Bamegat Ughtship (Figure 11, Table 11) 



The 1957 record here was plagued by instrument failure. \<hB.t 

 data there are indicate little departiire from the mean fron February 

 through May, though ten^jeratures were well above the 19^6 values for this 

 period. The last half of June was well above the mean, but was followed 

 by a sharp drop during the first 10 days in July. (Boston, Buzzards, Am- 

 brose and Five Fathom Bank Lightships show similar drops in surface tem- 

 peratures at this time.) The leveling off of the summer peak is to be 

 seen at other stations. The ma>cimun of 71.6° F was in raid-August. An in- 

 trusion of relatively cold bottom water appeared in July and early August, 

 but rapidly disappeared toward the aid of August. 



Surface salinities ranged from a low of 31.38 */oo in early May 

 to a high of 33«Oii in January. These values were generally higher than 

 those of 1956. 



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