Figure 5-14g illustrates calculated current velocity at 2100 GMT 7 October
2002. Ebb tide current velocity at the mouth of the inlet approaches 2 m/sec, a
velocity much greater than the typical calculated spring tide maximum of
0.5 m/sec found at the existing inlet. Figure 5-14h illustrates current velocity at
2200, a period when flood tide has begun offshore and the inlet remains in a
stage of ebb tide. Figure 5-14i illustrates current velocity at 0030 on 8 October
2002. The area in is in a tidal stage the same as that of Figure 5-14a, the first
figure in this series.
Figure 5-14g. Mattituck Inlet natural state, offshore spring ebb-tide and inlet near
maximum spring ebb-tide velocity, 2100 on 7 October 2002
Figure 5-14h. Mattituck Inlet natural state, offshore spring flood-tide and inlet
spring ebb-tide velocity, 2200 on 7 October 2002
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