Pat O'Shea took this shot Saturday at low tide — we're wondering if a proxigean spring tide also produces an abnormally low tide…
Who said DeKorte can look a tad bleak in the winter?
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Pat O'Shea took this shot Saturday at low tide — we're wondering if a proxigean spring tide also produces an abnormally low tide…
Who said DeKorte can look a tad bleak in the winter?
here is an excerpt from http://www.bayweekly.com/year05/issuexiii36/leadxiii36.html‘ the Chesapeake’s IndependentBay Newspaper online:
Proxigean Spring Tides — About once every year and a half, forces coincide to bring proxigean spring tides. That confluence comes when the closest perigee, called the proxigee, falls during the full or new moon. These tides cause a 25 percent change in tidal levels, sufficient to absorb some surges at low tide or cause flooding during high tide.