Release 010

Release 010, the tenth monthly release of drift cards in our Hawaii Drift Card Study, was done on September 22, 2003. The following stick plot shows the wind conditions for the 7 days following that release, from September 22-28, 2003.

The winds during this time were transitioning to winter conditions. During the week, most of winds were from the south, averaging between 5 and 10 knots. These winds caused many of the 010 drift cards to beach in the area of Barbers Point Beach Park. At the time of this writing (October 9, 2003), 66 cards of the 100 cards have been reported in this general area.

You may want to compare these winds to the trade winds that were blowing during the last few releases. (To do this, click a Release Number in the Wind Files navigation bar at the bottom of the page.)

Stick plot showing wind direction and strength September 22-28, 2003, following Release 010. D

If you'd like, you can review the wind data (8K text file) used to create this plot.

Wind Files: All Releases

	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
2002:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	001
2003:	002	003	004	005	006	007	008	009	010	011	012	013
2004:	014	015	016	017	018	019	020	021	022	023	024	-
Kona:	K1 K3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	K2	-

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