Forecast 08/25

The plume is starting to detach from the coast acccording to the 2-day ocean forecast and at the end of Aug. 25, the northern tip is west of the Gray's Harbor, and the most offshore extent of the plume is just north of Cape Meares line.

Inside the estuary, the 2-day ocean forecast is under-estimating the salinity in the north channel thourghout the tidal cycle, according to CT casts from Barnes. The results from DA forecast are not much better, because there is no data to assimilate in the north channel. There do not seem to be cast comparisons from the 7-day estuary forecast.