—— DR APY 3, 3.1 OClANCGRAPHIC CONDITIONS IN TRE PPG OPEN 224 AREA by Paul L. liorrer CURRENTS, GENERAL INFORNATION The dominant festure of ccean googrephy in the Pra is the trade wind driven, westetrly-~flowing Nerth Equatorial Current. Trensporting about 20CO times as wich water as the ; . > we so Mississippi River. this current’ is mestly containce wi ts position is fertiest north in a, Pa dene ck latitude. diese Vn s waximun mtPlow is about 1.0 kact+ at- the wes ao he Bante nln 2 $35 -. £ + ts but much of the zen, weter within this wide, Fint rirvor aed of great, revolving, = {ete norizentel eddies. v © surfarts, wise, x“ . ioves e% on . eige . Onc sucn eday eppcurs in the “Marsrali ene ¢ i Baneeeetinees wins a alan asec cates a a revsry Pashion ann rencirs in the ares ror an emxterdea lenmeth oF tine. both the CROSS5rcaADS and cananese svirvevs sugeccted e and wildlife cruises, this feature is prosebiv aue te Mu narroy dDan@ (50-75 miles wice) of easterly flowing currant ef nETPOW east-west band of weaker winds or s marked borizorntel eleav in L145, tpi oO, 44% v LY) tnd r LD tet = Meas Re we a a, womy. tNer ns: . Leyes suencr, shifts southward in winter by several degrces of2 tye Tati.