Recommendation for Drifter Deployment Near N-MV Coastal Current/Jet South of MV
Monday, August 14
Following up the special request for a release of drifters in the coastal current for this afternoon, we recommend releasing the 20 drifters along a rectangle 2X10 or 3X6 (i.e. ideally longer in the cross-shelf direction perpendicular to the jet), nearly in the following box: 70.57°W to 70.52°W and 41.18°N to 41.26°N
Note: the jet will be partially masked by tides soon, hence for a 6hr release, it might happen that some drifters go east (instead of west for the jet)
- Recent 24h average of the HFradar data:
- Snapshot from yesterday forecast:
- Snapshot of the radar 12 hours ago (07Z) which shows the weak jet (due to tides):