Daily temperature and salinity readings taken at the time of maximum flooding current.

Yesterday Merriam-Websters word of the day was “gust”.  “Zephyr” was more appropriate for that day but for today “gust” and “gale” work just fine! There is a gale warning for Juan de Fuca Straight East Entrance and there have been steady strong WNW winds with gusts of 35 knots.

” 7 words in the wind – listen closely and you hear them rustling” from Merriam-Webster

sirocco – desert wind or hot, oppressive wind
Aeolian – after the Greek keeper of the wind; moaning, sighing, or musical winds, or made or effected by the wind
Gale – winds 28 to 47 knots (near gale, gale, strong gale), or any strong wind
Zephyr – another Greek! the god of the west wind, any light breeze
Squall  – sudden violent wind, often with rain or snow
Wuther – from the title “Wuthering Heights”, blows with a dull roar
haboob – violent dust or sand storm

I spent the day inside various buildings working on the month end reports, studying the SOP and battery manual, organizing, cleaning etc.  A couple eagles visited, the pigeon guillemots returned from being away most of yesterday, and the two elephant seals slept in the grass.

Facility work

• morning rain cleaned the panels
• ran the generator and measured specific gravity again
• organized, cleaned

Vessels

• ecotourism: 1
• private:0

Weather

Rain ending in the morning. Strong westerly winds building to WNW 30, gusting 34 in the afternoon. Daytime temperatures: 10 low, 12 high.

The flag spent the day lowered and bound.