CONTENTS 



Page 



PREFACE 1 



PART I: INTRODUCTION 5 



Background 5 



Organization of Report 6 



Availability of Data 7 



PART II: METEOROLOGY 9 



Air Temperature 9 



Atmospheric Pressure 11 



Precipitation 12 



Wind Speed and Direction 14 



PART III: WAVES 23 



Measurement Instruments 23 



Digital Data Analysis and Summarization 24 



Results 26 



PART IV: CURRENTS 39 



Observations 39 



Results 39 



PART V: TIDES AND WATER LEVELS 42 



Measurement Istrument 42 



Results 43 



PART VI: WATER CHARACTERISTICS 46 



Temperature 46 



Visibility 46 



Density 48 



PART VII: SURVEY 50 



PART VIII: PHOTOGRAPHY 52 



Aerial Photographs 52 



Beach Photographs 52 



PART IX: STORMS 59 



4 January 1989 60 



23-24 January 1989 61 



