Weather: The wind this morning was northeast, but it was less than I expected -- a nice surprise! It never built much over the course of the day at Pt. Pinos, though it shifted more north in afternoon; it was overcast early, clearing during afternoon, visibility was very good, swell was big. At the outer buoy, the wind was ENE at 6 knots at sunrise; winds remained E until dusk, when they shifted to W 6 knots. Pressure this morning was 30.08 and it rose to 30.12 at sunset. Bir

Weather: At dawn this morning, the wind was still coming out of the east, but not as intensely as it has been for the last week. The wind dropped off in mid-morning, then shifted west in late afternoon. Visibility was good, the swell was large, and it was a clear day. At the outer buoy, winds started at ~12 knots north, went ~10 knots NNE at 0900, switched to W at 1300, and were W ~10 knots at sunset. At dawn, pressure was 30.08, rising to 30.11 at 1000, then falling to 30.02

Weather: Dawn started with fog AND a stiff northeast wind - two conditions that don't usually cohabitate at Pt. Pinos. After a few hours the fog burned off and the wind dropped, but if you look at our loon numbers for the day, it's pretty evident that the damage was done... fog aside, morning visibility was poor: there has been more distortion on the "outer line" area of the horizon than I remember there being in my previous seasons. Is it related to the ongoing high pressure