. Annual data summary for 1991 CERC Field Research Facility. Ocean waves; Marine meteorology; Oceanographic research stations; Oceanography. 18-19 August 1991 -" Hurricane Bob" (Figure 35) 73. Bob reached tropical storm intensity on 16 August while located close to Bermuda and was upgraded to a hurricane on 17 August. The storm continued to intensify as it rapidly moved up the east coast, developing into a Category 3 hurricane (winds of 50 - 58 m/s (111 to 130 mph) on the Saffir/Simpson hurricane scale) as the eye passed 25 — 30 miles (40 — 48 km) east of Cape Hatteras, NC early on 1
. Annual data summary for 1991 CERC Field Research Facility. Ocean waves; Marine meteorology; Oceanographic research stations; Oceanography. 18-19 August 1991 -" Hurricane Bob" (Figure 35) 73. Bob reached tropical storm intensity on 16 August while located close to Bermuda and was upgraded to a hurricane on 17 August. The storm continued to intensify as it rapidly moved up the east coast, developing into a Category 3 hurricane (winds of 50 - 58 m/s (111 to 130 mph) on the Saffir/Simpson hurricane scale) as the eye passed 25 — 30 miles (40 — 48 km) east of Cape Hatteras, NC early on 19 August. Continuing up the coast, the storm finally made landfall on the Rhode Island coast late on 19 August. The maximum H^^ (at Gage 630) of m (Tp = sec) was recorded at 2342 EST on 18 August. Maximum onshore winds (from the northeast) approached 15 m/s occurring several hours earlier at 1934 EST. Peak winds (from the northwest) exceeded 23 m/s near midnight on 18 August. This coincided with the minimum atmospheric pressure of mb. Total precipitation was 43 AUGUST, 1991 Figure 35. Data for Hurricane Bob, 18-19 August 1991 68. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leffler, Michael W; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Coastal Engineering Research Center (U. S. ); U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. [Vicksburg, Miss. : U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station ; Springfield, Va. : Available from National Technical Information Service]
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