Saturday, August 20, 2011

Looking Good...well...kind of

Mornin'! It's 66° this sunny, calm, beautiful morning in WW. Forecast looks good. It's going up to the mid-80's with a mostly sunny (some clouds) day. It'll be warm, a bit humid and dry as no rain is in the forecast today although tomorrow there is. Winds will blow from the South a bit later at 10mph. High Tide:12:27p.m.; Low Tide:6:57p.m.; Ocean Temp: 76°; Sunset: 7:49p.m. Looking like a beach day to me! Oh...the DEP (Dept. of Environmental Protection) is monitoring an Algae Bloom right off our Jersey coast (Cape May to Ocean County). Apparently this is naturally occuring (warm water temps + heavy rains = rapid algae growth) ...and is related to water currents and nutrient rich water rapidly feeding algae and doesn't appear to cause any threats to our beach or bathers. Could lead to a fish kill though as it robs the water of oxygen thus robbing the fish of life! No threat right? If you do venture onto our beaches to enjoy a pretty decent beach day today...don't forget about your trash...please pick it up...trash is bad enough, but trash and algae sure don't mix!

3 comments:

Jim Anders said...

I thought this photo was Fukushima, at first. By the way, who put the shima in Fukushima?

Jim Anders said...

p.s. the bloom looks like a Dragon to moi.

Henry H. Turtle said...

the bloom of doom!