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May Bloom in Hecate	4 clear days 22^nd-26th
	Full month May 2003-2007 below

I suggest 2008 spring bloom peaked

On 24^th – 25^th in N Hecate

Looks like in decline by 26th

(presumably nutrients being used up )

Note the blue arrow – image left

For what ever reason the light yellow area (blue arrow, left image) is not blooming as intensely as areas north and south of it

Seems to wax and wane in size --- various hypotheses suggest themselves

	Bloom going on before the sunny weather?
	While neither image satisfactory (clouds hid from view) --- the May 16^th image suggests a full bloom was going on in Hecate & QC Sound

Both 2007 and 2006 cool but not as cool as 2008

Note lack of May 2005 ‘bloom’ OR to CA (yellow line)

Ditto 2004 but not as bad – 2005 El Nino – (west winds slacked off and nesting seabirds etc starved

		At monthly level – May 2003 looks strongest bloom of series for Hecate (we’ll check back later for 2008)
		The Temperature anomalies (3 images below) for 3^rd week in May --- do not seem to relate to the bloom activity Note while offshore BC still coolish in 2008 – looks like warmer water on its way towards California – (all those clear sunny days)

For the April monthly blooms in Hecate see here

And see the bottom that page for links to previous bloom stories

Created by LG on 29/5/2008

Last updated on Friday, May 30, 2008