SPEED (KNOTS) 
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 
) ) 
200 300 91 
Ps a 
fa, 408 2 — 600 183 = 
cs iG re 
Ww 
Bure 26°00'N, = = 900 asesan, [274 & 
5 79°50'W - = 79° 48’ = 
4 800 i 8 1200 ant 366 = 
3 STATIONS oa STATIONS & 
1000 APRIL 1500 UGUSTINN A 
1200 1800 549 
BOTTOM ABOUT 1,100 FT. 
2100 640 
BOTTOM ABOUT 1,900 FT. 
RANGES OF SPEED OBSERVED BY SHORT PERIOD 
MEASUREMENTS ON THREE SEPARATE DAYS 
82° 81° 80° 79°W 
27°N 
LEGEND 
——— BOUNDARIES OF THE FLORIDA 
CURRENT 
——— CURRENT AXIS AND PREVAILING 
CURRENT DIRECTION IN EACH 
REGION 
© MEAN POSITIONS OF COMPOSITE 
PROFILES 
@——e LOCATION OF CURRENT CROSS 
SECTION IN FIGURE 19 
TRANCE OF SPEED| MEAN SPEED 
(KNOTS) (KNOTS) 
24° 
Zam 
FIGURE 18 SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE CURRENTS IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA 
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