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Sunday, June 3, 2007

Posted on June 6, 2007 | Filed Under Daily Journal 

Observers: Katy and Gale

Observations: We left the Turtle House at 5:15 A.M. and drove through the maritime forest to South Beach. Three trees were down on State Road, two on back creek Road, and one on South Beach Road, all were successfully driven around on the Gators. I monitored South Beach entering at South Beach Entrance at approximately 5:45 AM and drove northward to McQueens and Katy, a few minutes behind, monitored southward. Rain associated with Tropical Storm Barry began Friday night about 20:00 and continued through most of Sunday monitoring, accumulating 4.26″ (10.8 cm) in the gage on the Main Dock.. Monitoring of South beach was accomplished from McQueens to the Mud Bank near the South Tip … SW Beach and North Beach will be monitored on the second tide … as four non-nesting crawlways indicated that nesting was unlikely as the females could not trigger due to lack of warm, backbeach sand.

Four non-nesting crawlways were encountered:

Crawlway 1: 31.59715 N; 81.14887 W
Crawlway 2: 31.00000 N; 81.00000 W
Crawlway 3: 31.00000 N; 81.00000 W
Crawlway 4: 31.00000 N; 81.00000 W

Nests 07-004 and 07-005a were observed and found to be intact, although 07-005 (original position) had been overwashed and eroded somewhat and 07-004 was overwashed and partly eroded, exposing part of the screen. Nest 07-004 was recovered with sand and will be watched on the afternoon tide. Smaller branches were cleared on the way back to the Turtle House, arriving at about 08:15.

A Further Note About the Weather

Tropical Storm (now Tropical Depression) Barry has moved north of the Island on the west and we are now receiving 30-40 mph winds from the SW and West … The leading winds from the east and northeast last night did some minor erosion on the beaches. From broken branches and trees I estimate the winds last night were approximately 40-50 mph (Beaufort Scale 8.0 -9.0, fresh to stong Gale force. Beach effects consisted of slight erosion at McQueens, minor scarping south of McQueens, and erosion of the “toes” of scarped dunes” along South Beach Entrance, and root washing on the south end of South Beach. Washover fans were active on the night high tide and surf (estimated to be 4-5 feet at dawn).

Gale A. Bishop
6/03/07

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