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Storms placed by their swell

Caribbean Sea storm

16°59.2′N 076°57.8′W

Waves left about 4 Oct 05:26Z, ± 3 h

Placed by 2 buoys, whose own placements lie within 101 nmi of it

Its swell was last measured at 42056 (Yucatan Basin, MX) on 6 Oct 21:20Z; the replay ends there.

Each buoy places the storm from how its swell's period shortened as it arrived: the longest waves travel fastest. Fronts are drawn at deep-water group speeds along great circles, and stop at land. How it is worked out