SoundHAB: EOPS May 22 + June 4, 2018 is now available

[Teri King]

>From  ckre461 at ecy.wa.gov
    
Surface condition report “May 22 and June 4, 2018” is now available :

https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/documents/1803025.pdf [fortress.wa.gov]

At a glance:

Rainfall in May was extremely low: the third lowest amount ever recorded. Rivers are responding differently depending upon whether they received water from rain
or snow, which is melting rapidly. With projected dryer and warmer conditions, can the remaining snowpack maintain healthy streamflows this summer? Seawater is
already getting saltier than normal in response to the lack of rain. We see algal blooms in many colors. What is that orange stuff out there? It’s a Noctiluca
bloom and organic material drifting at the surface stretching from South to Central Sound and Whidbey Basin.

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Teri King
Washington Sea Grant
University of Washington
P.O. Box 488
Shelton, WA  98584
360.432.3054
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