Welcome fall! (Officially)
SURF:
If you haven't noticed, fall is already here. Beaches are empty, we've had some fun NW the past few days (with leftover SSW), air temps are cool and crisp, and the cold fronts up north are slowly creeping our way. The only remnant of summer is our 70 degree water temps. Thank you Global Warming! For this weekend we have a mixed bag of small but rideable surf.
First up is a SW swell generated last week off Antarctica. Along with building NW windswell, we'll see waist to chest high surf on Friday. The NW drops on Saturday and we're left with waist high+ SW swell.
On Sunday, we may start to see signs of a small S swell from weak hurricanes Mario and Lorena, along with tiny NW windswell. That will put us back into waist high+ surf again. Weather should be nice though, so we have that going for us.
And here's additional info to help you with your next surf session:
Tides this weekend are:
- 3' at sunrise
- 5' mid-afternoon
- 3' at sunset
- 6:40 AM sunrise
- 6:40 PM sunset
If the models hold correctly, we'll get a slightly bigger boost each day from Mario and Lorena- along with better NW windswell- peaking on Tuesday. Look for chest high+ surf IF... Lorena and Mario keep heading our way. They could also slam into Cabo or die before they hit our swell window, so there's a lot that could go wrong between now and then, so think positive people!
Further out, we have another small storm in the southern hemisphere and a storm off the Aleutians which could combine to give us chest to shoulder high surf around the 27th. Nothing big on the horizon but fun surf at least. Make sure to check out Twitter/North County Surf.
WEATHER:
WEATHER:
As you've probably noticed, we've had some weak cold fronts move through the past week and along with the Chargers underachieving, fall is right on schedule. Our cold front moves through tonight and we've got a slight warm up this weekend- along with weak offshore winds. June Gloom seems like a distant memory at this point; might as well just leapfrog to winter. Look for temps in the mid-70's at the beaches tomorrow and 80 by Sunday. Early next week, models hint at the remnants of Lorena and Mario making their way into CA/AZ and there is a SLIGHT chance of showers along the coast. But I'm placing my bets on the deserts instead.
BEST BET:
Tomorrow with small fun combo swell or next Tuesday with small fun combo swell OR next Friday with fun slightly bigger combo swell.
NEWS OF THE WEEK:
Stop me if you've heard this before, but fall is here! But just what does fall mean? Or summer for that matter. Or winter. Or... spring of course. We know the seasons change and are fairly distinct between summer, fall, winter, and spring, but why is that? Here's National Geographic to explain:
A season is a period of the year that is distinguished by special climate conditions. The four seasons—spring, summer, fall, and winter—follow one another regularly. Each has its own light, temperature, and weather patterns that repeat yearly.
In the Northern Hemisphere, winter generally begins on December 21 or 22. This is the winter solstice, the day of the year with the shortest period of daylight. Summer begins on June 20 or 21, the summer solstice, which has the most daylight of any day in the year. Spring and fall, or autumn, begin on equinoxes, days that have equal amounts of daylight and darkness. The vernal, or spring, equinox falls on March 20 or 21, and the autumnal equinox is on September 22 or 23.
The seasons in the Northern Hemisphere are the opposite of those in the Southern Hemisphere. This means that in Argentina and Australia, winter begins in June. The winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere is June 20 or 21, while the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, is December 21 or 22.
Seasons occur because Earth is tilted on its axis relative to the orbital plane, the invisible, flat disc where most objects in the solar system orbit the sun. Earth’s axis is an invisible line that runs through its center, from pole to pole. Earth rotates around its axis.
In June, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, the sun’s rays hit it for a greater part of the day than in winter. This means it gets more hours of daylight. In December, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, with fewer hours of daylight.
Seasons have an enormous influence on vegetation and plant growth. Winter typically has cold weather, little daylight, and limited plant growth. In spring, plants sprout, tree leaves unfurl, and flowers blossom. Summer is the warmest time of the year and has the most daylight, so plants grow quickly. In autumn, temperatures drop, and many trees lose their leaves.
The four-season year is typical only in the mid-latitudes. The mid-latitudes are places that are neither near the poles nor near the Equator. The farther north you go, the bigger the differences in the seasons. Helsinki, Finland, sees 18.5 hours of daylight in the middle of June. In mid-December, however, it is light for less than 6 hours. Athens, Greece, in southern Europe, has a smaller variation. It has 14.5 hours of daylight in June and 9.5 hours in December.
Places near the Equator experience little seasonal variation. They have about the same amount of daylight and darkness throughout the year. These places remain warm year-round. Near the Equator, regions typically have alternating rainy and dry seasons.
Polar regions experience seasonal variation, although they are generally colder than other places on Earth. Near the poles, the amount of daylight changes dramatically between summer and winter. In Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost city in the U.S., it stays light all day long between mid-May and early August. The city is in total darkness between mid-November and January.
PIC OF THE WEEK:
Came across this image of Rincon before the houses were built on the point, circa 1920, shot from above with a drone. Ok- you caught me lying- yes, there were homes already on the point in 1920.
Keep Surfing,
Keep Surfing,
Michael W. Glenn
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