calcasieu point
 

checked the salinity at calcasieu point today, meter read 6.1ppt slowly starting to come up again

You dont work for the locks do you?

He doesn't work period

hahahahahaha to bad you have the same job! lol work for louisiana department of ag and forestry. coastal revegetation program.

Thanks for the information. Hackberry reading is around 8-10 ppt now.

what is a good salinity reading?

Oh ok. When I worked for calcasieu lock we would take salt readings from Calc point all the way to the mermentau river. That was always an enjoyable boat ride.

at least 5ppt

What kind of meter do you use to check salinity?

Here's a link to the USGS Current Conditions of a site located in the north end of Calcasieu Lake you may find interesting. It's updated daily and shows salinity, temperature and a couple of other things. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/dv?re...te_no=08017095

25 was a good reading last fall.

i use a ysi 30. 5 ppt is kinda low. i wanna say last year around this time it was around 14 -16 at calcasieu point. and in 2010 it was around 18. right north of hackberry readings were a little higher than that.