This upcoming Sunday looks like it could be a great day at Torrey.
Here's the forecast from my program which gets its data from NOAA:
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The bottom graph (blue) shows the direction. Torrey faces mostly west, so 270 is good. The middle graph (green) shows the wind speed. You can see that it's going to be strong on both Saturday (20th) and Sunday (21st). But if you look at the direction (blue), you'll see that Saturday's strong winds will be coming from the south (180 degrees), while Sunday's winds are much more westerly (closer to 270 degrees). If you look at the top graph (red) you'll see the combined effect of wind speed and direction. So the only lifting component of Saturday's mostly south wind happens after 6pm when the direction shifts from south to nearly west. But Sunday's prediction shows more of a westerly component all day, so it's got a better chance of being flyable.
Also note that these predictions tend to underestimate the wind speed. So speeds above 10 mph are pretty good, and speeds over 15 mph can be great. Sunday looks great.
The only thing these graphs don't capture well is the chance of rain. If you check the actual site (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/wxtabl ... interval=1), it looks like it will be raining Saturday with "Chance Rain" on Sunday. I think I'll take that chance.
