2013 Tide Newsletter and occasionally by much more. What's more,

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1 The Official Newsletter for the Nor easters Metal Detecting Club! Tide s Ed it io n EASTER S.NET Year ly Ti des for 2013 The Metal Detecting Creed By Jessie Thompson We are Metal Detectorists. Venturing forth in search of relics lost to time, only to be discovered and secured for future generations. Diligent in our endeavors to detect, we will not trespass on to posted lands and will always obtain lawful permission in advance. Detectorists are protective of earth s creatures, natures landscapes and tributaries. We close all gates and leave no refuse in our wake. When requested, we will endeavor to assist in the recovery of lost items of sentimental value to the best of our ability. History being the tie that binds us, any item recovered of a singular significant historical value will be reported to local historians. Remember Metal Detecting is to be conducted in a respectful and courteous manner; we are the ambassadors of our hobby to all who may survey us Tide Newsletter and occasionally by much more. What's more, the low pressure characteristic of such Here is our first crack at creating a tide newsletter for the year This information was collected from around the web especially the tide info from NOAA. While this information provided is from a reliable source we make no guarantee as to its correctness. Use at your own risk. We will try to do this newsletter once a year. Please keep it on your desktop for reference or print out a copy. These tides are based on the Stamford, CT location. PROXIGEAN TIDES- The Proxigean Spring Tide is a rare, unusually high tide. This very high tide occurs when the moon is both unusually close to the Earth (at its closest perigee, called the proxigee) and in the New Moon phase (when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth). The proxigean spring tide occurs at most once every 1.2 to 1.5 years. Earth experiences proxigean tides an extraordinary tidal range that, when combined with other factors (such as unusually low barometric pressure or onshore winds), can cause erosion on coastlines, among other problems. The proximity of the Sun to Earth in December or January will occasionally coincide with a new or full Moon that just happens to occur when the Moon is at its monthly perigee or perhaps even when it's at the year's most extreme perigee. This potent combination happened in 1990, 1992, and This series of events can result in interesting but not necessarily destructive ocean levels. The final devastating ingredient is a storm at sea. The onshore winds of an ocean storm can literally whip up the waters, typically raising tides by several feet storms lifts oceans: A 1-inch drop in barometric pressure raises the seas by 13.2 inches, which can cause a dangerous period of proxigean tides to boil over into a coastal catastrophe (It's also possible for only one of any given day's two high tides to be catastrophic). Proxigean tidal conditions combined with disastrous storms to bring death and calamity to the eastern and southern United States in 1723, 1846, 1851, 1885, 1900, 1914, 1931, and The greatest loss of life 6,000 people occurred in Galveston, Texas, on September 8, Low lying regions of Europe also have faced devastation when such astronomical and meteorological conditions coincided: 100,000 people died in Holland in 1099, and half that many in Bob Berman The dates of the Proxigean Tides until /23/2013 Full 8/10/2014 Full 9/28/2015 Full 11/14/2016 Full 5/25/2017 New 1/2/2018 Full 7/13/2018 New 8/30/2019 New 10/16/2020 New 12/4/2021 New 1/21/2023 New

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14 Page 14 SPRING TIDES PERIGEE (means closet to the earth) and or PERIGEAN TIDES are the same! About three or four times a year (in the spring and the fall), the new or full moon coincides closely in time with the perigee of the moon the point when the moon is closest to the planet. These occurrences are often called 'perigean spring tides.' A spring tide is a common historical term that has nothing to do with the season of spring. Rather, the term is derived from the concept of the tide "springing forth." Spring tides occur twice each lunar month all year long without regard to the season. Neap tides ( Moderate Tides), which also occur twice a month, happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other. The following is a explanation of spring and neap tides in relation to lunar and solar cycles. Since antiquity, people have noticed that oceans exhibit a much greater tidal range around the time of the full Moon and new Moon. This is when the Moon and Sun are either together in the sky or are on opposite sides of the heavens. Higher tides occur during these Moon phases because the Sun also exerts a gravitational pull on our oceans, although it is only 46 percent as strong as the Moon's. When the gravitational effects of the Sun and the Moon combine, we get spring tides, which have nothing to do with the season of spring. The term refers to the action of the seas springing out and then springing back. These are times of high high tides and low low tides. A week later, during either of the two quarter Moon phases, when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to each other and their tidal influences partially cancel each other out, neap tides occur, and the tidal range is minimal. In fact, because the oceans take a bit of time to catch up to the geometry of the Moon, spring and neap tides usually occur about a day after the respective lunar cycles. Bob Berman For the year 2013 these are the Perigee tide dates: Jan 10, Feb 7, Mar 5, Mar 31, Apr 27, May 26, Jun 23, Jul 21, Aug 19, Sep 15, Oct 10, Oct 25, Nov 6, Dec 4, Source: Q: What is the difference between "Tide Charts" and "Tide Tables"? "Tide Charts" and "Tide Tables" are actually two different products. "Tide Charts" refer to a series of maps that show the water levels throughout a bay or estuary at a particular point in time. These maps normally show the water levels on an hourly basis after high tide. "Tide Charts" are only available for a few locations around the USA.

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