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Points of Interest The mountains of Puerto
Rico show extreme winds due to topological
acceleration. Shallows near Anegada and Vieques
affect surge. Details of the Virgin Islands are
not well resolved at this resolution.
Anegada
Virgin Islands
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Ponce
Vieques
St. Croix
N
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North-South distances are true to scale.
East-West distances are stretched 4.6 at 17
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North. All model results were calculated using
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Winds
10-Year Return Time
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N
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Waves
10-Year Return Time
Puerto Rico Virgin Is.
N
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Surges
10-Year Return Time
Puerto Rico Virgin Is.
N
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Winds
25-Year Return Time
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N
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25-Year Return Time
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N
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Surges
25-Year Return Time
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N
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N
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N
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Surges
50-Year Return Time
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N
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Winds
100-Year Return Time
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N
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Waves
100-Year Return Time
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N
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Surges
100-Year Return Time
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N
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Points of Interest The western Islands, Saba to
Montserrat, show some topological effects on the
winds. Surge among the islands shows complicated
interactions. The pattern of waves is simple,
by contrast. Antigua, Barbuda and St. Martin
may deserve closer study.
Anguilla
N
St Maarten / St.Martin
Leeward Islands
St. Barthélemy
Barbuda
Saba
St. Eustatius
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Antigua
Nevis
Montserrat
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East-West distances are stretched 4.3 at 16.5
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degrees North. All model results were calculated
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datum.
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Winds
10-Year Return Time
Leeward Islands
N
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Waves
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Surges
10-Year Return Time
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Winds
25-Year Return Time
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Waves
25-Year Return Time
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Surges
25-Year Return Time
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N
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Winds
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N
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Waves
50-Year Return Time
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N
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Surges
50-Year Return Time
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Winds
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Waves
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Surges
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Points of Interest The western half of
Guadeloupe shows some of the most extreme winds
in this Atlas, due to topological acceleration on
the mountains there. Dominica also has extreme
winds. Surge focuses near Point á Pitre,
Guadeloupe.
Guadeloupe
Pointe á Pitre
Marie Galante
Windward Islands, North
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North-South distances are true to scale.
East-West distances are stretched 3.2 at 14.25
degrees North, and stretched 4.4 at 16.67
degrees North. All model results were calculated
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datum.
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Winds
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Waves
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Winds
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Points of Interest This is the southeastern
corner of the hurricane band. Storm systems
may form out in the Atlantic, but they seldom
reach their full force before approaching
Barbados. After that, the storms almost always
pass north and west. Therefore, likely storm
effects increase sharply from south to north in
this region. The Grenadines are not
well-detailed at this resolution.
St. Lucia
Barbados
St. Vincent
The Grenadines
Windward Islands, South
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East-West distances are stretched 2.1 at 11.5
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Winds
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Winds
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Surges
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