68 



+ 



30- 



% 



10- 



SSMO DATA 



CENTRAL GULF OF MAINE ■ 



AUGUST' 1949-1970 



80" 



&V 



I I I u ' i ' i ° 



% 



FEBRUARY 1 1949-1971 



80- 



1.53 



?R=ft 



n~n 



43.TN 67.7°W 



1963-1970 



% 



ANNUAL' 1949-1971 



80" 



I 13 



20 



h~n h ' i 



3 4 5 6 7 



2 3 4 5 



METERS 

 WAVE HEIGHT 



I I — r 



< 6 8 10 12 14 > 

 SECONDS 

 WAVE PERIOD 



1963-1971 



KNOTS 



„ 22_S448 + 



j * ■ , i Qrggl 



KM/HR 



WIND 



SSMO DATA USNWSC, 1975 (V2 , AREA 12 BOSTON) 



Figure 3. Rose diagrams of winds, histograms of wave heights and 

 periods for central Gulf of Maine, compiled from 

 Summary of Synoptic Meterological Observations (SSMO) 

 data, USNWSC (1975) . 



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