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Predictions for Stations with Mixed or Diurnal Tides
The height predictions from TIDES for reference stations usually agree
exactly with those published by the National Ocean Service with some
deviations of one or two tenths of a foot, rarely more. For most
stations on the Atlantic coast, where the tides are semi-diurnal and
there are usually two highs and two lows in a day, the times of high
and low are within a few minutes of those published by NOS. In the
Gulf of Mexico the tides are sometimes semi-diurnal and sometimes
diurnal with only one high and low in a day. On days near the time
that the tide changes from semi-diurnal to diurnal or vice versa the
height of the tide can be almost constant for a long stretch of time.
For example at Pensacola in January 1989 the range of the tide was 2.4
feet but on JAN12/13 the predicted height varied less than 0.01 foot
for over three hours and less than 0.03 foot for over eight hours. The
plot on the next page shows the predicted height of the tide for this
period.
When this happens the smallest difference in height between two
programs can cause the time of the high or low to shift drastically
even though the predicted heights don't differ significantly. For
Pensacola the NOS tables give a high of 0.3 feet on 1989 JAN 12 at
1858 while the corresponding high from TIDES is 0.3 feet on 1989 JAN
13 at 0012 or 5 hours and 14 minutes later. The difference between the
two predicted highs was 0.02 feet or much less than the 0.1 foot
smallest difference in the tabulated values.
Sometimes the difference between a "high" and "low" is so small that
small deviations in two programs can cause the difference to disappear
in one so that the programs predict different numbers of highs and
lows. In all these cases the height prediction is reliable but the
exact time of high or low has little meaning. A plot of the heights
will generally show what is going on.
The NOS tide table notes on using tidal differences include the
statement that " ∙∙∙ at subordinate stations where the tide is chiefly
diurnal, the tide correctors are intended to be used to approximate
the times and heights of the higher high and lower low waters. When
the lower high water and higher low water at the reference station are
nearly the same height, great reliance should not be placed on the
calculated corresponding tides at the subordinate station."
Ed Wallner
32 Barney Hill Road
Wayland, MA 01778-3602
(508)-358-7938
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TIDES 1.66 1990/11/22
PENSACOLA, FL -------------------------- 30°24.2'N 87°12.8'W--(PENSACLA.TID)
LOCAL STANDARD TIME - ADD ONE HOUR FOR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.
HEIGHTS IN FEET.
1989 -1.5 -1 -.5 0 .5 1 1.5 2 2.5
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