Leap Day Letdown

My co-worker and I made an attempt to service the North Buoy on Wednesday February 29 but the weather became unpredictable.  The previous evening the forecast was calling for light overnight snow transitioning into rain throughout the day with the winds being fairly calm.  What we woke up to the next day was slightly different.  My co-worked received about a foot of snow at his home making travel difficult.  And I towed the boat down the road going in between periods of pouring rain and heavy wet snow.  When I arrived at the dock the winds were fairly calm but as the storm moved through in the next hour or so the winds on the edge of the storm picked up and the weather became unpredictable.  We made the decision to stay off the water.

Stormy Seattle

The weather is looking better towards the end of this week.  Our fingers are crossed...