The Observer, July, 2009

Coming up in the September Observer...

The council recently partnered with the Prince William Sound Science Center, Cape Saint Elias Lightkeepers Association, and the US Coast Guard to install a new wind observation station on Kayak Island on the Gulf Coast, just outside Prince William Sound.

The station will remotely monitor conditions that could create “barrier jets,” very high winds that occur when air pressure builds up against coastal mountain ranges.

Barrier jets can produce waves large enough to endanger passing tankers.

Data is available online at: http://denali.micro-specialties.com/CapeStElias/

See the September 2009 issue of the Observer for more on this new weather station.

Photo: Joe Banta, council project manager, helped install a weather station on Kayak Island to help predict barrier jets. Photo by Rob Campbell.

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