Wind at SFO past couple days

[Photoboy]

Weather Conditions for:
San Francisco, San Francisco International Airport, CA (KSFO)
Elev: 10 ft; Latitude: 37.619; Longitude: -122.375

Current time: Mon, 23 May 1:02 pm (PDT)
Most Recent Observation: Mon, 23 May 12:56 pm (PDT)
Time Temp. Dew Relative Wind Wind Visibility WX Clouds Sea Level Altimeter Station 6 Hr 6 Hr 24 Hr 24 Hr Quality
Point Humidity Direction Speed Pressure Setting Pressure Max Min Max Min Control
(PDT) (f) (f) (%) (mph) (miles) (mb) (inches) (inches) Temp Temp Temp Temp
23 May 12:56 pm 62 43 50 W 16 10.00 FEW022 1017.3 30.04 30.038 OK
23 May 11:56 am 60 43 53 W 13G20 10.00 FEW022 1017.3 30.04 30.038 OK
23 May 10:56 am 58 44 60 W 18 10.00 FEW030 SCT180 1016.9 30.03 30.028 58 50 OK
23 May 9:56 am 57 44 62 W 20 10.00 FEW018 SCT180 1016.6 30.02 30.018 OK
23 May 8:56 am 54 44 69 WNW 20 10.00 FEW018 BKN180 1016.5 30.02 30.018 OK
23 May 7:56 am 53 44 71 WNW 17G26 10.00 FEW035 SCT180 1016.2 30.01 30.008 OK
23 May 6:56 am 51 43 74 W 25G32 10.00 FEW035 SCT180 1016.1 30.01 30.008 OK
23 May 5:56 am 50 43 76 W 25G35 10.00 SCT013 SCT019 BKN130 1015.4 29.99 29.988 OK
23 May 5:10 am 50 43 76 W 28G35 10.00 FEW014 SCT018 BKN130 29.99 29.988 OK
23 May 4:56 am 50 43 76 W 18G37 10.00 BKN018 1015.4 29.99 29.988 52 50 OK
23 May 3:56 am 51 43 74 WNW 16G24 10.00 FEW014 BKN018 BKN021 1015.3 29.98 29.978 OK
23 May 3:34 am 52 43 71 W 21G29 10.00 FEW015 BKN018 29.99 29.988 OK
23 May 2:56 am 51 43 74 W 17G28 10.00 FEW015 SCT020 1015.1 29.98 29.978 OK
23 May 1:56 am 51 43 74 W 29G41 10.00 FEW130 1014.5 29.96 29.958 OK
23 May 12:56 am 51 43 74 W 37G45 10.00 FEW017 1014.8 29.97 29.968 61 51 OK
22 May 11:56 pm 51 44 77 W 31G41 10.00 FEW017 1015.3 29.98 29.978 OK
22 May 10:56 pm 52 44 74 W 33G41 10.00 FEW017 1015.6 29.99 29.988 57 52 OK
22 May 9:56 pm 52 43 71 W 33G44 10.00 FEW017 1015.4 29.99 29.988 OK
22 May 8:56 pm 52 43 71 W 39G49 10.00 FEW017 1014.7 29.97 29.968 OK
22 May 7:56 pm 53 43 69 W 33G45 10.00 FEW017 1014.7 29.97 29.968 OK
22 May 6:56 pm 55 43 64 W 33G45 10.00 FEW017 BKN200 1014.5 29.96 29.958 OK
22 May 5:56 pm 57 43 59 W 38G49 10.00 FEW017 BKN200 1014.1 29.95 29.948 OK
22 May 4:56 pm 57 44 62 W 44G54 10.00 FEW015 BKN180 1014.0 29.95 29.948 61 57 OK
22 May 3:56 pm 57 44 62 W 33G44 10.00 FEW015 BKN180 1014.9 29.97 29.968 OK
22 May 2:56 pm 59 45 59 W 35G49 10.00 FEW016 BKN180 1015.3 29.98 29.978 OK
22 May 1:56 pm 60 44 55 W 32G43 10.00 FEW016 SCT180 1014.8 29.97 29.968 OK
22 May 12:56 pm 60 45 57 W 29G36 10.00 FEW016 BKN180 1015.2 29.98 29.978 OK
22 May 11:56 am 60 45 57 W 31G39 10.00 FEW016 BKN180 1015.3 29.98 29.978 OK
22 May 10:56 am 58 46 65 W 25 10.00 FEW017 BKN180 1014.9 29.97 29.968 59 51 OK
22 May 9:56 am 56 45 67 W 20 10.00 FEW016 BKN180 1014.7 29.97 29.968 OK
22 May 8:56 am 55 46 72 W 26 10.00 SCT015 BKN180 1014.8 29.97 29.968 OK
22 May 7:56 am 54 45 72 W 20G28 10.00 FEW011 SCT014 BKN180 1014.5 29.96 29.958 OK
22 May 6:56 am 52 45 77 W 16G24 10.00 FEW010 BKN012 BKN180 1014.4 29.96 29.958 OK
22 May 6:47 am 52 45 76 W 20G29 10.00 FEW010 BKN012 BKN180 29.95 29.948 OK
22 May 6:17 am 52 45 76 W 17G23 10.00 FEW010 SCT013 BKN180 29.94 29.938 OK
22 May 5:56 am 51 45 79 W 14 10.00 SCT010 BKN013 1013.7 29.94 29.938 OK
22 May 4:56 am 52 45 77 W 16G22 10.00 SCT010 BKN013 BKN016 1013.8 29.94 29.938 53 52 OK
22 May 3:56 am 52 45 77 WSW 9 10.00 FEW008 BKN013 BKN016 1013.8 29.94 29.938 OK
22 May 3:08 am 52 46 82 W 10 10.00 FEW008 SCT011 BKN013 29.95 29.948 OK
22 May 2:56 am 52 46 80 W 12 10.00 FEW008 SCT011 SCT015 1014.0 29.95 29.948 OK
22 May 2:49 am 52 46 82 W 10G21 10.00 FEW008 SCT011 29.95 29.948 OK
22 May 1:56 am 52 46 80 W 15G28 10.00 FEW008 BKN011 1014.7 29.97 29.968 OK
22 May 12:56 am 52 47 83 W 22G26 10.00 FEW008 OVC011 1015.3 29.98 29.978 62 52 OK
21 May 11:56 pm 53 47 80 W 20G25 10.00 FEW008 OVC011 1015.1 29.98 29.978 OK
21 May 10:56 pm 53 47 80 W 16G24 10.00 FEW009 OVC013 1015.3 29.99 29.988 60 53 OK
21 May 9:56 pm 54 46 75 W 20G31 10.00 FEW010 OVC013 1015.4 29.99 29.988 OK
21 May 8:56 pm 54 46 75 W 17G24 10.00 FEW011 BKN014 1014.9 29.97 29.968 OK
21 May 7:56 pm 55 47 74 W 15 10.00 FEW012 BKN016 1014.9 29.97 29.968 OK
21 May 7:54 pm 55 46 72 W 17G25 10.00 FEW012 BKN016 29.97 29.968 OK
21 May 6:56 pm 56 46 69 W 17G25 10.00 FEW013 SCT017 1015.1 29.98 29.978 OK
21 May 5:56 pm 57 46 67 WSW 17G29 10.00 FEW013 1015.3 29.98 29.978 OK
21 May 4:56 pm 59 46 63 W 15G33 10.00 FEW013 1015.1 29.98 29.978 62 59 OK
21 May 3:56 pm 61 46 58 W 26G35 10.00 FEW014 1015.2 29.98 29.978 OK
21 May 2:56 pm 62 45 53 W 32G40 10.00 FEW014 1015.4 29.99 29.988 OK
21 May 1:56 pm 61 45 56 WSW 29G37 10.00 FEW018 1015.9 30.00 29.998 OK
21 May 12:56 pm 61 46 58 W 31 10.00 FEW016 1016.4 30.02 30.018 OK
21 May 11:56 am 61 45 56 WSW 32G37 10.00 FEW016 1016.4 30.02 30.018 OK
21 May 10:56 am 61 44 54 WSW 23G32 10.00 FEW016 1016.0 30.00 29.998 61 53 OK
21 May 9:56 am 58 46 65 W 21G29 10.00 FEW015 1016.3 30.01 30.008 OK
21 May 8:56 am 57 46 67 W 17G29 10.00 FEW014 1016.3 30.01 30.008 OK
21 May 7:56 am 55 46 72 W 18G22 10.00 FEW014 SCT180 1016.4 30.02 30.018 OK
21 May 6:56 am 53 46 77 W 15G23 10.00 FEW013 SCT180 1016.3 30.01 30.008 OK
21 May 6:19 am 54 46 77 W 14G22 10.00 FEW012 SCT014 BKN180 30.01 30.008 OK
21 May 5:56 am 53 46 77 WSW 15 10.00 FEW012 OVC014 1016.3 30.01 30.008 OK
21 May 4:56 am 53 46 77 W 12 10.00 FEW012 BKN014 1016.1 30.01 30.008 54 53 OK
21 May 3:56 am 53 47 80 W 14 10.00 OVC014 1016.4 30.02 30.018 OK
21 May 2:56 am 53 47 80 WSW 14 10.00 FEW012 BKN014 1016.8 30.03 30.028 OK
21 May 1:56 am 53 47 80 W 15 10.00 FEW012 BKN014 1016.9 30.03 30.028 OK
21 May 12:56 am 53 47 80 WSW 10G21 10.00 FEW012 SCT014 1017.1 30.04 30.038 64 50 OK
21 May 12:22 am 54 46 77 WSW 16 10.00 FEW012 SCT014 30.04 30.038 OK
20 May 11:56 pm 54 47 77 W 14G22 10.00 FEW010 BKN014 1017.4 30.05 30.048 OK
20 May 11:52 pm 54 46 77 W 15 10.00 FEW010 BKN014 30.04 30.038 OK
20 May 10:56 pm 54 47 77 W 10 10.00 SCT017 BKN129 1017.6 30.05 30.048 59 54 OK
20 May 9:56 pm 54 47 77 W 17 10.00 FEW010 SCT013 SCT140 1017.6 30.05 30.048 OK
20 May 8:56 pm 54 47 77 W 14G21 10.00 FEW010 SCT170 1017.7 30.05 30.048 OK
20 May 7:56 pm 55 47 74 W 16 10.00 FEW010 BKN200 1017.8 30.06 30.058 OK
20 May 6:56 pm 57 47 69 W 17G25 10.00 FEW010 SCT015 BKN200 1017.8 30.06 30.058 OK
20 May 5:56 pm 58 47 67 W 18G30 10.00 FEW010 BKN200 1018.1 30.07 30.068 OK
20 May 4:56 pm 59 46 63 W 24G29 10.00 FEW012 BKN160 1018.4 30.08 30.078 64 58 OK
20 May 3:56 pm 59 48 67 W 21G29 10.00 FEW011 SCT015 BKN160 1018.5 30.08 30.078 OK
20 May 3:33 pm 59 46 63 W 22G29 10.00 FEW011 SCT015 BKN160 30.09 30.088 OK
20 May 3:07 pm 61 48 63 W 21G30 10.00 FEW011 BKN015 BKN160 30.09 30.088 OK
20 May 2:56 pm 60 48 64 W 23G33 10.00 FEW010 SCT013 1018.9 30.09 30.088 OK
20 May 1:56 pm 61 48 62 W 16G25 10.00 FEW009 1018.6 30.08 30.078 OK
20 May 12:56 pm 63 48 58 W 16 10.00 FEW009 1018.7 30.08 30.078 OK
20 May 11:56 am 62 47 58 W 15G21 10.00 FEW010 1018.7 30.08 30.078 OK

[Photoboy]

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/mwm...ap=mtr&limit=1
Whole Bay Area

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/mwm...map=sfoeastbay
East Bay and some South Bay and Pennisula

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/mwmap.php?map=marinco
Where Wilbur and Nose Strings lives

Fun site to see winds in your area

[Tequila Bob]

Sailing life on the bay begins at 25 kts!

[Sanity Check]

Hell. Survival mode begins at 25 knots. I have lots of experience sailing right in the midst of that all that and I'll say plainly right here that I like light air sailing too.

[The Flash]

I'm telling ya, after this spring, I'm OUT of my marina at Oyster Point, right next to SFO.

If it ain't a northerly denying me Vallejo

It's a gear busting southerly that makes it pretty damn hard to get back after the racing.

If it ain't that - it's 35 knots out of the west that keep me quivering in my slip, not knowing if I can get out of the fairway without getting blown into the boats downwind.

I'm moving into Marina Bay sometime this week.

[BobJ]

Pops, I kept a boat at Marina Bay (Richmond) for several years. It's windy (though not as much as you get now), cold, and you can listen to semi-automatic gunfire on Saturday nights.

At least a couple of our multis are at Emery Cove - have you checked there? The Estuary is the best but I don't know how many slips are available for multis.

[Sanity Check]

Sad to lose an active sailor out of OP, HapaPops. Know that this is historically the windiest month out of the year here - and during wintertime lulls - which are most of the time of course - sometimes it seems like the only sailing you can get in the whole south bay is right off the breakwater here.

I think the really crazy people are those who sail out of Berkeley. I've only been there a few times, but even though the prevailing westerly seems to die down a bit near the shore, as soon as you leave the breakwater you've got nasty windwave and heavy breeze right on the nose... and the malignant ruins of the pier which almost provided the means for me to get myself killed once.

[BobJ]

Yep, sailed out of Berkeley as well for a season. You have to be on your game as soon as you reach the breakwater - one tack and you're in the Slot. That makes me wonder about Emery Cove - I assume you have to motor out its narrow channel since it's straight upwind. Plus both Berkeley and Emeryville can be tough to reach by car from any direction.

[The Flash]

Had an Express 37 in Emeryville (private side)- and it was sometimes a very tough slog out of that channel. Went to check out the new layout of the public side and they do have a side-tie multihull arrangement now - which looks doable. I'm concerned about getting out that channel and keeping the outboard in the water while I try to do it.

I agree that Alameda would be ideal - but none of the marinas there have space and I've not yet decided to bite the bullet and start folding/unfolding regularly.

I sure like the warmth there.

[Photoboy]

It's been the coldest, windiest springs I can recall in quite some time. But the South Bay turns into a turlet on big south /south east days for sure...

It's more the reverberation off all the walls which messes things up...having lots of free board certainly is a bitch getting in and out of OP on windy days...

Hope they have some nice marina plans for Hunters Point in the rejuvenation plans, could be ideal for peninsula/ south bay dwellers...Rates are going up in Berkeley

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BAM71JG4N1.DTL

And it is at the receiving end of the slot, never seems to warm up there in the summer....

Nose Strings has been a inhabitant of Marina Bay, he can clue you in on the patterns there...crack and hookers seem to be cheap...

[Sanity Check]

HP would be a great place for a marina because it is usually so sheltered from prevailing winds... and I've long thought it would be cool if the historic graving docks could be incorporated into such a facility. All it would require is a breakwater across the front and maybe - or maybe not - a bit of dredging, though there wouldn't be a whole lot of slips created that way.

Unfortunately, I think a much likelier scenario is taking over one of my favorite spots to drop the hook: Candlestick Park cove.

As for the reverberation phenomenon, yes. Puts me in mind of a pleasant rainy-day springtime sail back from TI one morning a couple years ago. I was close-reaching in moderate ESE winds the whole way against an ebb, but just when I was off the Brisbane marina breakwater - and in the early flood - the wind piped up and the wind waves made me feel like I was boating inside a washing machine. It was like I was on one of those mechanical bulls... just as I was on deck putting the main away.

[Nick Salvador]

Marina Bay winds

It's currently blowing about 15 out of the west-southwest. It does that pretty much every day. Starts about 10, dies out slowly. Sometimes it's gone by 6, more often than not it blows until the sun goes down. MBYH is only a block from the RPD main station, so the 'hood itself is really safe. Marina is clean and well kept since the new harbormaster came aboard two years ago and kicked out the derelicts on E and F docks. Our only real complaint is the lack of depth in the entrance channel. We've been due for dredging for two years now, and some of us need a zero tide or better just to get out of here. The marina itself is deeper than hell.

[The Flash]

About the time you posted that it was still a good 20+ at Oyster Point. Looking forward to some warmth, relatively light breezes and a short haul to the main bay. Given I can draft diddly squat if I so choose, I can actually duck in behind Brooks Isle.

[Phil MacFarlane]

I'm giving up my slip at oyster tomorrow or Thursday. It was always a temp place till I got a trailer. I got a trailer now but it's not ready but I am out of oyster. So many times in the last two months I would have gone out sailing but couldn't safely get in and out of the marina.
Going to Redwood City for a week or two the to Alameda.

[DeathSpear]

We'll be waiting for you in Alameda....