Raw spectral energy for our buoys for swell 21,
Sep 29-30 2002
San Francisco spectrum
California buoy spectrum
SE Papa buoy spectrum
What the swell looked like at creation
What the swell looked like at creation
This was a 12-18 hour storm that just barely barely cleared the
Aleutian landmass. It showed high winds on Quikscat, and
encountered tailwinds over several hundred miles of ocean, and
came in about a foot larger than forecast - 5.5 ft 17 sec 305
degrees.