By Collison Lore (ICPAC) & Stefan Lines (Met Office) The importance of seasonal forecasting Due to a combination of climatic extremes and vulnerable communities, East Africa is the focus of...

Hi Mike Hi Mike, “The extended forecast for saturday is saying “waddell low teens”. “Yet the computer generated AND the NWS both are showing 20+ (for October 22)” I seem...

Much of early October saw the Weatherflow iwindsurf.com/ikitesurf.com forecasts barely changing from day to day for Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area. During that time marine layer clouds...

A prolonged period of mild southerly winds due to lingering eddies and the Central Valley thermal low expanding over the Northern California has keep the marine layer very deep recently....

Have you noticed that our San Francisco Bay Area forecast text has barely changed recently? Almost every day there is mention of the Central Valley thermal low over the coast...

September’s precipitation was dominated by Hurricane Ian, while fall-like temperatures accompanied the official season change. That has set us up for a timely leaf color transition this year. Ian Stamps...

Yesterday saw a sudden appearance of an eddy around 8 AM west of Bodega. You can see that happening in yesterday’s blog. Todays blog’s first image shows the eddy from...

Now at 9:23 AM an un-modeled counter-clockwise spinning eddy has suddenly developed WSW of Bodega. This eddy is creating southerly wind on the coast from Half Moon Bay northward. At...

Professor Paul Davies Met Office Fellow (Meteorology) and Chief Meteorologist said;  “Weather patterns for October look mobile with a westerly or south westerly air flow likely to bring Atlantic weather systems...

How long is a day on earth? The obvious answer of 24 hours is accurate enough for many applications. But for those interested in GPS or deep space, then understanding...