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<a href="../index.html">Index of Subj This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B2_01CD8AAE.53AC0F20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We were canoeing in Terence Bay yesterday and were also surprised at the = frigid water. We put in way up in the Basin, as the tide was receding. = The water was way colder than any we=E2=80=99ve experienced this summer = at our usual haunts (Conrad=E2=80=99s, Martinique, Clam Harbour, etc.) = =E2=80=94even in the shallows of Grover cove. By the way, the wind, = funneling up the narrows leading to the Terence Basin, was SSE. =20 We=E2=80=99ve enjoyed this warm water =E2=80=9Cupside=E2=80=9D of = climate change all summer, whether the winds were off the land or the = water. Jane From: Paul MacDonald=20 Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 2:32 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Sea water temperature Usually Eleanor the water temperature inshore varies with the wind direction. On shore winds will push warm water to the shore, off shore winds push warm water out to = sea. I grew up on an island where there was a long beach running east to = west. When the wind was north or east the warmest water for swimming was on the north side of the beach - when the wind was west or south it was on the south side of the beach. Waves coming in to shore mean warm water and fun swimming. Maybe Leslie will bring you some warm water. Paul -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- From: Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 1:57:16 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Sea water temperature I have been swimming in my St Margarets Bay cove daily when possible for = up to 35-40 minutes at a time all summer every year for several decades = and this year have found the water temperature to be wonderfully warm, = but yesterday, despite no significant or prolonged change in weather = temperatures, we discovered to our great surprise and dismay that the = water was bone-chillingly, frigidly cold and we could not swim at all. = Later yesterday, while out sailing with some friends who had just = returned to NS after several months of sailing, I was most interested to = learn that they had noted a striking drop in water temperature (from = approx 20 degrees to 12 degrees) while rounding Cape Breton a few days = ago, en route for Halifax. I told them my experience and we all agreed = we had never seen such a startling and rapid sea water temperature = change before. Any suggestions as to what could bring this about will be most welcome! Eleanor Lindsay, Seabright, St Magarets Bay ------=_NextPart_000_00B2_01CD8AAE.53AC0F20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV>We were canoeing in Terence Bay yesterday and were also surprised = at the=20 frigid water. We put in way up in the Basin, as the tide was=20 receding. The water was <STRONG><U>way</U></STRONG> colder than = any we=E2=80=99ve=20 experienced this summer at our usual haunts (Conrad=E2=80=99s, = Martinique, Clam Harbour,=20 etc.) =E2=80=94even in the shallows of Grover cove. By the way, = the wind,=20 funneling up the narrows leading to the Terence Basin, was SSE. = </DIV> <DIV>We=E2=80=99ve enjoyed this warm water =E2=80=9Cupside=E2=80=9D of = climate change all summer,=20 whether the winds were off the land or the water.</DIV> <DIV>Jane</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: = none"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A = title=3Dpaulrita2001@yahoo.com=20 href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">Paul MacDonald</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 04, 2012 2:32 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Sea water = temperature</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: = none"> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, = times, serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV><SPAN>Usually Eleanor the water temperature inshore</SPAN></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: = 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); = FONT-SIZE: 16px">varies=20 with the wind direction. On shore winds will</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: = 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); = FONT-SIZE: 16px">push=20 warm water to the shore, off shore winds push warm water out to = sea.</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: = 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); = FONT-SIZE: 16px">I=20 grew up on an island where there was a long beach running east to = west.</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: = 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: = 16px">When the=20 wind was north or east the warmest water for swimming was</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: = 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); = FONT-SIZE: 16px">on=20 the north side of the beach - when the wind was west or south it</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: = 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); = FONT-SIZE: 16px">was=20 on the south side of the beach.</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: = 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); = FONT-SIZE: 16px">Waves=20 coming in to shore mean warm water and fun swimming.</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: = 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;