posted on Nov, 19 2004 @ 01:38 AM
As I read the news every day and monitor climate data from different parts of the world I cannot help but wonder when and how the superstorm will
form. Its really not a question of if but rather when. More and more bizarre events are happening around the world. Massive floods, record snows,
record heat, record cold, record tornados and record hurricanes.
Need fuel? Check out this SST anomaly map...
A bulk of the northern hemisphere is above normal. Much of the water is well above normal. Warm water is the fuel that drives the storms.
But what is it going to take to generate a superstorm event? El Nino years are famous for introducing large pacific storms. And years like this they
can also lead to a prolonged zonal flow. Normally this isn't a bad thing. This keeps the bitter cold air trapped in Canada.
The problem will be when a gulf hurricane (late season : december) makes landfall in someplace like Texas. Landfalling storms are known for slowing
down weather patterns. So you take a moisture rich storm and feed it into a strong pacific storm that is crossing the rockies and you how have a
massive circulation able to draw the cold air down from Canada and reroute the jetstream. So now you feed bitter cold air into a slow moving, massive
circulation that is super charged with gulf and pacific moisture. The dynamics of such a system should allow winds in the storm to rapidly intensify
to hurricane force and dump snow across the country that will be measured in feet and not inches.
The storm itself may not be as shown in The Day After Tomorrow but it should be able to dump enough snow over a large enough area early in the season
to cause a severe winter that may be difficult to overcome.
Your thoughts on this?