Hello Mr. Wolf, won't you please sit down?

[AlohaSteven]

With regard to the discussion in this thread about possible relationships between Puna and Kona annual rainfall patterns http://www.island-trust.com/big-island-a...l-map.html , local weather, severe storms, and ocean water temperature -here is a link to an interesting story on sealevel height variation potentially being more clearly indicative than surface temperature.

A number of recent studies have shown that satellite measurements of sea surface height, which show where and how much heat is stored in the ocean, are useful in predicting if hurricanes will strengthen as they travel over water..."Understanding Hurricane Intensity Using Sea Surface Height and Temperature Information," compares data from six storms. It demonstrates that ocean heat content, which fuels the development of hurricanes, is more clearly indicated by measurements of sea surface height than surface temperature.

http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/fe...903-2.html

I wonder what effect the undersea lava vents of Lo`ihi Seamount have on seawater temperature off Puna and if this, in turn, has any bearing on Big Island rainfall patterns or storm severity?

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanoes/loihi/

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/HCV/loihi.html


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A pleasant slideshow: http://www.thejoymovie.com

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