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101 Time sequences of the average water levels in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, t}q, obtained from the simulation of HUR5 with 40 

 mb pressure drop (HUR5W). The solid line is computed by 

 averaging water levels from every grid point in the Gulf 

 at each time step. The dashed line is computed from the 

 continuity equation. The datum is mean sea level 169 



102 Time sequences of the average water levels in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, riQ, obtained from the simulation of HUR5 with 120 

 mb pressure drop (HUR55). The solid line is computed by 

 averaging water levels from every grid point in the Gulf 

 at each time step. The dashed line is computed from the 

 continuity equation. The datum is mean sea level 170 



103 Time sequences of water levels at Cedar Key obtained from 

 the simulations of HUR5 (dashed) and the pure barotropic 

 model of HUR5 (solid). The datum is mean sea level. • . . 172 



104 Time sequences of water levels at St. Petersburg obtained 

 from the simulations of HUR5 (dashed) and the pure 

 barotropic model of HUR5 (solid). The datum is mean sea 

 level 173 



105 Time sequences of the average water levels in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, 7?Q, obtained from the simulation of the pure 

 barotropic model of HUR5. The solid line is computed by 

 averaging water levels from every grid point in the Gulf 

 at each time step. The dashed line is computed from the 

 continuity equation. The datum is mean sea level 174 



106 Time sequences of the average water levels in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, tjq, obtained from the simulation of HUR5 with 

 radiation condition at the open boundaries. The solid 

 line is computed by averaging water levels from every 

 grid point in the Gulf at each time step. The dashed 

 line is computed from the continuity equation. The datum 



is mean sea level 176 



107 Time sequences of the average water levels in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, 77q, obtained from the simulation of HUR23 with 

 radiation condition at the open boundaries. The solid 

 line is computed by averaging water levels from every 

 grid point in the Gulf at each time step. The dashed 

 line is computed from the continuity equation. The datum 



is mean sea level 177 



108 Time sequences of the average water levels in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, t}q, obtained from the simulation of hurricane 



