Tt post sep 28, 2017

"I was roaming around the river downtown the weekend of September 16 and 17, both days. There was a noticeable amount of algae in the river that weekend, especially north of downtown ..."

Interesting. Maybe the algae has existed in visible, small amounts throughout the Maumee River for several weeks, but the recent weather events involving mostly dry weather from Sep 4 through Sep 17, followed by two days of heavy rainfall that caused heavy, localized sewer overflows to occur downtown, followed by several days of record hot weather combined to trigger a large bloom on a section of the Maumee River.

Maybe the river downtown had all the variables present to produce a large bloom, and the same thing might have occurred on the Maumee River by the I-75 bridge if another variable had been introduced in that area.

And maybe the Maumee River is like this every year, an algae tinderbox, waiting for a couple more ingredients to be added at the perfect time to explode green.

I have no idea what technology exists or can be used to monitor or read the Maumee River for algae, microcystin, etc. throughout the summer and fall between Point Place and Waterville.

While the downtown images imply that "it" is worse in 2017, I don't know if that's true without extensive data to compare across years. Maybe "it" was much worse in the Maumee River last year or five years ago, but the additional ingredients needed to trigger a bloom did not occur at the right time in past years.

While the hot weather has ended, I don't see any significant rainfall nor strong wind events in our 7-day forecast that might flush the Maumee River and possibly disperse the downtown bloom. Our forecast looks mighty pleasant. Hello, Fall. I don't know if the cooler weather will diminish the bloom downtown.

Toledo 7-day forecast - Last Update: Sep 28, 2017 6:06 am

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. North wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Friday: A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Southwest wind 7 to 13 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. North wind 7 to 11 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80.