tern. See Figures 20 and 21, Ice Conditions for 16 April and 1 May 

 respectively. Air temperatures over the area were slightly warmer 

 than normal during April. 



During the first 3 weeks of May, winds over the northern and 

 western Grand Banks averaged north-northwesterly while winds 

 averaged northwesterly to westerly over the eastern and southern 

 Grand Banks and vicinity. This was due to a series of lows passing 

 south of Newfoundland and slowing down or becoming stationary 

 near Ocean Station Charlie. Winds averaged onshore in the Notre 

 Dame Bay area and alongshore from there northward along the 

 Labrador coast. See Figure 40. As a result, bergs on the western 

 and northern Grand Banks continued their southern drift or grounded 

 and slowly deteriorated. Bergs on the eastern slope of the Grand 

 Banks were driven to the southeast into warmer waters out of the 

 Labrador Current and rapidly deteriorated. Bergs and pack ice 

 from the north were being fed into the Notre Dame Bay area during 

 this period. During the remainder of May the storm track shifted 

 to the north of Newfoundland resulting in fairly strong southwest- 

 erly winds over the Grand Banks and coastal regions north up the 

 Labrador coast. See Figure 41. Subsequently the many bergs tem- 

 porarily trapped in the Funk Island, Fogo Island, and Notre Dame 

 Bay regions were driven offshore with many entering the Labrador 

 Current north of the Grand Banks. The mean air temperature in 

 May for the Grand Banks region was estimated to be 5° F. below 

 normal. 



Table VI. 



Mean Monthly Temperatures Torbay and Argentic, Newfoundland, December 

 1963-June 1964 



Surface winds were light and variable for the Grand Banks region 

 and offshore from Notre Dame Bay northward the first 12 days of 

 June. See Figure 42. During the remainder of June winds averaged 

 southwesterly over the Grand Banks and vicinity with similar direc- 

 tion but diminishing force in northward areas. See figure 43. Ac- 

 cordingly bergs that survived to the northeast slope of the Grand 

 Banks generally drifted east and out of the south-seeking Labrador 



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