Is anyone else perturbed by all the wind?

[ailsagirl]

At least, in SF Bay Area we’ve had an inordinate amount. This is not normal. It used to be every now and then we’d have windy days, but nothing like this! 💨

[AllaN01Bear]

1. hihowdi.

some info.
wind map: been using this for years.
http://hint.fm/wind/
also the pg and e weather forecast page a while back did mention that the bay would get some hefty winds.
https://www.pge.com/en_US/safety/emergency-preparedness/natural-disaster/wildfires/psps-weather-map.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_weather

[kirkuchiyo]

2. HA! I work for the company that makes the anemometer shown in that link.

[regnaD kciN]

9. So YOU guys are the ones responsible for manufacturing this #FakeWeather!

[kirkuchiyo]

14. Nope,we just measure it! :)

[ailsagirl]

7. Thank you

[yonder]

8. I was looking at the NWS site yesterday for historical

comparisons of average windy days but couldn't find anything longer term than monthly averages. Any ideas?

[jmbar2]

3. It's been really bad up here in Oregon as well.

I find it more annoying than rain, sleet or snow. Well, maybe not sleet.

[yonder]

6. Agreed. Especially if you have to work in it.

[padfun]

4. Yep, it's every day in Sacramento.

I can't use my backyard umbrella.

[yonder]

5. Yes, we've lived in southern Idaho for 42 years and

I dont quite remember a spring like this. The last couple of years have been more windy, but this year there's just no escape.

Unlike the last few years this is also a very dry spring as well - April was on track to be the driest on record with no rain till the last days of the month.

And I was thinking it was just a fluke till your post.

[msfiddlestix]

10. Up here in Sonoma County, Wind every single day

for nearly a month and a half, and COLD.

I've lived here in the North Bay for coming up 50 years, and we have never ever experienced dry, cold windy weather every single day during the months of April and May. It's weird, it's disconcerting, and it's also scary.

Concerned enough because this is the driest year we've had in some time.

[ailsagirl]

12. I know -- very scary

[EYESORE 9001]

11. I blame the beef jerky

It gives me the wind something terrible.

[ailsagirl]

13. *groan*

[Brother Buzz]

15. The North wind, The Diablo wind, The Devil wind used to last, like, three days

I get nervous and itchy when it blows. And of late, I've been nervous and itchy EVERY day!

In Southern California, they call it the Santa Ana wind, Santa Anas, and even the Santana. Raymond Chandler described it in the best opening paragraph in gum shoe literature, bar none

There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.

Raymond Chandler—?, "Red Wind"

[ailsagirl]

16. I remember that excerpt

Perfectly expressed

Thanks!

PS A friend who lives in Florida says it’s been windy there, too. Here I thought it was just Calif.

[Brother Buzz]

17. The national wind map is crazy bass-akwards from the norm right now. Crazy weird!

http://hint.fm/wind/