





Table 



4 













Precipitation 



Statistici 



5 









Total 

 1984, mm 



70 

 71 

 84 



1978 



Mean 

 -1983, 



100 



90 



102 



mm 



1978-1984 



Extremes 



Month 



Maxima, mm 



180 

 127 

 168 



Minin 



45 

 46 

 48 



la, mm 



Jan 

 Feb 

 Mar 





Apr 

 May 

 Jun 



111 

 86 

 27 





111 

 88 

 90 





182 

 239 

 130 



46 

 39 



27 



(1984) 



Jul 

 Aug 

 Sep 



123 

 177 

 115 





82 

 84 

 89 





200 

 220 

 160 



19 

 36 



5 





Oct 

 Nov 

 Dec 



20 

 26 

 28 





64 

 93 

 97 





108 

 130 

 131 



20 

 26 

 28 



(1984) 

 (1984) 

 (1984) 



Annual 

 Monthly avg. 



938 



78 





1,090 



91 











Winds 

















63. Since local winds frequently control nearshore currents and wave 

 conditions, an understanding of the wind and wave climate at any coastal loca- 

 tion is important to most studies of hydrodynamic and sedimentary processes. 



64. Present year. The distribution of winds during 1984 is shown in 

 Figure 7. Winds blew from north through northeast directions 27.2 percent of 

 the time and from south-southwest through west-southwest 27.6 percent, and all 

 the other directions 3 to 6 percent each during the year. The resultant wind 

 speed and direction was 0.9 m/sec from 19 deg west of true north (Table 5). 

 Wind speeds exceeded 10 m/sec 8 percent of the time (over 700 hr) ; during more 

 than 6 out of every 10 of these times the winds blew from north-northeast. 



65. Wind distributions changed with the season (Figure 8) such that 

 during January through March, 32.5 percent blew from north through northeast 

 and 9 percent blew from the west. During this season, the wind speed exceeded 

 10 m/sec over 11 percent of the time. The resultant magnitude and direction 

 was 1.7 m/sec and 347 deg, respectively. 



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