Thought you all might want to see this as it fits in with the weather we have all been facing recently.


Quote:

A Nasa satellite has provided jaw-dropping pictures of a huge 'storm' brewing under the sea. The swirling mass of water - which measures a whopping 93 miles wide - has been spotted off the coast of South Africa by the Terra satellite on December 26.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/21/article-0-11D6DE68000005DC-887_634x477.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/21/article-0-11D6D0CB000005DC-312_634x396.jpg

Link:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2104279/Nasa-satellite-pictures-enormous-90-mile-wide-underwater-storm-.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Just realised it looks like an ear

Impressive picture, but I'm not sure what connection this has with  local weather if any.

muso wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2012 at 10:15am:

Impressive picture, but I'm not sure what connection this has with  local weather if any.

Well La Nina has created the big floods in the east amoung other things and it is also active near South Africa where this storm is.

bobbythefap1 wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2012 at 10:21am:

muso wrote on Feb 23rd, 2012 at 10:15am: Impressive picture, but I'm not sure what connection this has with  local weather if any. Well La Nina has created the big floods in the east amoung other things and it is also active near South Africa where this storm is.

I think "storm" is an unfortunate word used by the media to describe an ocean eddy. Spectacular as they are, they are quite common, and usually found with regions where ocean currents come up against continental shelves.

Now there is an obvious connection between ocean currents and weather patterns in general. I'm just saying that this particular one is probably just a random localised event like a low pressure system in the atmosphere.

Thanks for posting this though. They are certainly interesting phenomena to look at. Here is a factsheet on ocean eddies that you might find useful:

http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/Ocean_Planet/activities/ts2siac2.pdf

muso wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2012 at 10:39am:

bobbythefap1 wrote on Feb 23rd, 2012 at 10:21am: muso wrote on Feb 23rd, 2012 at 10:15am: Impressive picture, but I'm not sure what connection this has with  local weather if any. Well La Nina has created the big floods in the east amoung other things and it is also active near South Africa where this storm is. I think "storm" is an unfortunate word used by the media to describe an ocean eddy. Spectacular as they are, they are quite common, and usually found with regions where ocean currents come up against continental shelves. Now there is an obvious connection between ocean currents and weather patterns in general. I'm just saying that this particular one is probably just a random localised event like a low pressure system in the atmosphere. Thanks for posting this though. They are certainly interesting phenomena to look at. Here is a factsheet on ocean eddies that you might find useful: http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/Ocean_Planet/activities/ts2siac2.pdf

Its really the same thing as a storm just in a different physical state.