December 28, 2022
28 feet, have been recorded. how do storms produce this surge? a small part, only around 5% of the surge, comes from a fall in atmospheric pressure above the storm. relatively less pressure of the atmosphere pushing down lets water up well. the major driver by far, however, is wind. the stronger the winds, the more force that can be applied to the water surface and literally push up an increasingly large body of water. as storms approach landfall, where wind direction is onshore, the mass of wat...