Page 8 - Wave Height News Today

Compared to the old area, 13 to 19 feet on average. so kind of the wave height alone allow for visual observation, certainly to be easier if you can see any material. also, of course, the depth of the water, and the weather, along this rolling 40s is much more voracious than where it is farther north. so that is certainly good news. heres this new area, about 123,000 square miles, kind of the size of new mexico, to give you a perspective. how big this area, the search area, when you see it on a ...

Let me show you. this was the old search area. and the key thing here is what we call the roaring 40s which is the 40-degree latitude mark. and there we have very strong westerlies, big storms, big wind, big waves. and the storms move through completely unimunincumbered. the new area, the weather here is certainly a lot easier in terms of the waves. on average here, wave height in the new are, about six feet. on average farther south, 700 miles south, theyre about 16 to 19 feet. big difference w...

That is easier to search? >> thats a good way of putting it. its far enough north for the seas to be a lot calmer. the area is sort of boxed in almost, theres africa and australia on either side and i was talking to an oceanographer this morning and he was saying the average wave height in the southern ocean was up to six meters, where theyre going now its about three meters. so better conditions generally. the conditions are said to be fine. theres about -- well, theres ten planes going out tod...

Ocean, which is just getting worse, right? >> yeah, the next few days not looking good across the area. you see that cold front and where that debris was found, the last image. heavy rain, a lot of wind. those seas are going to get worse over the next three to four days. wave height models look like well see that increase until thursday. gives you an idea we probably have another four or five days of really rough conditions here before it mellows out a little bit. any kind of mellowing out there...

High seas can move the objects. theres so many moving parts here. we look at the cnn exclusive high resolution model, we are looking at another storm system to roll through in the next 24 hours. this is sunday, noon eastern time, which is midnight. so what, its happening in the middle of the night. you cant say that. ahead of the system, we are looking at very high winds, looking at the waves to increase, the wave height and we are going to see the cloud cover increase ahead of this. so, as we g...

In by the counterclockwise winds. 6 to 11 feet around long island sound. it will push wave height 20 to 30 feet on top of the storm surge. it could be de stating. back to you. >> eric: thank you. go to rick leventhal live in point pleasant, new jersey. what are the conditions like now? >> wind is whipping. its not raining hard. but the waves, the surf is very strong. you can see the water an debris on ocean avenue. if you look left, you can see the water coming over that sand berm and in the str...

The move over there. jeff, you saw a couple of tornadoes, right? >>guest: i sure did. (inaudible) i looked out the window and there were two tornadoes. we are in gulf of mexico port, mississippi, the last ten minutes, the waves were 3 and now the waves are 5 to 7. (inaudible) this area took a tremendous hit back in katrina. (inaudible) the waves are coming up. they have doubled in the last hour. the wave height and storm surge is up dramatically and beach boulevard will go underwater. i understa...

On-scene weather at this time, the water temperature, the wind direction or wave height. theres always a possibility that the person could turn up just fine. thats why were out there searching for them. all right. this was a corporate helicopter, thomas? >> i dont know that at this time, sir. >> neil: okay. thank you very much. well stay on top of this. in the meantime one person they still cannot get, unless that person took themselves to shore. that does not look good right there. all right in...

Height with a tsunami warning, how it may come in, it could be a few feet or larger. until it comes on shore you need to take extreme precaution, move away from the coastline immediately. as i mentioned, the coastline, thats whats happening now. the warning is going off and they are moving to higher groun grounds. >> we hope so. thanks. martin savidge is getting more information. well be right back. litter box : purina tidy cats. our premium litters now work harder to help neutralize odors in mu...

Miyagi region. areas to the north and south are also under advisories. a tsunami warning is serious, whether its just a few feet or could be a tall tsunami. whenever a tsunami warning is issued, you must evacuate the coastline and seek higher ground. as martin has been reporting, the wave height can vary and may come in as one or two or three feet in areas. depending on topography and the topography underneath the sea, the imagery of whats happening beneath the sea, there could be different heig...