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12-16-2004, 11:17 PM #1
The Santa Ana winds
Are friggin SERIOUS!!! There were crazy sandstorms while driving to work, it was like 84 degrees today. I thought the paint was being stripped off my car while on the 101 the wind was blowning the sand so hard. I guess the wind was blowing over 18 wheelers and whanot.
Vinzclortho saw, and then ran over, his first tumbleweed today while on the way to work! At first I was scared of it. Then I thought, it's probably more scared of me than I am of it so I charged and ran it over... Somebody has to weed out the sick and old.
It definitely doesn't feel like Christmas is next week considering how warm it is in SoCal. According to our nation's top scientists, the Santa Ana winds come in off the desert, I noticed there were alot of white caps on the ocean when I woke up this morning. Anybody go surfing? Were the waves big or was it just choppy? I imagine because the wind is coming off the desert it might have an adverse effect on the waves.... Just interested really.
Current Conditions for Marblehead, MA (01945)
33°F
Fair Feels Like
25°F
UV Index: 0 Low
Dew Point: 19°F
Humidity: 56%
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Pressure: 30.06 inches and falling
Wind: From the South Southwest at 9 mph
Current conditions for Ventura, CA (93001)
70°F
Fair Feels Like
70°F
UV Index: 0 Low
Dew Point: 19°F
Humidity: 14%
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Pressure: 30.29 inches and rising
Wind: From the East Northeast at 21 mphthats new hampshire as fuck
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12-16-2004, 11:20 PM #2
<Here comes those Santa Ana winds again> Steely
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12-16-2004, 11:26 PM #3click click boom
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Off shore winds + BIG swell = good surf
see punani's post
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12-16-2004, 11:34 PM #4
Don't the Santa Ana's count as onshore winds? Thus, I always thought they killed the surf. Or maybe that's what you're trying to say anyway.
Anyway, welcome to LA, vinz! Now you understand why I wore shorts all but maybe 5 days for the first 18 years of my life."I knew in an instant that the three dollars I had spent on wine would not go to waste."
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12-16-2004, 11:34 PM #5Originally Posted by truthAliases: B-Dub, B-Dubya, & B. White
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12-17-2004, 09:56 AM #6
Arty's right. The Santa Ana's come out from yonder desert and have negligble influence on ocean swells. The nice surf is more likely due to the storms brewing out in the Pacific. From the same series of storms that have been dumping warm rain on the PNW.
BTW, the term "Santa Ana Wind" comes from the hot winds that ripped down Santa Ana Canyon in Orange County back in the day. It's now become a generic name for all west-flowing high pressure winds generated in the interior deserts that cross over the coastal mountains.Daniel Ortega eats here.
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12-17-2004, 10:05 AM #7click click boom
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Heh...I guess Chicago should STFU regarding surf conditions in Cali...
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12-17-2004, 12:41 PM #8Permanent JONG
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Santa Anas = good snowmaking in the local mountains
(Which would be cool except they're still the local mountains and it's still artificial snow.)
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12-17-2004, 03:31 PM #9
the combination of santa ana's and a good swell is nice.
fine
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12-17-2004, 03:57 PM #10
Thanks Arty! I'm definitely lovin it so far here, I just gotta get some skiing in!!
So the waves are good because of storms in the Pacific and the crazy wind gusts from the desert aren't affecting the waves eh? Right on, I get out at 3:30 today so I may walk down to moondoggie point to watch people surf.thats new hampshire as fuck
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12-17-2004, 04:10 PM #11Funky But Chic
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Vinz, you are an ocean jong!
You're right that offshore winds don't make the swell, but essentially they push against the waves, holding them up and making the break bigger and the surfing better.
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12-17-2004, 04:14 PM #12Originally Posted by icemanDaniel Ortega eats here.
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12-17-2004, 04:18 PM #13Funky But Chic
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Originally Posted by Viva
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12-17-2004, 04:22 PM #14Originally Posted by icemanDaniel Ortega eats here.
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12-17-2004, 06:11 PM #15Originally Posted by iceman
No dude, you are.thats new hampshire as fuck
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12-18-2004, 09:08 AM #16Originally Posted by Viva
if it's windy and there's no waves, then it's just choppy.
there's waves now b/c there's a swell. check the map, the darker the red, the stronger the swell.
http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/images/pacpanimne.giffine
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12-18-2004, 09:33 AM #17Originally Posted by Viva
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