Table 2. Volumes dredged from Corson Inlet and Townsend Inlet, 1963-74. 



Corsen 



Inlet 



Townsend Inlet 



Date 



Dredged volume 

 (yd3) 



Date 



Dredged volume 

 (yd3) 



1963 to July 1967 







1963 to June 1967 







7-22 July 1967 



43,680 



12-30 June 1967 



28,900 



5-8 July 1968 



5,640 



1-7, 23 July 1967 



11,290 



14-15 May 1969 



1,670 



5-17 June 1968 



14,690 







24 Apr. to 7 May 1969 



21,460 







10 May to 4 June 1970 



40,160 







31 Mar., 16-19 Apr. 1971 



10,420 







15, 17-19, 26, 28, 

 . 29-30 July 1972 



17,560 







14-30 June 1973 



1,726 







27 May to 30 June 1974 



12,540 







1-31 July 1974 



24,710 



1967-69 avg. 17 



,000 ydVyr. 



1967-74 avg. 26,200 yd^/yr. 



northeast winds accompany the passage of low-pressure systems along the coast, 

 and strong northwest winds develop around high-pressure systems, especially in 

 the winter. The westerly flow is interrupted during summer months by weaker 

 winds from the south. 



Inferred winds at Ludlam Beach are light to moderate during most of the 

 year and predominantly in an offshore direction. Figure 13 is a plot of wind 

 speed and direction as measured between 1968 and 1972 by the U.S. Weather 

 Bureau at the National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center 10 miles inland 

 of Atlantic City and 25 miles from Sea Isle City. Wind direction is that from 

 which the wind blows, reported in degrees clockwise from the north. The 

 resultant speed is the magnitude of the vector sum of the wind velocities. 

 The average speed is- the sum of the recorded windspeeds divided by the number 

 of observations. Windspeeds are highest during the winter months and lowest 

 in late summer. High windspeeds, i.e., those that exceed 28 miles per hour, 

 are predominantly from the northeast (U.S. Army Engineer District, Philadelphia, 

 1966) . These winds are associated with storms and are often accompanied by rain 

 or snow. 



Hurricanes are the most severe storms affecting the Atlantic coast; however, 

 extratropical storms, which also contribute to the loss of life and coastal 

 property, are more common. Data on hurricanes and severe storms along the 

 New Jersey coast from 1933 to 1962 are given in Table 3. 



b. Tide and Surge Data . At Sea Isle City, the mean tidal range is 4.1 

 feet and the spring range is 5.0 feet. The highest surges along this coast 



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