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What's up with the blue dot?

#1 Postby hurricanetrack » Tue Jun 08, 2004 9:24 am

Look at the OTIS shot:

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/products/OTI ... nomaly.gif

Notice the blue "hole" in the Pacific just west of 180 and right on the equator. Maybe it's a 13 degree drop in SST that spells the beginning of a new ice age. Sorry- had to throw that in. I do wonder though what would cause a round area of much below normal SSTs. Strange.
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#2 Postby vbhoutex » Tue Jun 08, 2004 9:58 am

Upwelling caused by a typhoon in the area?? I haven't followed the Pacific closely so I am just speculating.
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#3 Postby PTrackerLA » Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:27 am

LOL, thanks for the laugh I needed that this morning 8-) .
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#4 Postby Aquawind » Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:14 am

Go figure a blue dot is the sign of the end... :lol: :lol:
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#5 Postby Stormsfury » Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:38 am

Either one of two things ...

1) Upwelling caused by a typhoon
2) Bad/Missing Data ...
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#6 Postby wx247 » Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:42 am

WE NEED TO EVACUATE EVERYONE INTO MEXICO... STAT! ;)
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#7 Postby dixiebreeze » Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:15 pm

Yep. We're doomed. :eek:
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#8 Postby cycloneye » Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:27 pm

Stormsfury wrote:Either one of two things ...

1) Upwelling caused by a typhoon
2) Bad/Missing Data ...


I go with #2 because typhoon Conson is well away from where that dot is.
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#9 Postby GalvestonDuck » Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:28 pm

wx247 wrote:WE NEED TO EVACUATE EVERYONE INTO MEXICO... STAT! ;)


LOL! They tried that on TDAT. Then the borders were closed. :)
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#10 Postby wx247 » Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:49 pm

GalvestonDuck wrote:
wx247 wrote:WE NEED TO EVACUATE EVERYONE INTO MEXICO... STAT! ;)


LOL! They tried that on TDAT. Then the borders were closed. :)


*sigh* that is where that idea was borrowed from. Sadly enough that was not an original thought. ;)
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#11 Postby GalvestonDuck » Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:53 pm

I don't think it was original when the guys that did TDAT used it either. :wink:
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#12 Postby wx247 » Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:58 pm

true ;)
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#13 Postby HurricaneBill » Tue Jun 08, 2004 3:32 pm

It's a sign that the polar ice caps are melting and two new ones are forming at two points on the equator! :lol:
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#14 Postby vbhoutex » Tue Jun 08, 2004 3:45 pm

HurricaneBill wrote:It's a sign that the polar ice caps are melting and two new ones are forming at two points on the equator! :lol:


OMG!!! Head for the poles!!!!! :eek: :eek:
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#15 Postby Dean4Storms » Tue Jun 08, 2004 5:05 pm

A strange one indeed. Also note the very warm SST's for this time around Alaska and the North Atlantic, Ice caps melting? :eek:
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#16 Postby USAwx1 » Tue Jun 08, 2004 5:11 pm

Dean4Storms wrote:A strange one indeed. Also note the very warm SST's for this time around Alaska and the North Atlantic, Ice caps melting? :eek:


Don't bet your next check on it.
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#17 Postby Aquawind » Tue Jun 08, 2004 5:39 pm

OMG..it must be quiet..were still discussing this blue dot?..LMAO :D :D
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#18 Postby HURAKAN » Tue Jun 08, 2004 5:52 pm

I think seeing "The Day After Tomorrow" have traumatized some people. 8-)

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#19 Postby Anonymous » Tue Jun 08, 2004 7:21 pm

While these cool spots are kinda strange, they really aren't all that uncommon if you monitor the OTIS site daily. We get a couple spots like this every couple months and they usually fade away slowly.
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#20 Postby abajan » Tue Jun 08, 2004 9:40 pm

It's probably just an S2K emoticon someone threw into the ocean. :wink:
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