PART VI: STORMS 



118. This part discusses the details of storms affecting the FRF. As 



used here, "storms" are defined as times when the wave height parameter H 



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equals or exceeds 2.0 m at the seaward end of the FRF pier. Hourly data col- 

 lected during such times are presented in Appendix D. Sample spectra from the 

 Baylor gage at the seaward end of the pier are given in Appendix B. Prestorm 

 and/or poststorm bath3Tnetry diagrams are given in Appendix C. Detailed infor- 

 mation on the track of each storm was taken from the NOAA Daily Weather Maps 

 and the NOAA Mariners Weather Log series Volumes 28 and 29 (US Department of 

 Commerce 1984, 1984-1985). 



119. There were 14 storms during the year: two had wave heights in ex- 

 cess of 2 m on 5 consecutive days, three for 2 days, and nine for a single 

 day. This was a mild year in comparison with prior years which averaged 



18 storms per year. 



January 1984 



1 January 



120. The first storm formed as a frontal wave southwest of Bermuda on 

 the 1st and tracked due north, moving past the FRF in 1 day. 



11-15 January 



121. This storm started as a low-pressure system that formed over the 

 gulf coast. It moved east and offshore near South Carolina on the 11th. The 

 storm continued to track east through the morning of the 12th then turned 

 northeast. By this time, a large Canadian high-pressure system moved over New 

 England where it remained through the 13th. On the 14th two new extratropical 

 cyclones formed well east and offshore of the mid-Atlantic seaboard, helping 

 to maintain high waves into the 15th. 



February 1984 



14-15 February 



122. A frontal low-pressure system formed over South Carolina on the 

 13th and moved over eastern North Carolina producing high winds from the 

 southeast on the 14th. The low tracked due north past the FRF on the 15th. 



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