When Captain John Smith arrived at Jamestown, he could only estimate what weather to expect. He had no thermometer (invented in the late 1500's, and very fragile) and certainly no National Weather Service. He certainly used his years of sea-faring and his keen eyes to watch for storms, but he had no way to see beyond the horizon, nor did he have accurate weather instruments for his logbook.
Now 400 years later, we have state-of-the-art technology to monitor conditions around Jamestown and Chesapeake Bay. A brand new data buoy (installed April 2007, in the James River) measures temperatures in and above the water, wave height, salinity and many other types of data, with updates every 10 minutes!
And now via the Internet, you can monitor Chesapeake's weather and water conditions from anywhere in the world.
Let's begin by looking at current temperatures.
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