25% 



BEACH ALIGNMENT 

 SAN LUIS PASS AREA 



GALVESTON, TEXAS 



20% 



BEACH ALIGNMENT 

 PACKERY CHANNEL 

 NEWPORT PASS & 

 CORPUS CHR I ST I 

 PASS AREAS 



CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 

 WIND DIAGRAMS 



CHARTS <HOW PERCENT OF TIME FROM E*CH DIRECTION COMPILED 



.S WEATHER BUREAU RECORDS OF HOURLY ^VA'LING 

 WINDS AT GALVESTON. TEXAS FOR THE PERIOD 1905 TO 1955 

 "nCLUsIvE AND AT CORPUS CHR>STI. TEXAS FOR THE PERIOD 

 1905 TO 19^8 INCLUSI VE. 



WIND DIAGRAM LEGEND 



i+ TO 15 M.P.H. 



(6 TO 31 M.P.H. 

 OVER 31 M.P.H. 



SAND MOVING WINDS IN THE STUDY AREAS 



Figure 3. Wind rose showing sand-moving winds in the four study areas, 



