Figure 24. 



Figure 25. 

 Figure 26. 



Figure 27. 

 Figure 28. 



Figure 29. 



Figure 30. 



Figure 31. 



Figure 32. 

 Figure 33. 



List of 



12(X)-hr UTC, 6 February 1978, 500-mb heightAemperature 

 analysis 31 



1200-hr UTC, 7 February 1978, surface analysis 32 



1200-hr UTC, 7 February 1978, 500-mb height/temperature 

 analysis 33 



1200-hr UTC, 8 February 1978, surface analysis 34 



1200-hr UTC, 8 February 1978, 500-nib height/temperature 

 analysis 35 



Wind and surface pressure data from National Pari: 

 Service meteorological station on Assateague Island 

 during 4-5 January 1992 storm 37 



Surface wind data at NDBC buoy 44009 during 4-5 January 



1992 storm 38 



Surface wind data at NDBC buoy 44012 during 4-5 January 



1992 storm 39 



1220-hr UTC, 4 January 1992, surface pressure analysis 40 



Average annual distribution of northwestern Atlantic 



storms with retrograde tracks, 19561991 44 



Tables 



Mean Latitude and Longitude (degrees) and Mean Central 

 Pressure (mb) for the F. Sanders (FS) Analyses 3 



Comparison of Central-Pressure Values and Effective 



Resolution Needed to Reproduce the Central 



Pressure for Five Analyses 5 



Number of Northwestern Atlantic Storms, by Month, Having 

 Retrograde Tracks in the 34- Year Period 1956-1991 42 



Table 1. 



Table 2. 



Table 3. 



