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With the coldest months of the year just ahead, CBIBS team is laying out their plans for buoy operations over the winter.

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The remnants of Hurricane Ida passed through the Chesapeake Bay watershed on September 1, bringing record rainfall amounts and even tornadoes to parts of the mid-Atlantic.

As of early August, the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS) has six buoys deployed and reporting data in near-real-time. These buoys are located at:

The Bay’s waters are warming into the 60s, and we’re all eager to get out on the Chesapeake, whether for boating, sailing, fishing, paddling or other adventures.

This time of year, there’s more daylight every day, and boaters around the Bay look forward to time on the water.

Scientists use data from buoys and satellites to track water temperature and salinity levels in the Chesapeake Bay.

The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office is operating five CBIBS buoys over the winter, providing water quality data, meteorological observations, and wave and current information.

The CBIBS team is working to get more buoys back out on the water.

Sunsets are coming noticeably earlier these days around the Chesapeake, and fall—both meteorological (September 1) and astronomical (September) —is not far off.