On the weather channel, I often see (on the east coast) this forcast....?

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On the weather channel, I often see (on the east coast) this forcast....?

The waves will be 2-3 feet high with a dominate period of 8 seconds. What is this dominate period? What does that mean?

2007-09-17 13:35:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather

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It is the time period from one wave to the next wave, most weather radios call them intervals.

2007-09-17 13:46:12 · answer #1 · answered by trey98607 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The dominate period is the time for the major swells to move past a point. If the swell maximum is at a point at a given time, the next swell's maximum will be at that point in the dominate period.

2007-09-17 20:44:02 · answer #2 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Period is the reciprical of frequency!

2007-09-17 20:39:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋