Panama Canal Project Opens a Tropical Window

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/science/07angier.html?_r=2

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW OFF THE WA COAST. WILL SEE WIND GUSTS APPROACH...BUT FALL SHORT OF...SCA LEVELS MID-TO-LATE MORNING MAINLY N OF CASCADE HEAD AND WITHIN 20 NM FROM SHORE. SFC LOW BEGINS TO FILL BY THIS AFTERNOON AND ALLOWS WINDS TO RELAX TO 5-10KT BY THIS EVENING. WINDS TURN MORE NORTHERLY THURSDAY THEN INCREASE BACK INTO THE 15 TO 20 KT RANGE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS REMAIN BELOW 10 FT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecasts/display_special_product_versions.php?sid=pqr&pil=afd

SV TATOOSH POSITION 45*44.044'N by 122*51.695'W

Today...back down to Willapa Bay to meet with Moby Dick innkeeper.