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I live on the Central Coast and it never struck me as very windy around here, at least compared to other places I've been. I looked it up and as I thought, the
by okareaman 5y ago
I live on the Central Coast and it never struck me as very windy around here, at least compared to other places I've been. I looked it up and as I thought, the winds are further North:
2020 Offshore Wind Resource Assessment for the California Pacific Outer Continental Shelf
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy21osti/77642.pdf https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy21osti/77642.pdf
- nradov 5y agoIt gets plenty windy just a few miles out into the Pacific Ocean. Pay attention to the marine forecast for a few months and notice how often they include small craft advisories.
- hadlock 5y agoMost of the wind is 4-12 miles offshore, as the wind rolls down the coast it's blocked by the mountains that run along the coast. At 25 miless offshore you get into mesoscale wind patterns which are extremely stable and aren't impacted nearly as much by day/night cycle, and can be forecasted with great reliability days and sometimes weeks in advance, particularly in the summer once the north pacific high settles in between CA and HI.