10/11/2024
WT Staff
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October 11, 2024 1006 am EDT
Below normal moisture conditions upstate, severe drought in the northwest
Sunny and cool this morning in New York City as streamflows continue to creep downward, normal to below normal statewide with an increasing number of stations below that 10th percentile, rated much below normal for the season. Severe drought persists in the Lake Ontario minor tributaries west section, impacting Niagara, Orleans and west Monroe Counties. The lower Lake Champlain watershed has dropped into moderate drought in north Washington and east edge of Essex County. Increasing area is rated below normal including the southwest, the Mohawk and Upper Hudson River watersheds. As of this report there are no extreme high or low flows.
The life-threatening rip currents thrown toward the east seaboard by Hurricane Milton yesterday have now passed. No fatalities reported related to this high rip current danger warning, the cooler weather contributing to keeping surfers and swimmers out of the water. National Weather Service produces surf zone forecasting with rip current advisories up to October 1, the end of the season. Deaths in 2024 to date total 46 with four of these occurring off Long Island beaches. These incidents are always tragic, consult the surf zone forecast and follow any signage posted on the beaches to stay safe in the water. Teen sisters from the Bronx, aged 17 and 18 were caught up in rip current and perished off Coney Island Beach in early July this year, two teen boys caught in the rip current off the beach of Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways in the latter part of June. Now that the season has passed, hopefully the number of fatalities from rip currents as well.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS), Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) and State sources where available
New York
One hundred and fifty-seven HABs on the dashboard Friday, new reports for Washington Park Pond in Albany County and bluegreen frequent flyer Wainscott Pond on Long Island. Updates are in progress, our latest impacted water body list is available here.
The latest satellite image of Lake Champlain was captured Oct 10, another cloud obscured image. The last clear image was caught on the 8th, no HABs visible in Lake Champlain, however Vermont's Lake Carmi retains a widespread HAB at high concentration 700 thousand cells per ml. See the NCCOS color image of Lake Champlain here.
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