Video Forecast: AWT Waddell contest June 4-7

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Hi Gang,

I am hoping this turns out to be one of my worst forecasts ever and the winds RIP the entire contest time. But...

For details see: http://blog.weatherflow.com/praying-for-a-bad-forecast-since/

As forecast the North Pacific High, after a long absence, is reforming and mid morning today Waddell is already in the mid teens and building fast into the 20's.

The forecast for NW winds remains favorable for tomorrow and probably for the Thursday June 4 start of the contest.

So make your excuses and blast out of The Gorge and head south for the first day of the contest the of the contest! Why....

Unfortunately, as you can see in the animation below, at this point it is looking like we see a mild marine surge sometime Friday which would mean weak southerly winds at Waddell.

The exact arrival timing of a marine surge is really difficult to predict more than 6 hours out but there is a good chance it will happen sometime Friday morning. And Saturday looks really poor with eddies and more weak southerly wind.

Mike Godsey
iwindsurf.com