THE Surf Report- Late Edition

I'm bored.

SURF:
No real excitement around here except for a shot of showers on New Year's Eve and some very cold temperatures.

The surf as you know has been flat and it's not getting better this weekend. Along with the super high tides at sunrise, it's flatter than flat for the dawn patrol. Water temps have dropped slightly with the offshore winds and freezing temperatures (literally) but it's still a nice 62 degrees by January standards.

Tides are mega high at sunrise at 6', then dropping like a rock to -1' mid-afternoon, then rising ever so slightly to 0' at sunrise. Make sure to keep up to date on the waves/weather at Twitter/North County Surf.

FORECAST:
High pressure over the Pacific is forecasted to move closer to our coast and as it does we get a slight increase in NW windswell towards Monday. Nothing much but waist high waves around here and chest high waves in SD.

Models do show a storm brewing off the Aleutians mid-week and we may get some chest high waves in north county SD towards Friday and head high waves in SD. Finally something rideable! And just in time for the weekend.

WEATHER:

Unbelievably cold weather in southern California. And a dusting of snow in the local mountains. Even my 4/3 doesn't feel warm enough when the dawn patrols have 35 degree air temps. Luckily for us high pressure will build slightly early next week and we should warm up a few degrees every day until we hit a high of 75 degrees around Tuesday/Wednesday. Low pressure then moves by to the north the 2nd half of next week and the return of low clouds and temps in the mid-60's are in our forecast. All in all some nice weather and no real storms in sight.

BEST BET:
Wait for it... Friday.

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

If you take away the so called El Nino trying to take shape this winter as well remove the freezing temperatures, just what is a normal January around here?! Well January is usually the coldest month of the year in San Diego. It is the only month that temperatures below the freezing point were experienced at the National Weather Service. Only 9 days have recorded low temperatures of 32 degrees or lower since records began in 1872. The lowest temperature recorded was 25 degrees on January 7, 1913. The current monthly averages are 49.0 degrees for minimum temperature, 65.1 degrees for the average maximum temperature, and the mean temperature is 57.1 degrees. Daytime temperature readings often reach 70 degrees and occasionally 80 degrees. The temperature rose to a high of 88 degrees on January 10, 1953. With an average of 7 days with rain, it is the wettest month of the year. The normal total is 1.98 inches, but amounts vary widely from year to year. Monthly totals range from 9.09 inches in 1993 to no rain in several Januarys. Small hail has occurred occasionally. A few snowflakes were observed melting as soon as they reached the ground on January 10, 1949, which is the only day that snow has ever been recorded.  Strong winds sometimes accompany the rains and have reached speeds of 30 to 35 mph with gusts between 40 to 45 mph. The highest wind gust ever recorded in January was 64 mph in 1988. The sun shines 72 percent of the time. The average month has 12 clear days, 8 partly cloudy days, and 11 cloudy days.  Heavy fog has overspread the city on an average of 3 days each January, but it is highly variable with some Januarys having had as high as 10 days of  heavy fog. The relative humidity is quite low with averages of 70% in early morning, 55% around noon, and 55% in late afternoon.

PIC OF THE WEEK:

Ever heard of the spot called 'Rights and Lefts' in Central California? Or how about that wave in the Endless Summer called 'Ins and Outs'. Well I guess they got married a few years ago and had a kid. Meet... I don't what the heck this thing is called. Only a face a mother could love. 

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
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