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of 55W). The Shelf Water/SLDpe Water front also appeared more 

 convoluted^ although data were limited. A Shelf Water excursion 

 pushed southeast off the shelf abreast of Savannah/' displacing 

 the Gulf Stream. This excursion may have lasted up to two weeks/ 

 but cloud cover and differing interpretations do not allow 

 complete definition. The SST anomaly off savannah was strongly 

 negative/ indicating that the feature was persistent. 



!!53££!l ~ The western ^'orth Atlantic in general was warmer than 

 normal/ with a small cold anomaly patch remaining southeast of 

 (■^ova Scotia. A tonque of cold water also wandered off the shelf 

 east of Cape Charles/ an expansion of the Savannah negative 

 anomaly of February- Seasonal warminq was general throughout the 

 Gulf of Fexico/ though the anomalies remained negative except for 

 small areas along the northern coast. Warming and cooling was 

 uneven and indefinite in the wNA. 



Eddy activity continued to increase/ showing one anticyclonic and 

 five cyclonic eddies at the end of the month/ plus the remains of 

 the anticyclcnic eddy (ACE 5) studied by bisagni (1976). The 

 Gulf Stream movea slightly north during the month and became much 

 more convoluted. 



Storms off the U.S. east coast formea farther east than normal/ 

 and only one actually crossed the coast south of Long Island. 

 This was a minor storm over Cape Hatteras. The major fishing 

 grounds were nearly storm free. 



Although the number of Gulf Stream eddies decreased to only one 

 small cyclonic one at 34N30'/ 68W2G' by the end of the month/ the 

 Shelf Water/Slope Water front w&s extremely convoLuteo and 



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