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The Ocean Prediction Center and "The Perfect Storm"

  

The OPC played an important part in forecasting "The Perfect Storm"

Questions and Answers about the OPC and marine weather forecasting

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[MPC operations]
OPC Operations 		[image of the Andrea Gail]
Position of the Andrea Gail at the last known radio contact the evening of October 28, 1991.

[rogue wave]
Rogue wave estimated at 60 feet moving away from ship after crashing into it a short time earlier. In the Gulf Stream off of Charleston, South Carolina, with light winds of 15 knots.
[About rogue waves]

 

  

Loop of weather analyses for "The Perfect Storm"
Oct 27 - Nov 2, 1991
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NOAA story on "The Perfect Storm"

Satellite images of "The Perfect Storm" (from NCDC)

 

 

 
Last modified on Friday, April 22, 2005