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(09-06-2026, 11:09 AM)M T Wrote:(09-06-2026, 10:30 AM)cardcrimson Wrote: Things to worry about. Next up, Kelvin Waves. Who knew?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG9bVLfD58k
A visualization of the Kelvin wave development from March to May 2026
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-europ...n-el-nino/
Do note that Kelvin waves have troughs. Popular media only talks about the crests.
Kelvin wave could raise the Pacific water level by up to a foot. This year’s El Niño is likely to be the largest in at least 1,000 years. Climate readings have already surged past the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon several months before it is expected to peak.
Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California | California | The Guardian
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