Contour interval is 1. On 6 June 2000, bay mouth stratification was stronger than normal late spring conditions. Norfolk is on the left, the Delmarva Peninsula on the right. Comments Bay mouth temperatures have been close to normal values since late February 2000. Bay mouth salinities have been above normal values since late May 1999, except during September-October 1999 when salinities were close to normal values.
Stratification is stronger than normal conditions.
The next monitoring cruise of the Chesapeake Bay mouth are scheduled for Monday 3 July 2000. Thanks are extended to all ODU colleagues who participate and collaborate in the monitoring bay mouth sections. The air temperature data is from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel meterological station operated by the Oceanographic Products and Services Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The river discharge data is provided by the United States Geological Survey, Chesapeake Bay Region.