December 31, 2022
Heights of over 8.5 metres, or 28 feet, have been recorded. how do storms produce this? a small part, around 5%, comes from an atmospheric pressure fall before the storm, and relatively less pressure pushing down lets water up well. the major driver by far is wind. the stronger the wind, the more force that can be applied to the water surface and literally push up an increasingly large body of water. as storms approach land, where wind direction is onshore, the mass of water literally pushes inl...