HyCODE Data Pages - Friday July 20, 2001 (Day 201)

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Today's Atmospheric/Ocean Weather

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Evening

ATMOSPHERE ---Puffy morning cumulus gave way to gorgeous clear afternoon skies as the high began to move in today. The northeast winds were still strong all day, though weakening during the evening. Tomorrow is expected to be a great day with sun, and wind and seas diminishing toward evening.

Plots of today's weather data from the Field Station are shown below. Times are in GMT.
Other Sites: Current NOAA marine forecast, The Weather Channel, Buoy Observations

OCEAN -- The strong northeast winds over the last couple of days created a downwelling/mixing situation which basically destroyed all the structure during the previous week. The transect by the R/V Caleta shows this lack of stratification in every way (temp, sal, fluor). The 20 meter isobath seems to be the area where a thermocline begins. We hope to see the return of the southwesterlies and a development of structure over the next couple of weeks.

PS. Our smallest boat, the Caleta, was the only one to brave the high seas today.

Ocean Floor - Node A from 5 miles offshore times in GMT Spikes in data are due to profiles	Temperature	Salinity	Pressure (tides)	Wave Period	Wave Height
Ocean Floor - NodeB from 6 miles offshore times in GMT	Temperature	Salinity	Pressure (tides)	Wave Period	Wave Height