winter has arrived

Mostly clear skies. Strong West wind. Cold.
Gusted up to 50 kts last night. At dawn it snowed and hailed briefly, and was sunny and raining at the same time.
On top of being chained to the house, I had to lash the propane tanks together with a block of wood between them to keep them from banging into each other in the wind.

There was nothing to count for the Recreational Fishing count today.

A bald eagle visited Great Race briefly and I saw a River otter next to the tank shed.
There are still quite a few Sea lions on the South and East sides of the island.

-sent in my month end report
-sent seawater data to IOS
-took down electric fences
-organized tank shed
-edited SOPs
-cleaned Keeper’s House
 

November Seawater Data

This month is the first month with the new seawater sampling method. After several months of trying out the YSI digital salinity and temperature meter our contact at IOS told us to just use that instrument. Once a month we are to collect a sample using the old method with the thermometers and hydrometer in order to track any drift on the digital meter and to be able to calibrate the data.

Institute of Ocean Sciences
Daily Seawater Temperature and Density Record Shore Station
Time Zone: PDT
Station Race  Rocks  Lightstation
Month: November Year: 2013
Observer: Lester B. Pearson  College  of  the  Pacific

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