APPENDIX B: DATA SUMMARY FOR THE STORM OF 6 NOVEMBER 1963 



1. The 6 November 1963 storm is documented through its effects on the 

 New Jersey localities, including Long Beach Island, Atlantic City, and Ludlam 

 Beach. Development of the storm system is shown on the surface weather maps. 

 Peak high tide at the Atlantic City gage measured 1.4 m above msl with a 

 surge greater than 0.7 m. Hindcasted wave heights ranged from 2.4 to 2.7 m. 

 At all sites, storm waves reached shore during the period of maximum surge, 

 which occurred approximately 12 hr prior to the peak tide. Two storm events 

 are evident in the wave time series with the minor peak occurring 1 week 

 prior to the major storm. Poststorm surveys were conducted 1 week after the 

 second event. 



2. This storm had minor effects on a majority of the profile lines at 

 Long Beach Island and Ludlam Beach. Median volume changes were small with 

 hinge ranges of 10 to 17 m^/m. Atlantic City, however, significantly eroded 

 with a median volume change of -25.2 ra^/m. Even though there was a large 

 range between the extremes at Atlantic City, the hinge range was only 



16 m^/m. The most significant erosion occurred lower on the berm from the 

 0.0- to 1.5-m contour intervals at Long Beach Island and Ludlam Beach, 

 whereas the entire berm from the 0.0- to 3.0-m contour eroded at Atlantic 

 City. The loss of 150.4 ra^/m of material on profile line 1 is the largest 

 single profile change of all the data presented in this study. This line is 

 affected by its proximity to the south jetty of Absecon Inlet. 



3. Tables and figures are arranged according to predicted and actual 

 water levels, hindcasted wave data, profile comparisons, shoreline and slope 

 changes, unit volume changes, and distribution of unit volume changes. 



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