Winter Solstice in Baja California to bring blast of wintery Baja Weather

Weather  in Baja California

Surface Chart / Satellite IR

09AM MT 12/21/07 Tonight at 11:08PM MT the Winter Solstice will occur. The winter solstice occurs the instant when the Sun's position in the sky is at its greatest angular distance on the other side of the equatorial plane as the observer. Today is the Summer Solstice in the southern hemisphere. With that, Baja is bracing for a blast of wintery weather, at least for Baja. North winds are expected to begin to blow tonight peaking Saturday afternoon between 25 -30kts with seas building to 8' in The Sea. This is a result of the pressure difference between a Low (green arrow) and an offshore High (orange arrow) that will be pushed ashore by a powerful Low (red arrow) that is as deep as a Category 2 hurricane and is producing winds in excess of 55kts along the Canadian Pacific Coast to Alaska. Another High is expected to move across the 4 Corners area late Saturday, possible to 1038Mb by the time it turns ESE. Winds are forecast to remain above 20kts through the 72hr forecast period. Temperatures north and south will drop 10-15 degrees over the weekend.

 

 

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