9/13/2024
WT Staff
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September 13, 2024 1128 am EDT
Lake Erie HAB concentration backing off
Streamflow Situation from the USGS network of streamflow gauges in Ohio
Rainy today in the south, the forecast out of Wilmington local forecast office of the National Weather Service reports 80% probability for showers and possibly a thunderstorm mainly before 3pm today, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening and tomorrow. New rainfall between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. The outlook is clear and sunny again today for the north, according to NWS Cleveland. USGS network of streamflow monitors report largely below normal flows statewide, heading into weekend with severe and moderate drought in the northwest and south central watersheds. As of this report, three sites recording 1st percentile flows this hour, there are no extreme high flows recorded in the network.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS), Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) and State sources where available
Lake Erie west basin
A new upload from NCCOS captured Sep 12 at wind speed 6.6 mph is mostly clear, the concentrations in the massive bloom are lower in this image than reported here the last few days. Maumee Bay is the high concentration hot spot in the west basin today at 1 to 2 million cells per ml, this being right around the outlet of Maumee River. This is down considerably from yesterday's report of 2 to 3 million cells per ml, 1 million cells up in North Maumee Bay. Maumee Bay State Park has settled right down, 1 million cells per ml on the west side of the beach area down to 600 thousand cells in the east beach area, the lower concentration extends around Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge, a band 5 nm wide runs east along shore dissipating before Toussaint River outlet. A narrow band of HAB along shore at Camp Perry measures around the 300 thousand cells per ml concentration. Sandusky Bay Aphanizomenon HAB is broken up into dispersed mats around 700 thousand cells per ml. A block of HAB extending lakeside of Cedar Point occupies a ten by ten nm area at a moderate concentration around 100 thousand cells per ml. See the latest Ohio HAB Tracker update, here.
Find the US EPA national beach advisories dashboard, here.
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