Wind Advisory for the Bay Area Tomorrow.
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Wind Advisory for the Bay Area Tomorrow.
Actually today, Tuesday, April 14.
Might be a bit dangerous to ride the bike. 45mph head wind...ouch.
"PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 2500 FEET. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
INCLUDING SAN JOSE- SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY... ARROYO SECO... AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT- NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY... HOLLISTER VALLEY... AND CARMEL VALLEY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 905 PM PDT MON APR 13 2009 ... WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND MONTEREY BAY AREA...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS A STRONG... BUT DRY... EARLY SPRING WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH. BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY NEAR THE OCEAN. LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FOR INLAND AREAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT.
AREAS NEAR THE OCEAN AND LOCALLY NEAR SAN FRANCISCO BAY WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. EVEN SO... STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR IN THE HILLS AND LOCALLY IN VALLEYS SUCH AS THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY AND SALINAS VALLEY."
Might be a bit dangerous to ride the bike. 45mph head wind...ouch.
"PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 2500 FEET. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
INCLUDING SAN JOSE- SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY... ARROYO SECO... AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO- SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT- NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY... HOLLISTER VALLEY... AND CARMEL VALLEY- SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST- 905 PM PDT MON APR 13 2009 ... WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND MONTEREY BAY AREA...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS A STRONG... BUT DRY... EARLY SPRING WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH. BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY NEAR THE OCEAN. LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FOR INLAND AREAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT.
AREAS NEAR THE OCEAN AND LOCALLY NEAR SAN FRANCISCO BAY WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. EVEN SO... STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR IN THE HILLS AND LOCALLY IN VALLEYS SUCH AS THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY AND SALINAS VALLEY."
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6:25 am in Antioch, home of annoying wind, and it's nice now. Must be on the way....
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Hey, everyone will get to share that "top of Diablo" feeling today.
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It was bad last night, my car was being blown all over 280.
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It's blowing good here on the coast! Good day for spinning class....
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heading out for a morning work out along the coast in a bit...I'll let you know if I run into Dorothy and Toto...seeing how I'm in San Francisco, there's a very good chance I may!
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seriously. I was in my like 52x15 or something like that on my morning commute like nothing... turned the corner, and whoa a wall of wind. I had to downshift to the 23 cog and was struggling with that,
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I can't wait for Track Fights tonight!
(because I will be spectating not racing)
(because I will be spectating not racing)
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oh yeah.. damn
Can't make it... again.
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caught a ride in this morning (to windward)
excited to ride home (to leeward).
looks like good wx for the weekend though, for those of you not going to hawaii (sorry couldn't resist)
ECMWF AND GFS BUILD A FAIRLY STRONG RIDGE OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK INDICATING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS...LIGHT WINDS AND
MINIMAL LOW CLOUDS AND FOG. I.E NICE SPRING WEATHER.
excited to ride home (to leeward).
looks like good wx for the weekend though, for those of you not going to hawaii (sorry couldn't resist)
ECMWF AND GFS BUILD A FAIRLY STRONG RIDGE OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK INDICATING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS...LIGHT WINDS AND
MINIMAL LOW CLOUDS AND FOG. I.E NICE SPRING WEATHER.
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I was riding in this mess in Marin today. Good god was it bad. Fairfax Bolinas road has debris EVERYWHERE so be careful if you're taking this road soon.
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It's been howling in Vacaville/Fairfield all day and now we're getting rain on top of that. Blech.
The weekend, however, looks promising.
The weekend, however, looks promising.
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I was in Oakland all day, and coming home @5:30 southbound on the 680 was interesting. On the right was Alamo/Danville under a clear blue cloudless sky, and on the left was a big bank of dark gray cloud completely obscuring Diablo from base to summit.
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Yes..a first, riding down hill and going backwards. It was pretty scary!
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Great photos! I was watching the white caps on the bay from my office in SSF, bruised my hip just trying to exit a door the wind was so strong. Decided on a rollers workout at 5 Rings Cycling Center and we lost power - that was speciial . . . .
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I was almost blown to the side fence of a highway 101 overpass pedestrian walkway on my way home this afternoon. I went real slow and it was still scary. I really tought I was going to eat chicken wire.
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It was pretty miserable riding the Duc home from Sunnyvale last night. Trees were throwing branches at me left and right (got hit by a few smaller ones), and Pescadero Creek Rd was absolutely covered in branches, I had to play hopscotch through some corners.
Then I got home to a power outage, only to discover that the outlet on our new emergency generator doesn't match the plug from the transfer switch. Doh! Luckily there was still enough daylight to walk the dogs, start a fire, and light some candles.
Then I got home to a power outage, only to discover that the outlet on our new emergency generator doesn't match the plug from the transfer switch. Doh! Luckily there was still enough daylight to walk the dogs, start a fire, and light some candles.
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