27 February-1 March 1982 
147. A low moving north along the coast from Georgia and a high pres- 
sure system located around Maryland collided causing the low to stall and then 
move northeastward. Peak spectral wave periods increased from 7 sec on the 
27th to 11 sec on the ist. 
16 March 1982 
148. This low formed off Georgia on the 16th and moved rapidly past the 
FRF producing 2-m wave heights for a few hours around midday. 
28 April 1982 
149. This low formed in the midwest on the 24th then moved east arriving 
on the coast at the South Carolina-Georgia border on the 28th. The storm 
moved out over the Gulf Stream, and then it moved rapidly north producing high 
waves on the 28th. 
12 May 1982 
150. On 10 May, a storm developed well offshore of Virginia and moved 
slowly northeastward through the 12th. In addition, a frontal wave moved off- 
shore at the North Carolina coast on the 12th. However, the long wave pe- 
riods, 14 sec, measured at the FRF are indicative of swells which have 
traveled the long distance from the offshore generation area of the storm. 
29 August 1982 
151. An Arctic high pressure system formed in Canada on the 27th and 
moved east. Centered over Pennsylvania on the 29th, the high produced high 
winds and waves at the FRF. 
10-13 October 1982 
152. Early on the morning of 10 October, an extratropical storm moving 
eastward across the United States produced northeast winds having a maximum 
sustained speed of 13 m/sec at the FRF. Wave heights rapidly increased to 
2.5 m by 1200 hours on the 10th (Figure 51). As the storm moved offshore, 
winds slowly abated and within 24 hr had decreased to only about 7 m/sec. 
However, since the storm center had moved almost due east, winds far out at 
sea continued to generate large waves, and heights in excess of 2 m were 
measured until 1300 hours on the 13th. Wave periods during the early part of 
the storm averaged about 7 sec, but as the storm moved offshore, a gradual 
shift in the peak period to higher values occurred, until by the evening of 
the 11th maximum energy was associated with wave periods in excess of 13 sec. 
This trend continued until peak periods of 17 sec were reached on the morning 
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