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Today's weather

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And area of low pressure will move NE along the Mid Atlantic coast today and move NE of the marine area tonight.  High pressure will build over the marine area later tonight into THU.

TODAY: Cloudy with occasional rain by mid to late morning occasionally reducing visibility to 2 NM or less.   Highs near 70.  Winds E 10 to 15 KT.  Seas 4 to 6 FT.

TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy.  A 50 percent chance of evening showers.  Lows in the mid to upper 60s.  Winds E 10 to 15 KT becoming variable 10 KT or less after midnight.  Seas 4 to 6 FT.  Scattered to numerous evening showers with visibility locally 2 NM.



  Today's Boat Assignments 

Arabella

in dock Capt John Zlotnik

Caleta

ADCP/MiniBat run on N line Capt. Ron Van Sant, Liz Creed, Rich Styles, Mike Crowley

Northstar 4

n/a  

Walford

Optics Profiling Run on 12 stations Mike Danko, Joe Grzymski, Erica Peters, Taylor Newton, Capt. Jim Hughes

Zodiac

REMUS 10 km run. Chris Cassidy, Tom Fulton, Tim Prestero




Notable Scientific Results of the day

During the last 48 hours, there were intense downwelling winds which mixed and eroded the inshore thermocline. Both boat and modeled data show this.

Cross Shelf Temperature Section - July 12 - A-Line

Cross Shelf Temperature Section - July 14 - A-Line

ROMS Modeled Temperature Section along the A-line

ROMS Modeled Vertical Diffusion Section along the A-line (m2/sec)


shipdata.gif (5960 bytes) Walford Quest: to survive the day with a minimum of chowder
Walford News: Erica chung foos over the side (her virgin chowder)

Caleta News: The Iron Stomachs persevere over Mother Nature, as they say "Bring it on, Baby!".


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  Selected Pictures from Today 

714cage.jpg (107616 bytes) The Optics cage o' stuff.  (Don't let it fall on your foot, or it will sample it too.) 714jim.jpg (79776 bytes) Capt. Jim at the helm (no, not the head).
714joe.jpg (78693 bytes) Joe studiously peers over small beakers while rolling in the waves. 714taylor.jpg (65052 bytes) Taylor studies the latest in electrical fish.

Last reviewed: July 16, 1999