Forecast 08/21

The downwelling wind is gaining strength at the beginning of today but will relax and reverse to upwelling wind at the end of today, if the weather forecast is right:

Surface salinity and wind from 2-day ocean forecast

Cruise data from Wecoma indicates that the modelled plume salinity is generally too high. This may be due to a combination of factors: wrong wind for the last couple of days, model errors, and/or incorrect discharge information.

Inside the estuary, the salinity is generally under-estimated by the ocean forecast, e.g.

near bottom salinity at red26 from 2-day ocean forecast