the Bay Area.
How do you spell Déjà vu? 1. Surface northwest winds from the North Pacific High: Same, 2. Uniform pressure gradient between Sacramento, Stockton, and Bakersfield: Same. There are strong winds from central Kinmen to Treasure Island to Pt. Isabel Island and Sherman Island, likewise. Fog restricts crisis winds, too. The only real difference in the forecast is the lack of monsoon winds over the Central Valley in the morning and no sign of a vortex. Both contribute to Sherman Island, Waddell and Peninsular winds.
