Volcanic Eruption near Tonga
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Re: Volcanic Eruption near Tonga
When i first saw it on twitter i thought it was a meteorite impact. The eruption/explosion was heard in New Zealand and appeared on pressure readings on weather stations in Australia.
https://twitter.com/Ben_Domensino/status/1482286428067606531
https://twitter.com/weatherdak/status/1482247495019237378
https://twitter.com/Ben_Domensino/status/1482286428067606531
https://twitter.com/weatherdak/status/1482247495019237378
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I showed the eruption on Satellite to my Grandmother, she thought that an Atom Bomb blew up there.
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Himawari-8 satellite loop. The moment it erupted is just, wow!


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Heres the latest image loop using Proxy Visible from Himawari-8. you can still see shock waves propagating.
https://col.st/ENGeR
https://col.st/ENGeR
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It's like a hot tower going off when TC is going through RI.
Much of the west coast continues to be under a tsunami advisory.
Much of the west coast continues to be under a tsunami advisory.
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Kingarabian wrote:It's like a hot tower going off when TC is going through RI.
Much of the west coast continues to be under a tsunami advisory.
The NWS is saying that the Tsunami Advisory will continue until 'Further Notice'
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Re: Volcanic Eruption near Tonga
Interesting to see if this eruption will have an effect on global weather...
https://twitter.com/indyfromspace/status/1482323256187269133
https://twitter.com/Weather_West/status/1482371720237490178
Or maybe not...
https://twitter.com/DrJeffMasters/status/1482408075944505347
https://twitter.com/indyfromspace/status/1482323256187269133
https://twitter.com/Weather_West/status/1482371720237490178
Or maybe not...
https://twitter.com/DrJeffMasters/status/1482408075944505347
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Amazing satellite images in display here. This appears to be the largest volcanic eruption so far in the 21st century. Sounds like the Tsunami was bad over at Tonga. Hopefully the volcano is done now.
It will also be intriguing to see the climate effects from this as well.
It will also be intriguing to see the climate effects from this as well.
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There were subit difference in pressure around the world. This from Miami from Papín.
https://twitter.com/pppapin/status/1482409177238626306
https://twitter.com/pppapin/status/1482409177238626306
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Daylight over Tonga, looks like a huge plum of ash over the area.


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Imran_doomhaMwx wrote:Himawari-8 satellite loop. The moment it erupted is just, wow!
https://i.imgur.com/iHnYaOQ.gif
Oh wow that's insane! That shockwave is also crazy. Hopefully everyone's okay

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cycloneye wrote:There were subit difference in pressure around the world. This from Miami from Papín.
https://twitter.com/pppapin/status/1482409177238626306
Yep, here are some from the Philippines a while ago.
https://twitter.com/doomhaMwx/status/1482376136701378564
Here's a pretty cool visualization from Weathernews, Japan.
https://twitter.com/wni_jp/status/1482350492282134530
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Air pressure obs at Nuku'alofa, Tonga during the eruption. Pressure rapidly dropped from 1005mb to 984.3 mb at 04:41 UTC, then rapidly rose up to 1010mb in 10 mins (almost as if a cyclone briefly passed over). Also notable sharp rise/fall in air temp by 1-2C at that time.




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Even in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean Islands and in Texas GOM coast there is data from NOAA of minitsunami.


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Re: Volcanic Eruption near Tonga
cycloneye wrote:Even in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean Islands and in Texas GOM coast there is data from NOAA of minitsunami.
https://i.imgur.com/vFWrQVX.jpg
That's insane.
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Kingarabian wrote:cycloneye wrote:Even in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean Islands and in Texas GOM coast there is data from NOAA of minitsunami.
https://i.imgur.com/vFWrQVX.jpg
That's insane.
How does this compare to, say, Pinatubo? So far this eruption appears to have been weaker than that of 1991, to not mention that of Krakatoa (1884).
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