Forecast 08/26

Charles has fixed the problem with cruise comparison for the 7-day estuary forecast. The CT comparison in the north channel (c/o Barnes) reveals that while the bottom salinity is better than the ocean forecast, the surface salinity is consistently under-estimated thru'out the tidal cycle.

The plume has been subject to upwelling wind for a couple of days now and is tending southwest with a residual plume (from 2-day ocean forecast) west of Gray's Harbor. The CT cast comparison (from 2-day ocean forecast) near GH indicated that the model salinity is too high and the thermocline may be too deep (which may be related to NCOM problem).