THE Surf Report- Lite

On the road again. Goin' places that I've never been.

SURF:
Just a quick THE Surf Report tonight. On the road again with my friend Willie looking for waves.

Been fun this past week with swells from all over the place (SW, S, NW) and water temps feeling like El Nino doesn't want to leave.

Today we had new SW fill in and a touch of weak Hurricane Estelle swell and NW windswell. Look for the SW to peak over the weekend with head high sets in far north county and overhead sets in the OC. And to boot- we've got a heat wave on tap this weekend with temps in the low 80's at the beaches and water temps over 75 degrees. Wonder if it's going to be crowded? That's funny.

Tides the next few days are about 0' at sunrise, up to 4.5' at lunch, down to 2' at dinner, and up slightly to 4' again at sunset.

FORECAST:
After a great weekend of surf, things start to taper off. Look for chest high SSW on Monday and down to waist high on Tuesday/Wednesday.

Models showed more storms off Antarctica a couple days ago so we have more shoulder high SW headed our way late Thursday into Friday.

Another storm is forecasted to flare up off Antarctica again in a few days which would give us shoulder high surf again towards the end of July/beginning of August.

As far as the tropics go, Tropical Storm Frank formed off Baja today and is expected to hit minimal hurricane status in a few days. Unfortunately it may die just as it hits our swell window. I'll keep an eye on it for you though. Make sure to keep up to date on the developing surf at Twitter/North County Surf.  

WEATHER:

Feels like August around here. Which means temps in the 80's at the beaches and no May Gray- or June Gloom for that matter. Beaches will be packed this weekend with little or no fog/low clouds. Forecast charts call for patchy fog to MAYBE make a return late Sunday but it won't make much of a difference. Next week cools off slightly but it's still great- and thunderstorms may return to the deserts and mountains.

BEST BET:
All weekend with amazing weather, water temps over 75, and lots of good surf!

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

It's not all heat waves in July around here. Southern California also gets some weird weather around here. Here's 'This Day In Weather History' from the National Weather Service:

2013: Thunderstorms erupted across the mountains and deserts on this day. Radar estimated two to four inches of rainfall in one hour for some of the storms. The newly vulnerable burn scar of the Mountain fire got brief heavy rain that produced a flash flood and a debris flow called an “ash flow.” One of these flowed into a pond, displaced the water, and killed the resident fish. Several other desert roads near Sky Valley, Mecca, and Borrego Springs were rendered impassable from the water and debris. In Big Bear City, some of these floodwaters entered a few homes. In remote Anza Borrego Desert State Park, three vehicles were washed downstream.

1999: Heavy thunderstorms hit the Borrego Springs area causing flash flood damage at Borrego Springs and Ocotillo Wells. A tornado hit Shelter Valley causing property damage.

1987: A rare cold air mass for mid-summer descended on the region starting on 7/18 and ending on this day and broke numerous low temperature records. It was 39° in Palomar Mountain, the lowest temperature on record for July. This also occurred three days previous on 7/18 and the previous day on 7/20.

1965: It was 32° in Big Bear Lake, the latest freezing temperature for the season on record.

1902: A dying tropical cyclone brought two inches of rain to the mountains and deserts of Southern California during a very strong El Niño event of 1901-02.

PIC OF THE WEEK:

Todd Glaser is an amazing local photographer who has captured incredible shots around the world. Here's a pic from a few years ago when he worked with Taylor Steele on the film 'This Time Tomorrow'. The word 'gray' usually conjures up negativity (i.e. May Gray, 'in a gray area', gray water, etc.), but this is one gray I don't mind. Make sure to check out his work here.

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
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