CDMP Storm Hazard Atlas: St' Kitts and Nevis

1
St. Christopher Nevis Probable Storm
Effects
The projection of the illustrations is Plate
Carrée, a square grid of latitude and longitude.
Resolution is 30 arc-seconds. North-South
distances are true to scale. East-West distances
are stretched 4.6 at 17.0 degrees North, and
stretched 4.9 at 17.6 degrees North. All model
results were calculated using great-circle
distances based on the WGS84 datum.
St. Eustatius
Points of Interest
1. Basseterre Main town on a steep shore facing
south.
St. Christopher
2. Charlestown Main town on a steep shore facing
west.
1
Note Waves and surges for Points of Interest
are reported from the nearest cell offshore.
Basseterre
N
Nevis
2
Charlestown

• This set of maps is part of Section 2 of the
  Atlas of Probable Storm Effects in the Caribbean
  Sea, which was sponsored by the Caribbean
  Disaster Mitigation Project (CDMP), a joint
  effort of the Organization of American States
  (OAS) and the US Agency for International
  Development (USAID). These maps are a result of
  new techniques for modeling storms and
  estimating the probabilities of storms, developed
  in part under the patronage of CDMP. Refer to
  the Atlas for explanatory materials.
• WINDS represent sustained 1-minute winds at 10 m
  above the surface, and include both surface
  friction and topographic effects at a resolution
  of 30 arc-seconds. Friction factors derive from
  a Level I land-cover classification, with water,
  forest and open land predominating. If using
  wind damage models or building codes which
  internally include surface friction or
  topographic corrections, the nearest open-water
  wind speed from one of these maps may be used as
  input. Careful judgement is advised in reading
  and applying the values.
• SURGES include astronomical tide and setups from
  pressure, wind and wave, but not wave runup.
  Surges over land are shown as elevation above sea
  level, not water depth.
• WAVES are the heights of wave crests above the
  storm surge level in open water. Shoreline
  effects do not appear at this resolution.

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Winds
10-Year Return Time
St. Christopher Nevis
1. Basseterre 33 m/s
2. Charlestown 33 m/s
1
N
2
3
Waves
10-Year Return Time
St. Christopher Nevis
1. Basseterre 4.1 m
2. Charlestown 4.1 m
1
N
2
4
Surges
10-Year Return Time
St. Christopher Nevis
1. Basseterre 0.2 m
2. Charlestown 0.2 m
1
N
2
5
Winds
25-Year Return Time
St. Christopher Nevis
1. Basseterre 42 m/s
2. Charlestown 43 m/s
1
N
2
6
Waves
25-Year Return Time
St. Christopher Nevis
1. Basseterre 5.2 m
2. Charlestown 5.4 m
1
N
2
7
Surges
25-Year Return Time
St. Christopher Nevis
1. Basseterre 0.4 m
2. Charlestown 0.4 m
1
N
2
8
Winds
50-Year Return Time
St. Christopher Nevis
1. Basseterre 49 m/s
2. Charlestown 49 m/s
1
N
2
9
Waves
50-Year Return Time
St. Christopher Nevis
1. Basseterre 6.1 m
2. Charlestown 6.2 m
1
N
2
10
Surges
50-Year Return Time
St. Christopher Nevis
1. Basseterre 0.7 m
2. Charlestown 0.6 m
1
N
2
11
Winds
100-Year Return Time
St. Christopher Nevis
1. Basseterre 55 m/s
2. Charlestown 56 m/s
1
N
2
12
Waves
100-Year Return Time
St. Christopher Nevis
1. Basseterre 6.8 m
2. Charlestown 7.0 m
1
N
2
13
Surges
100-Year Return Time
St. Christopher Nevis
1. Basseterre 0.9 m
2. Charlestown 0.8 m
1
N
2