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OFF the coast of Africa! 

Whirlpool the Size of Colorado Now Tracked From Space, Study Says

Quote:A new method for tracking the Great Whirl, a massive whirlpool the size of Colorado that forms each year off the coast of East Africa, has been discovered and may help forecasters predict how wet a monsoon season will be in India and neighboring countries, a new study says.  Twenty-three years of satellite data showed researchers that the whirlpool that returns every year off the Horn of Africa in the Indian Ocean is larger and longer than previously thought, according to the study published Monday in Geophysical Research Letters.


During its peak, the whirlpool reaches an area of 106,000 square miles and can grow to more than 300 miles wide, lasting about 200 days from spring through the fall. In comparison, Colorado covers an area of 104,000 square miles.  According to study, the whirlpool is also connected to the monsoon that not only fuels India's $2 trillion agricultural economy, but also can bring deadly flooding to parts of India, Bangladesh and neighboring countries.

The whirlpool's peak typically runs from June to September, which coincides with India's monsoon season.

One positive outcome of this new method of whirl tracking is that it might help discern a pattern in the Great Whirl's formation, which might in turn help forecasters better predict when India will have a very dry or very wet monsoon season.

You've got to be of a certain age to appreciate this ... but I think I know where it comes out.