Table 16 lists the 1994 mean wave heights for every fifth output station beginning with station 5. Monthly means and a yearly mean are shown. Table 17 lists the monthly and yearly peak mean periods for the same group of stations. Table 18 lists the 1994 maximum wave for each month and the maximum wave for the year for selected Gulf of Mexico output stations. The associated period and direction of each maximum wave are also included.
Periods are in seconds and directions are in meteorological convention.
When comparing maximum and mean wave information between the two hindcasts, remember that the 1956-1975 hindcast did not contain any hurricanes and was run with a different numerical hindcast model. The previous wind fields were created from pressure fields, and the new hindcast was run using NMC winds.