1961 - Hurricane Esther was seeded by Navy planes in the inaugural experiment of what was to formally become Project STORMFURY next year. Esther was the first hurricane to be initially detected by satellite. On Sept. 10th, TIROS III imaged an area of disturbed weather a hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
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Night: Mostly clear. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 57 overnight. South southeast wind around 7 mph.
Day: Sunny. High near 72, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy. Low around 53, with temperatures rising to around 55 overnight. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 70.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Day: A chance of rain after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64.
Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57.
Day: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66.
Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Day: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 66.
Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Day: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 67.
Wauna, Carr Inlet
(0.8 miles away)
Gig Harbor
(3.8 miles away)
Horsehead Bay, Carr Inlet
(6.6 miles away)
Tue's High Temperature
111 at Death Valley, CA
Tue's Low Temperature
21 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID and Peter Sinks, UT
Purdy is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place north of the city of Gig Harbor, and at the junction of Washington State Routes 16 and 302 on the northern boundary of Pierce County, Washington.
Purdy is on the shores of Burley Lagoon and Henderson Bay at the northern end of Carr Inlet in Puget Sound. The lagoon and bay are separated by a sandspit and the Purdy Bridge.
The Washington Corrections Center for Women, originally named the Purdy Treatment Center, is colloquially referred to as "Purdy", though it has a Gig Harbor address.
As of the 2010 US Census, Purdy had a population of 1544.
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