THE Surf Report- Early Edition

So good so far.

SURF:
What a great week of surf! Until I snapped my board on a floater. Thought I was John John or something. Except John John gets free boards. And free clothes. And a BIG paycheck. And he lives in Hawaii. I'm not bitter. But I'm off track here. That good SW swell (with a touch of NW windswell) the past few days has run it's course and tomorrow we'll still have fun waves but only chest high sets around town and shoulder high towards the OC. Saturday drops further the waist to chest high range.

Sunday morning looks pretty flat but as the tide comes in later in the day, some new SW swell starts to show by sundown. Not big, but we'll be back to chest high sets. At least the water will be warm this weekend- 73 degrees!

Tides the next few days are 0' at sunrise, up to 4.5' mid-morning, down to 1.5' mid afternoon, and up to 5.5' at sunset.

FORECAST:
Not much to report- other than Hawaii may get slammed from Guillermo. More on that in a minute.
For us though, the new SW from Sunday peaks on Monday with shoulder high sets in far N county and holds into Tuesday.

Wednesday is small but rideable with chest high sets then forecast models are pretty blah in the southern hemisphere and we'll just get little pulses of waist to chest high SW swell the 2nd half of next week along with a little more NW windswell. At least it won't be flat. Hopefully we'll get another hurricane flare up and send some real waves towards mid-August.

Speaking of hurricanes, Tropical Storm Guillermo is already half-way to Hawaii tonight with 70 mph winds and moving away from us in a westerly direction so don't expect him to be a wave maker in southern California. On the flip side, Guillermo is forecasted to be a category 2 hurricane in a few days with winds approaching 110 mph and headed straight to Hawaii. Bummer on all fronts. Hopefully the islands don't take a direct hit. Make sure to keep up to date on the Guillermo and our surf by visiting North County Surf on Twitter 

WEATHER:

Thunderstorms out in the mountains/deserts, a few big clouds drift towards the coast, temps in the high 70's, and night and morning low clouds. Jeez this weatherman stuff is easy. Pretty much on auto-repeat around here with your typical mid-summer pattern at the beaches. Look for the thunderstorms to back off early next week for more- yawn- low clouds/fog burning off to killer beach days most of next week.

BEST BET:
Monday- new little SW swell, mild weather, and water temps in the low 70's. Is Monday a holiday? Can we move up Labor Day or something?

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

Think we've had wild weather recently? You're right, thanks to El Nino (and it's not even winter time yet- just wait). But this day in history has seen some wild stuff over the years too. Just take a gander:

1991: Thunderstorms brought 0.77 inch of rainfall to La Mesa, 0.58 inch to El Cajon, 0.56 inch to Santee, 0.33 inch to Balboa Park, and 0.23 inch to San Diego Mission Valley and Lindbergh Field (the greatest daily amount on record at the time for Lindbergh Field in July- until Dolores rolled through a couple weeks ago and dumped 1+”). Mobile homes were flooded in La Mesa and homes and streets were flooded in East City Heights and Mission Gorge. Trees were downed and power outages resulted.

1972: During a stretch from 7/28 to this day, the temperature rose each day to 100° in Palomar Mountain. It is the highest temperature on record and has been reached on nine days.

1958: Moisture from a west northwestward moving tropical storm which dissipated west of central Baja California generated up to two inches of rainfall in the deserts and mountains starting on 7/28 and ending on this day. This occurred during the El Niño of 1957-58 (sound familiar)? On this day a severe thunderstorm brought heavy rain and hail more than one inch in diameter to Barstow. It was called “the worst storm in 60 years”. A flash flood resulted and actually moved a house off its foundation. Residents had to escape through windows from flooded houses in Lenwood. Tons of mud engulfed highway 66. The hail damaged roofs, cars, and windows. Another thunderstorm struck Twentynine Palms on this day, and floodwaters and mud flowed through the streets and into a few buildings.

1946: A heavy thunderstorm struck Twentynine Palms. Big deal you say? Well, one house was destroyed by a wall of water AND the garage and car in it were carried a half mile away.

1944: It was 30° in Idyllwild, the latest date in the season to record a freezing temperature.

1930: The high temperature was 100° in San Diego, the highest on record for July and the only time it has hit 100° in July.

PIC OF THE WEEK:

If that barrel isn't crazy looking enough, consider the source: SHORE BREAK. Imagine how big this beast was before it got to the inside. Good luck paddling out.

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
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