I don’t know what to call it.
Leviathan’s lows? Whale storm? The Colossus of the eastern Pacific Ocean?
Whatever you call it, the largest mid-latitude tornado I can remember formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Guinness record holders should take notice.
Below is a map of predicted sea level pressure for Wednesday at 7 a.m. from the UW model system.
Just wow. A deep low pressure system of enormous size, extending from Alaska to the latitude of Hawaii. About 2500 miles in diameter.
High winds will also spread over thousands of miles (also see gust forecast below).
And given its large size and strong winds over a large area, this super-low will create dangerous and large waves.
Consider a significant wave height prediction using the NOAA WaveWatch3 model. Forecasts for Tuesday night predict waves reaching 45 to 50 feet. Polar waves.
By Wednesday, the area of high waves greater than 25 ft wide expanded and moved eastward, with some large waves approaching the West Coast.
And early Thursday, the Northwest will experience big waves hitting our shores (see below),
While all of this is happening, California is in the midst of a decade-old wet/windy weather. I will talk about this more in future blogs, but the total rainfall forecast for the next ten days is impressive (see below).
Flooding from LA to northern California. Snow falls off the charts.
And some smaller dams will soon have to release large volumes of water to avoid overflow.
