SoundHAB: Intense red brown blooms in many bays of Puget Sound

[Krembs, Christopher (ECY)]

We flew an Eyes Over Puget Sound flight yesterday afternoon (9/11) between Seattle and Olympia (time, 3:45-  5:00 PM, altitude 2500 feet).

We documented intense red brown blooms in:


*         Eld Inlet (example  picture)

*         Budd Inlet

*         Sinclair Inlet

*         Dyes Inlet (example  picture)

*         Agates Passage(Bainbridge Island)

*         Eagle Harbor (Bainbridge Island)

*         Hidden Cove (Bainbridge Island) (example picture)


You can look at all the images from yesterday by going to our EOPS website
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/mar_wat/surface.html

or directly to our ftp site
ftp://www.ecy.wa.gov/eap/Flight_Blog/latest_pictures/September_19-roundtrip_PM/

The September EOPS will be released tomorrow evening on Thursday Sept. 13. Species unfortunately undocumented.

Christopher

Dr. Christopher Krembs
Senior Oceanographer, Marine Monitoring Unit
Environmental Assessment Program
Washington State Department of Ecology
300 Desmond Dr. SE, Lacey
PO BOX 47710
Olympia, WA 98504-7710
e-mail: ckre461 at ecy.wa.gov
Tel: 360-407-6675

Please find the latest observations on surface conditions in Puget Sound at:  http://ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/mar_wat/eops/

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