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CBIBS Team Members Honored for their Response on the Bay
At their annual awards ceremony last week, the Maryla
Winter 2023-34 Buoy Plans
While CBIBS buoys are fairly sturdy, ice can damage sensors and large ice floes can move buoys far from their deployed locations. To keep CBIBS buoy safe over the winter, the team is pulling the Patapsco buoy. This is our northernmost buoy, and it is the most vulnerable to freezing.
Observations from Ophelia
NOAA CBIBS buoys tracked the storm’s effects as it moved through the Chesapeake region September 22-24. Peak wind gusts at the buoys show Ophelia’s south-to-north progression:
First Landing: 53.4 knots (61.5 mph), 9:06 p.m., 9/22