Save Kahului Harbor

NOTE: Here is the table that Lehman referred to in his Maui News interview. He mentioned a "Sea State" of "4".

It seems that we get much higher and more severe waves than 6-7 feet, and stronger winds on the open sea of over 18-20 knots.

http://www.eustis.army.mil/WEATHER/Weather_Products/seastate.htm

Pierson - Moskowitz Sea Spectrum
(Sea State Table)

Wind Speed (Kts)	Sea State	Significant Wave (Ft)	Significant Range of Periods (Sec)	Average Period (Sec)	Average Length of Waves (FT)
3	0	<.5	<.5 - 1	0.5	1.5
4	0	<.5	.5 - 1	1	2
5	1	0.5	1 - 2.5	1.5	9.5
7	1	1	1 - 3.5	2	13
8	1	1	1 - 4	2	16
9	2	1.5	1.5 - 4	2.5	20
10	2	2	1.5 - 5	3	26
11	2.5	2.5	1.5 - 5.5	3	33
13	2.5	3	2 - 6	3.5	39.5
14	3	3.5	2 - 6.5	3.5	46
15	3	4	2 - 7	4	52.5
16	3.5	4.5	2.5 - 7	4	59
17	3.5	5	2.5 - 7.5	4.5	65.5
18	4	6	2.5 - 8.5	5	79
19	4	7	3 - 9	5	92
20	4	7.5	3 - 9.5	5.5	99
21	5	8	3 - 10	5.5	105
22	5	9	3.5 - 10.5	6	118
23	5	10	3.5 - 11	6	131.5
25	5	12	4 - 12	7	157.5
27	6	14	4 - 13	7.5	184
29	6	16	4.5 - 13.5	8	210
31	6	18	4.5 - 14.5	8.5	236.5
33	6	20	5 - 15.5	9	262.5
37	7	25	5.5 - 17	10	328.5
40	7	30	6 - 19	11	394
43	7	35	6.5 - 21	12	460
46	7	40	7 - 22	12.5	525.5
49	8	45	7.5 - 23	13	591
52	8	50	7.5 - 24	14	566
54	8	55	8 - 25.5	14.5	722.5
57	8	60	8.5 - 26.5	15	788
61	9	70	9 - 28.5	16.5	920
65	9	80	10 - 30.5	17.5	1099
69	9	90	10.5 - 32.5	18.5	1182