Wind: yesterday 5-20 knots from W to N, today 0-40 knots from N to W
Sea State: yesterday rippled, today calm in the morning and up to 1 m chop in the afternoon
Visibility: yesterday 0-15 NM, today 1-10 NM
Sky: yesterday fog then sun, today overcast and rain
Temperature: yesterday 7-9 °C, today 8-15 °C
Atmospheric CO2: 413.95 ppm (recorded by NOAA at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii)
It’s been a mix of weather over the past two days. Yesterday began with the fog signal beeping. Later in the morning, it got sunny. It was overcast this morning and afternoon. This evening, it got quite warm up to 15 °C and wet as a storm came in from the west.
There were six ecotour boats in the reserve over the past two days.
Three visitors were on the island today to work on the generator. For at least the next few days, the island is still on backup power. The web cameras and several other non essential systems on the island will remain off to conserve energy.
See the photos below for some views from the past two days:
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- The female elephant seals and their pups in a rare moment of everyone getting along and being quiet
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- Another rare sight in January to see a glimpse of snowy peaks in the Olympic Mountains Range
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- Looking southeast, a few sea lions are on the rocks
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- A wideangle photo from the high point of the island