Basic Marine Weather
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Examples of growth limitations
•Fetch
Limited
– Offshore winds
– Small, but strong wind (Thunderstorms)
– Any fetch limited by the coastline (bay,
etc)
• Duration Limited
– Fast moving storms
– Short lived wind (Pre-Frontal wind)
– Long lived wind, moving away from fetch area
(e.g. a hurricane moving
perpendicular to fetch region)