Prediction Jargon Decoder: August 3, 2024
A broad sheet of fog covered the coast and central bay, but it shrunk to a narrow steamer, affecting only Chris.
The rainy Gulf of Alaska storm blasted surface northwesterly winds from the North Pacific high pressure toward the West Coast. As a result, northwesterly winds wind through small gaps like the Golden Gate and San Bruno Gap, as well as Marinemuir Gap and the Half Moon Bay Highway. 92 gap.
Once through the gap, the wind “finds” its way through the barrier of East Bay hills to the Central Valley. Winds blow from the high teens to mid-twenties at Golden Gate toward Vallejo through the huge gap in the East Bay hills north of Richmond, so winds are milder at Brooks Island and Sherman Island
For Berkeley.
A gust of wind flows through Muir Canyon toward Larkspur/Clark's Brickyard. The wind blowing from San Bruno Gap has 2 possible routes. The Stockton gradient produces strong winds at level three. Channel Avenue, while the Bakersfield gradient is stronger, sucking the wind across Channel and Third Avenue. Launch locations range from San Jose through the Santa Clara Valley to near Pacheco Pass to the Central Valley.
Meanwhile, the Stockton Gradient absorbs some of the wind through the highway. 92 gap, but those WSW winds were beaten by the stronger WNW winds.
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