15-18 August 1995-Humcane Felix (Figure 31) 



Developing in the mid-Atlantic, Felix moved northwest then tmned to 

 the west on 15 August steering directly for the North Carolina coast. 

 Downgraded from a category 3 to a 1 (on the Saffir /Simpson Scale) Fehx 

 stalled when he collided with a trough of low pressure entrenched along the 

 East coast, then moved offshore, never making landfall. Maximum onshore 

 winds (from northeast) at the FRF reached 17 m/sec at 1816 EST on 16 

 August. The maximum H^ (at Gauge 630) of 4.6 m (r^ = 15.1 sec) was 

 measured earlier that morning at 0208 EST. There was 6 mm of precipitation. 



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Figure 31. Data for Hurricane Felix, 15-18 August 1995 



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