. Beach changes at Long Beach Island, New Jersey, 1962-73. Beach erosion; Coast changes. 75- 50- 2 5H 0 -25- -50- -75-. JAN 1964 Figure 18. Wind diagram from data recorded at Atlantic City for December 1963 to January 1964, showing a northeast storm of 12 January and beach surveys. The gap from 30 December through 2 January is from a change in data format between 1963 and 1964. (4) Northeast Storm, 12 November 1968. A short-lived, intense north- east storm with rain, snow, and wind caused erosion along the island during the survey interval from 23 October to 13 November 1968 (Fig. 19, Table 2)
. Beach changes at Long Beach Island, New Jersey, 1962-73. Beach erosion; Coast changes. 75- 50- 2 5H 0 -25- -50- -75-. JAN 1964 Figure 18. Wind diagram from data recorded at Atlantic City for December 1963 to January 1964, showing a northeast storm of 12 January and beach surveys. The gap from 30 December through 2 January is from a change in data format between 1963 and 1964. (4) Northeast Storm, 12 November 1968. A short-lived, intense north- east storm with rain, snow, and wind caused erosion along the island during the survey interval from 23 October to 13 November 1968 (Fig. 19, Table 2). Erosion was widespread and severe, particularly north of the causeway and in segments to the south. Profile lines 1 and 2, enclosed by the jetties, showed erosion and accretion, respectively. Profile lines 3 and 4 suffered a severe loss of sand volume. This is in contrast to the response shown for the 13 Janiaary 1964 storm during which the profile lines were protected by the jetty. Since both generated high storm tides, differences in the wind patterns may account for the response. Winds during the January storm were from the west northwest, with the Atlantic beach face protected, on the 11th and began to develop strongly from the north-northeast, essentially parallel to shore, on the 12th. The winds remained strong but rotated counterclockwise blowing from the west on the 16th. This is the classic pattern of winds generated by a low- pressure system seaward of the island moving up the coast. A similar, though much less intense low on 10 November 1968 followed the same pattern as the 13 January 1964 storm. This storm, however, was followed by intense winds from the east-northeast in a direction nearly parallel to the south Barnegat Inlet jetty. This direction of wave approach combined with local refraction which may have focused the wave energy was apparently sufficient to cause a large amount of erosion to profile lines 3 and 4 as well as others. Profile lines 6 to 12 were
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