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Figure 30. Surface wind data at NDBC buoy 44009 during 4-5 January 1992 storm 



analysis depiction of this event makes it doubtful that an event of similar size, 

 duration, and intensity, but occurring in an open-ocean geographic region, 

 would be correctly identified and characterized. 



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Chapter 6 Storm of 4-5 January 1992, Synoptic Analysis 



