Ambrose Channel Lightship (fig. 8, table 8) 



The subnormal air temperatures along the coast of the 

 Middle Atlantic. States are reflected in the surface water tempera- 

 tures which were below average most of the year at this observation 

 post. Low records were set in 14 decads. ; 



Bottom water temperature set low records in 6 decads. 

 Bottom temperatures were subnormal in a majority of the decads. 



The salinity minimum came in late April, which is about 

 the normal time. Salinities were above normal in most decads from 

 early April through early November. 



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Figure 8. --Ambrose Channel Lightship, 1965. (The dashed line in the 

 upper diagram is the mean for 1956-64.) 



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