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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 23:21:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Roderick Farb <rfarb@em*.un*.ed*>
To: "Christopher, Tom" <tchristo@pd*.ti*.ro*.af*.mi*>
cc: techdiver <techdiver@terra.net>
Subject: Re: SWELLS

Would easterly swells mean they were coming from the East or towards the 
East? FELIX is producing humongous swells that travel to shore from the 
East. Oxford dictionary says it may mean either. Or maybe it was a typo.

On Mon, 14 Aug 1995, Christopher, Tom wrote:

> 
> OK guys I just read the marine weather forecast out of Miami for the 
> Georgia/Florida coast good through tomorrow August 15th. Part of the 
> forecast reads "large E swells" what the heck were they talking about? I 
> have been reading their forecast for sometime now and have not seen this 
> term used before. They also stated that seas would be less than 2 feet, if 
> this is the case how could they have large E swells?
> 
> Cecil
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