Klondike Kid:
Well I guess if you live long enough on this ever-changing planet you will see it all.
Can you believe WINTER SEA TEMPS in JULY? I have been monitoring Sea Surface Temps for the past few weeks because quite a few halibut anglers, both chartered and private, are not finding the typical numbers of bigger fish in the catch this summer. Teens and Twenties are prevalent. A 60# would be a high five at this time.
A few days ago I reviewed the SST NOAA chart and things were still cool in the western Gulf of Alaska but not untypical for the cold temps we had last winter. Fast forward 3 days and look at this chart. There has been a huge upwelling of 43°F water off of Kodiak Island and starting to circulate up into Cook Inlet.
Why is that strange? 43°F is what the ocean waters are in the middle of WINTER up here in that area. We should be bumping past 50°F right now for lower Cook Inlet.
I'm wondering if these unusually cold water temps have slowed the movement of larger halibut into our Cook Inlet and Kachemak Bay area. It will be interesting to follow this phenomena. On the far left is Bristol Bay showing a massive cold water lens too, right in the middle of their sockeye fishing season. Hmm?
YakHunter:
It will be interesting to see how it plays out this summer. Keep us posted on the "blob" and impact on fishing.
workhard:
NOAA provides SST anomaly analysis worldwide on the coastwatch website: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplMURSST41anom1day.graph?sstAnom%5B(2021-06-26T09:00:00Z)%5D%5B(47.0):(89.0)%5D%5B(-179.99):(-123.0)%5D&.draw=surface&.vars=longitude%7Clatitude%7CsstAnom&.colorBar=%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C&.bgColor=0xffccccff
I prefer the jplMURSST41 datasets because of the high resolution.
All datasets: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/index.html?page=1&itemsPerPage=1000
YakHunter:
--- Quote from: workhard on June 28, 2021, 02:07:46 PM ---NOAA provides SST anomaly analysis worldwide on the coastwatch website: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplMURSST41anom1day.graph?sstAnom%5B(2021-06-26T09:00:00Z)%5D%5B(47.0):(89.0)%5D%5B(-179.99):(-123.0)%5D&.draw=surface&.vars=longitude%7Clatitude%7CsstAnom&.colorBar=%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C&.bgColor=0xffccccff
I prefer the jplMURSST41 datasets because of the high resolution.
All datasets: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/index.html?page=1&itemsPerPage=1000
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Wow. I need to learn how to use these sites. I tried to zoom into Cook Inlet and "weird" stuff told me I don't have a clue!
workhard:
--- Quote from: YakHunter on June 28, 2021, 03:54:02 PM --- --- Quote from: workhard on June 28, 2021, 02:07:46 PM ---NOAA provides SST anomaly analysis worldwide on the coastwatch website: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplMURSST41anom1day.graph?sstAnom%5B(2021-06-26T09:00:00Z)%5D%5B(47.0):(89.0)%5D%5B(-179.99):(-123.0)%5D&.draw=surface&.vars=longitude%7Clatitude%7CsstAnom&.colorBar=%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C&.bgColor=0xffccccff
I prefer the jplMURSST41 datasets because of the high resolution.
All datasets: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/index.html?page=1&itemsPerPage=1000
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Wow. I need to learn how to use these sites. I tried to zoom into Cook Inlet and "weird" stuff told me I don't have a clue!