Astronomy links full moon to Hurricane Sandy high tide
Monday, October 29, 2012
"During a full moon, the moon is essentially lined up on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun and the gravitational tug of war between those two intensifies, resulting in higher tides. …”
Reading up some on tides trying to understand this thread better I came across this, which seems relevant although I don’t really know:
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Some shorelines experience two almost equal high tides and two low tides each day, called a semi-diurnal tide. Some locations experience only one high and one low tide each day, called a diurnal tide.
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link: Tide - Wikipedia
Can anyone shed some light on this? Does this fall under variation in amplitude/lag?
Here’s a map showing where semidiurnal vs. diurnal vs. mixed semidiurnal(!) tides occur: Page Not Found: Error 404
Also, all I really know about The Tide is that I would like very much for them to lose at least one game this year. Unfortunately LSU is the only reasonable chance of that happening in what’s left of the regular season IMHO and rooting for LSU makes my skin crawl.
Apologies if that last part is not strictly on-topic.