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Title: Weather systems in UK detect Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai explosion...
Post by: Rick on Jan 16, 2022, 17:46:02
A number of folk on the UK Meteor Network have their own weather systems, and several of them have reported detecting barometric pressure changes caused by the shockwave from the volcanic explosion. The Met Office posted a few charts, one of which you can find on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1482605906659622914
Title: Re: Weather systems in UK detect Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai explosion...
Post by: Carole on Jan 16, 2022, 19:54:22
Very interesting. 

Carole
Title: Re: Weather systems in UK detect Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai explosion...
Post by: AndrewRamsay on Jan 16, 2022, 19:57:25
Clearly quite a bang.
Title: Re: Weather systems in UK detect Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai explosion...
Post by: Rick on Jan 16, 2022, 23:29:28
The USGS has reported detecting the shockwave on its second trip round the Earth...

See https://twitter.com/USGSVolcanoes/status/1482805903124414464
Title: Re: Weather systems in UK detect Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai explosion...
Post by: Rick on Jan 21, 2022, 10:13:59
...and the data got a secondary application, too: https://www.mezzacotta.net/100proofs/archives/687 ;)