[Rhodes22-list] Baywater Temp Graphic: Turtle update

[Jim White]

Chris:
I believe that the spike may be a result of a movement of warmer water from 
the shallows due to high winds experienced prior to the front. The front 
itself was extreme, but appears to be short lived. We have a few turtles in 
the lab, and expect some more, but it is rapidly warming. I have attached a 
graphic of the first wave we received yesterday. Yes we do send out ninja 
patrols. I was one yesterday, and recovered two animals off of our south 
beach, Boca Chica, worked till 11pm last night. Massive fish kills too.
Cheers,
jw
Jim White
Le Menagerie

At 01:52 PM 12/24/2004, you wrote:
>Jim,
>       Interesting data.  What caused the 4 degree (C) spike in temp?  Do you
>guys send out "Ninja Turtle" patrols?
>         Chris G.
>
>P.S. As a scienfe teacher is is a real chore to try and convince the kids to
>go metric instead of "caveman units".
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>From: "Jim White" <jdwhite at utpa.edu>
>To: "the Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 7:16 AM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Baywater Temp Graphic
>
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> > Hey ya'll
> > Just an FYI to illustrate how quickly the Laguna Madre water cools off,
> > I've attached a graphic showing the change since yesterdays cold front
> > arrived. The green line is over here on the Island, the shallowest portion
> > of the bay (1-3 feet), and you can see that the change was pretty darn
> > rapid. The red line is over at Port Isabel, a much deeper average (5-6
> > feet) part of the bay. This rapid change is the factor influencing our
> > present situation. The proverbial slow turtles just don't have a chance to
> > make it into the open gulf for deeper and warmer water. Long term WX looks
> > good next week, and I'm ready to SAIL!
> > jw
> > Jim White
> > Le Menagerie
> >
>
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