Today’s recipe:
1. Thin high clouds from the subtropical jet stream loom over us today. I think they are thin enough and partially miss the east corner of Baja, so they might not be an issue.
2. The US high pressure that produced yesterday's gusty winds is moving toward Idaho, so the pressure gradient in the Sea of Cortez is weaker.
3. A trough of low pressure south of Cabo sucks those massive winds across the launch site.
4. Local pressure gradients in coastal valleys bend and accelerate wind flow toward La Ventana and Los Barriles beaches.
5. Random northwest winds from the mountains can make the interior of the La Tuna/Rasta Beach launch site unreliable at times.
