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Huge Wave in Pacific Ocean About to Hit West Coast Will Have Global Impacts

An enormous wave now centered at 500 feet deep along the equator south of Hawaii is silently moving below the surface towards the west coast of the Americas.

This wave, called a Kelvin wave, took four years to build. It has just started to breach the surface. It is so large that it has substantially raised the height of the sea surface for thousands of miles along the equator in the central Pacific ocean. As it pushes towards the west coast it will impact global ocean currents and weather.

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Equatorial Pacific Temperature Anomaly depth section centered on 24March14

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