Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report – Winter 2018
Large-scale climate patterns and local weather patterns are returning to more normal conditions. La Niña helped build a favorable snowpack, projected to persist well into spring due to cooler weather. As a consequence, stream flows are largely normal. In Puget Sound, we see again normal water conditions and observe early spring blooms in Central Sound, northern Hood Canal, and Whidbey Basin. Herring are spawning in Admiralty Reach and further north. Salmon Bay in Seattle continues to have frequent oil sheens on the water.
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Author(s) | Krembs, C. | ||||
Description | Large-scale climate patterns and local weather patterns are returning to more normal conditions. La Niña helped build a favorable snowpack, projected to persist well into spring due to cooler weather. As a consequence, stream flows are largely normal. In Puget Sound, we see again normal water conditions and observe early spring blooms in Central Sound, northern Hood Canal, and Whidbey Basin. Herring are spawning in Admiralty Reach and further north. Salmon Bay in Seattle continues to have frequent oil sheens on the water. | ||||
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Contact | Christopher Krembs at 360-407-6675 or Ckre461@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
Keywords | marine waters, Hood Canal, Puget Sound, dissolved oxygen |
About the Author:
Christopher Krembs, Ph.D., is the Lead Oceanographer at the Washington State Department of Ecology and oversees the Eyes Over Puget Sound monitoring program.
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Christopher Krembs
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WA Ecology
Originally Published:
March 2018
Posted in EoPS:
03/21/2018