Keep it coming.
SURF:
Fun NW/SW surf this past week once the cold front blew through and cleaned up Monday. Tuesday saw new SW fill in while NW winds continued blowing off central Cal and pushing NW swell our way. By Wednesday sets were overhead in far north SD/OC and the weather finally cooperated. Today we have continued NW pulsing at our beaches while the SW is barely hanging on. Sets are chest high and the sunny weather is holding.
Unfortunately the first part of the weekend looks like a bummer as NW winds slacken so our source of NW swell is gone and the SW is almost nonexistent. Look for waist high+ waves most everywhere on Saturday. Sunday morning is even smaller and the weather gets back to normal for June with low clouds/fog in the nights/mornings. By evening though we should start to see signs of a new SW swell which is better on Monday. All in all the start and end to the weekend should have rideable waves and the middle looks small. Water temps took a dive mid-week after all that upwelling from Sunday’s NW winds. Hopefully the water temps will rebound slightly this weekend to the low 60’s. Tides the next few days are about -1’ at sunrise, 4’ at lunch, down to 2’ at 4pm, and back up to 4’ at sunset. Make sure to keep up to date on the waves and weather at Twitter/North County Surf!
FORECAST:
After a slow start to the weekend, a new fun SW swell starts to show Sunday evening. By Monday, look for head high sets in SD and overhead waves in the OC. The SW builds further mid-week for more head high+ waves. We also have pulses of NW windswell every few days so it should help peak up the SW lines. Looks like a fun week of surf coming up and the weather should cooperate.
WEATHER:
Northern California is still getting a string of storms like it was December and luckily for us, we’re only getting brushed by the tail end Sunday/Monday. Look for great weather today and Saturday, some cooler temps and low clouds/fog Sunday/Monday, and then nicer seasonal weather most of next week.
BEST BET:
Probably Wednesday. Good weather, solid SW swell, and some NW to peak it up. Looks like summer is here (after that sham Memorial Day Weekend). Oh- and except for those 60 degree water temps of course…
NEWS OF THE WEEK:
Considering last summer was cloudier and cooler than normal (with cold water temps also keeping us from wearing boardshorts), I thought it would be good to take a look at what June has in store for us. Typically we get the ‘June Gloom’ pattern with low clouds/fog in the nights and mornings with mild afternoon temperatures. With La Nina waning this spring and our atmosphere getting back to normal, we should have a typical June. The National Weather Service says ‘normal’ consists of daily maximum averages of 72 degrees and the daily minimum averages of 62 degrees. Changes from day to day are typically small and only 13 days since 1872 have reached a maximum temperature of 90 degrees or higher. The record high for June is 101 which last occurred in 1979. The record low is 50 which last occurred in 1943. Well into the dry season, June averages only one day with measurable rain and a monthly average of 0.09 inches. Only twice since 1850 has the monthly total exceeded one half inch. This was in 1850 with 0.68 inches and 1990 with 0.87 inches. June is a quiet month in San Diego. The highest wind speed ever recorded at the airport weather service office was 27 mph. Thunderstorms usually near the end of the month will occasionally develop in the mountains and deserts associated with the monsoonal moisture. June is normally the cloudiest month of the year with only 57% of possible sunshine due largely to the persistence of overcast skies during the morning hours. Clear days average 9, partly cloudy 12 and cloudy 9. There is an average of 1 day of heavy fog. Relative humidities show a slight increase over previous months with averages of 81% near sunrise, 69% near noon and 66% near 4 pm. Of course we’ve had a lot of weird cold fronts move through the region the past few weeks but hopefully after Monday’s front rolls through, we’ll get back to the normal June Gloom pattern.
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Keep Surfing,
Michael W. Glenn
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