Mornin' Guys, Is there any evidence of the Red Tide around the GS/OB area yet?
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Mornin' Guys, Is there any evidence of the Red Tide around the GS/OB area yet?
Haven't heard anything to indicate the bloom has proceeded as far west as Pensacola much less Alabama, HOWEVER...
Red Tide - Statewide Status
http://myfwc.com/media/3352932/NWmap1030.pdfQuote:
Red Tide Status (October 30, 2015)Blooms of the Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, are present in, along, and offshore of Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, and Gulf counties in Northwest Florida and in, along, and offshore of Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, and Lee counties in Southwest Florida. Due to sampling gaps, no results are available for Santa Rosa and Walton counties. However, a bloom is present in these regions, as evidenced by discolored water, fish kills, and respiratory irritation. No satellite images were available this week due to cloud cover.Karenia brevis was detected in background concentrations in one sample collected alongshore of Escambia County and one sample collected offshore of Pasco County; low to medium concentrations in 4 samples collected in and alongshore of Okaloosa County; very low to high concentrations in 12 samples collected in and alongshore of Bay County; and background to medium concentrations in 2 samples collected inshore of Gulf County.Karenia brevis was not detected in, along, or offshore of Franklin, Dixie, or Hernando counties. No samples were analyzed this week from Santa Rosa, Walton, Wakulla, Jefferson, Taylor, or Citrus counties. FWC continues to receive widespread reports of extensive fish kills. To date, 77 reports from Northwest Florida have been recorded from numerous locations including Navarre, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa beaches, Destin Harbor, Destin Marina, Destin Pass, West Bay, St. Andrew Bay, Pratt Bayou, Shalimar Yacht Basin, Rosemary and Panama City beaches, East Bay River, Eastern Lake, Fort Walton Beach, Pensacola Bay, Powell Lake, Pensacola Beach, and Navarre Beach Pier. Respiratory irritation has also been reported in the majority of these locations and is possible throughout the area where red tide is present.
Forecasts by the USF-FWC Collaboration for Prediction of Red Tides show little net movement of bloom patches over the next three days.
http://myfwc.com/media/3352935/NWtable1030.pdf
http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu/hab_tra..._column_R1.pngQuote:
Escambia- 10/26 BACKGROUND - Pensacola Beach Pier ECR
http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu/hab_tra..._column_R1.png
Thank you, guys! I don't like what you post but I like to know what's going on down there.