Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
Sunny Mornings in Encinitas. I'm your host, Melissa,
and it's Tuesday, March 31st. You'll be interested
to know, 137 years ago, today, in 1889, Parisians
gathered to unveil the Eiffel Tower, a soaring
iron landmark created as the centerpiece of the
Exposition Universelle and a bold feat of engineering.
Its completion celebrated modern construction
techniques, showcased industrial progress, and
transformed the Paris skyline into a lasting
symbol of innovation and artistic ambition. So
now you know. And now, it's time for the Surf
Report. Tuesday in Encinitas. This morning, it's
looking fair with waves at one to two feet. Conditions
stay fair through the morning, but expect a slight
increase to one plus feet by early afternoon.
Winds of sideshore at four miles per hour now,
shifting onshore later at seven miles per hour,
creating some chop in the afternoon. Best time
to ride is at 7 a .m., with the four -foot incoming
high tide, when the south -southwest swell is
one and a half feet at 12 seconds. and the side
-shore wind is 2 mile per hour. The first high
tide on Tuesday will be 5 feet just before 9
a .m., followed by a zero -foot low tide just
before 3. The near -shore buoy at Beacons reads
66 degrees for the water temperature. Expect
fair conditions with waves around 1 to 2 feet
on Wednesday, but choppy conditions develop as
the day progresses. Thursday holds steady at
2 feet with clean conditions early, though choppy
surf returns by midday. Friday sees a slight
increase to 2 to 3 plus feet, with fair conditions
in the morning before choppy waves set in later.
This morning, it's mostly cloudy and it feels
like 64 degrees with 5 mph wind. The sunset will
take place at 7 .10 and it will rise again tomorrow
at 6 .37. It looks like we're in for some mostly
cloudy skies today, with a high near 67 and a
light south breeze around 8 mph. If you're inland,
it will hit a high of 69. Tonight, expect a chance
of rain showers after 11 p .m. with a low around
60 and a calm west wind around 5 mph. Looking
ahead in the weather. Wednesday has a slight
chance of morning rain showers before 11 a .m.,
then turns mostly sunny with a high near 64 and
west winds 5 to 15 mph. Nighttime stays mostly
cloudy with a low around 57, then Thursday is
partly sunny with a high near 63 and a low near
56 Thursday night. Friday warms to near 68 and
stays partly sunny. Then Saturday becomes mostly
sunny, with highs near 71 and pleasant lows around
59 Saturday night. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
This podcast is brought to you by Versailles
Café and Pastries in Encinitas. Nestled on El
Camino Real South, just north of Encinitas Boulevard,
this café is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge
in their amazing Eggs Benedict. or their gluten
-free crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch
or just breeze on through to get your morning
coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
Sunny mornings send you. In local news, an air
quality advisory has been issued for neighborhoods
in southern San Diego. after county environmental
officials detected elevated levels of hydrogen
sulfide in the air from transboundary wastewater
and sewage flows near the Tijuana River Valley.
Hydrogen sulfide is a gas that causes a strong,
rotten egg smell and can lead to headaches and
nausea. The San Diego County Air Pollution Control
District issued the advisory after levels began
rising on March 28, and 29 in Imperial Beach,
Nestor, and San Ysidro, with the highest levels
found in Nestor. While the county is monitoring
these levels, changes in weather or wind patterns
may affect them throughout the day. Now on to
sports. Chicago White Sox rookie Muntak Amirakami
has done it again. The rookie slugger hit a home
run on Sunday off Milwaukee Brewers starter Brandon
Sproat, extending Chicago's lead to 5 -2 after
a first -inning grand slam by Colson Montgomery.
This home run marked Murakami's third in his
first three major league baseball games. He began
his career on Friday with a ninth -inning home
run and followed it with another on Saturday.
Murakami has joined Chase DeLotter, Trevor Story,
and Kyle Lewis as the fourth player to achieve
this milestone. At 26 years old, he is making
history in the majors. In local sports, the Friars
fell to the Giants 3 -2 in a close battle on
Monday night, marking rookie manager Tony Vitello's
first victory. Harrison Bader hits San Francisco's
first home run of the season against Walker Buehler,
who made his debut for the Padres. Despite a
late rally highlighted by Jackson Merrill's two
-run homer, the Padres couldn't complete the
comeback. Next up, German Marquez is set to make
his debut with San Diego, facing Giants pitcher
Logan Webb tonight. In top news. NASA began the
countdown Monday for humanity's first launch
to the moon in 53 years. The 32 -story Space
Launch System rocket is poised to blast off Wednesday
evening with four astronauts. After a day in
orbit around Earth, their Orion capsule will
propel them to the moon and back. There are no
stops, just a quick U -turn around the moon.
The nearly 10 -day flight will end with a splashdown
in the Pacific. Our team has worked extremely
hard to get us to this moment, said launch director
Charlie Blackwell -Thompson. Certainly all indications
are right now we are in excellent, excellent
shape. In business news, Japan is placing a multibillion
-dollar bet on the U .S. housing market. Home
construction is slowing, but Japanese investors
and builders are moving in anyway, and Sumo owns
6 % of the business in America. For more than
a decade, Japanese home builders have been tiptoeing
into the U .S. housing market with small, discreet
acquisitions of private American construction
companies. Their quiet era is over. Since 2020,
Japanese builders have announced or closed acquisitions
of 23 U .S. single -family home builders, more
than double the number from 2013 to 2019. Japanese
companies are accelerating their U .S. presence
at a moment when the American home construction
market is slowing down. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
is up 2 % to about $68 ,000. Ethereum is up 3
% to $2 ,000. And XRP is unchanged at $1 .32.
Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
with a national Pilates studio to bring you some
free classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates,
with several locations in the San Diego area.
Pilates presents a comprehensive wellness approach,
cultivating strength, reducing tension, and elevating
mental well -being. Scientific research affirms
its benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
for a free class with locations in Encinitas,
Solana Beach, Oceanside, La Jolla, and more.
Just be sure to tell them Sunny Morning sent
you by. And now, back to the show. Let's talk
tech. Flying cars will take off in American skies
this summer. The federal government announced
a new pilot program designed to get new kinds
of ultralight vehicles and electric vertical
takeoff and landing vehicles up and running around
the country, even if they are not fully Federal
Aviation Administration certified. New kinds
of aircraft will start operating in United States
airspace as early as June. Eight regions across
the United States will take part in a three -year
pilot program. The companies building the technology
say their aircraft are quieter, cheaper, and
release fewer emissions than helicopters or airplanes.
And in entertainment news, Gen Z is here to save
theaters is the latest report highlighting how
this generation prefers peachy movies and enjoys
outings with their families as social media content.
Disney's Zootopia 2 has surprisingly become the
winning Thanksgiving offering, topping the box
office with $1 .9 million in worldwide ticket
sales. Meanwhile, Disney's live -action Lilo
& Stitch has crossed the $1 billion mark. In
an unexpected twist, Iron Lung, a self -released
film by YouTube star Mark Fischbach, grossed
$40 million. while Scream 7 opened to $64 million,
exceeding expectations. Gen Z is indeed driving
this resurgence in theaters. Well, alrighty folks,
it's time for the quote of the day. And today,
our quote comes from the American inventor and
visionary, Thomas Edison. And he said, Restlessness
and discontent are the first necessities of progress.
And that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
captivating aerial videos with local news and
the surf reports. Have an amazing day, my good
friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
episode of Sunny Mornings in Encinitas.