Yesterday we had some squalls blow through our area, bringing with them heavy rain, wind and fog. While we on land were turning our wipers on high or clutching our coats a little tighter, or just staying in, mariners were working as usual – just another day at the “office.”
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Today we’ll look at a variety of things: weather, ship traffic and cargo – specifically scrap metal which travels by ship and barge on the river.
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Most locals, if asked this question, could tell you that the Columbia River Bar is where the river meets the ocean. But if you look into the particulars, where the bar is exactly depends on who’s describing it. The Columbia bar is unique among river bars. So among maritime professionals the exact parameters can vary. We’ll talk about it today.
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Today in honor of our marine weather forecast, which suggests strongly that we could have gale force winds on the way, let’s take another look at one of my favorites: the Beaufort Wind Scale.
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I got a listener question about marine weather forecasts and why they specify the number of miles offshore the forecast covers. We’ll talk about that today.
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Tomorrow I’ll be giving a talk at the Seaside Brewing Co. at 851 Broadway in Seaside at 6 pm. I’ll be talking about a 10-day Pacific Northwest voyage at sea that I took in 2010 on a gypsum carrier sailing out of Rainier on the Columbia, up to Puget Sound and south to San Francisco. It was a pretty lifechanging event. I hope you can join me there.
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