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The wind at Frying Pan shoals has been south-southwesterly at an average velocity of 30 mph. The predicted set and drift of the rotary current are 232° at 0.8 knot. What current should you expect?

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The wind at Frying Pan shoals has been south-southwesterly at an average velocity of 30 mph. The predicted set and drift of the rotary current are 232° at 0.8 knot. What current should you expect?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Rotary currents around shoals and how wind can alter the predicted set and drift • The relationship between strong, persistent wind direction (south-southwesterly) and the resulting surface current direction and speed • How to adjust from a predicted current (from tables) to an observed/expected current when wind is strong

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• Visualize a chart: mark the predicted set 232° at 0.8 knot, then think about how a 30 mph south-southwesterly wind would tend to push surface water relative to that direction • Ask yourself: does the wind tend to increase or decrease the current speed? And does it tend to veer (clock) or back (counter‑clock) the current set in this region? • Compare each choice to the predicted current and decide which shows a realistic change in both direction and speed for a strong, persistent wind

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• Be sure the current direction you choose is consistent with a wind from the south-southwest (remember: wind direction is named from where it comes from, current is named by where it flows toward) • Check that the speed change from 0.8 knot to the option’s drift is realistic for a 30 mph wind (not a tiny change, but not an extreme one either) • Verify that the option you lean toward is not pointing roughly into the wind; surface current is usually driven generally with the wind, not directly against it

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Question 1 of 2066636eea28f7522a1c51b893

The wind at Frying Pan shoals has been south-southwesterly at an average velocity of 30 mph. The predicted set and drift of the rotary current are 232° at 0.8 knot. What current should you expect?

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The wind at Frying Pan shoals has been south-southwesterly at an average velocity of 30 mph. The predicted set and drift of the rotary current are 232° at 0.8 knot. What current should you expect?

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