I always had a fear of gigantic tidal waves but this one made me blanch. Massive wave recorded in Southern OceanPublished: Tuesday, May 23, 2017
A massive, 64-foot-high wave was measured by a buoy in the Southern Ocean about 400 miles south of New Zealand on Saturday. The wave was taller than a six-story building. "This is one of the largest waves recorded in the Southern Hemisphere," said oceanographer Tom Durrant of MetOcean Solutions, a private weather firm in New Zealand. "This is the world's southernmost wave buoy moored in the open ocean, and we are excited to put it to the test in large seas," he wrote on the company's blog. The buoy was installed three months ago to get "valuable observations from this remote part of the ocean," according to the company. "Accurate measurements of these conditions will help us understand waves and air-sea interactions in these extreme conditions," Durrant said, referring to the new buoy. "This, in turn, will lead to improvements in the models used to simulate the waves, providing better forecasts, both for the Southern Ocean and for the wider region" (Doyle Rice, *USA Today* <https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/05/22/surfs-up-monstrous-64-foot-wave-measured-southern-ocean/102009718/>, May 22). *— CS* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
