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Title: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: davidg_nz on January 15, 2022, 04:53:36 AM
Don't know if this really belongs here as its not exactly weather but...

(https://fremont.zx.net.nz/~david/images/tonga_sw_sb.png) (https://fremont.zx.net.nz/~david/images/tonga_sw_hlz.png)

A bit over two hours after the volcano erupted in Tonga, around 1986km from Port Charles according to Google Maps. I never thought something like this would be picked up by a personal weather station before.

Edit:
Zoomed view of just the pressure surge:
(https://fremont.zx.net.nz/~david/images/tonga_sw_sb_zoom.png)

News is saying quite a few people even here in New Zealand over 2000km away heard the eruption (or its shockwave) as well.
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: WA7FWF on January 15, 2022, 12:21:24 PM
Not as dramatic but I also saw a blip in Northern Idaho.
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Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: hmderek on January 15, 2022, 01:37:10 PM
Waiting to see if Europe gets anything.
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: Jim_S on January 15, 2022, 01:59:38 PM
Thanks for starting the thread!

Not as dramatic but I also saw a blip in Northern Idaho.
The same here in eastern Washington. Scanning WU you can see the blip and compare times with other stations. Very interesting.
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: chief-david on January 15, 2022, 02:09:55 PM
holy cow

8am central
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: hmderek on January 15, 2022, 02:29:19 PM
Netherlands!

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Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: saratogaWX on January 15, 2022, 02:31:04 PM
 :shock: My weather station (Saratoga, CA, USA) recorded the shock wave from the #Tongaeruption this morning.  The eruption is 5,313 miles (8550 km) away.
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: chief-david on January 15, 2022, 02:45:25 PM
will have to talk about this in class Monday
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: NK7Z on January 15, 2022, 02:53:20 PM
I am fairly sure I also captured the event in Oregon...  See attached.
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: NK7Z on January 15, 2022, 02:53:58 PM
Blast Event is NOT the large bump, it is the yellow circle centered on the time.
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: hmderek on January 15, 2022, 02:58:17 PM
I was hoping to be able to detect a small effect, but this looks a lot like the graphs I saw this morning from locations much much closer. 3 hPa difference between leading edge of the blast and the back!

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Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: CW2274 on January 15, 2022, 03:55:07 PM
Can't figure out how to take a screen shot of my graph, but my pressure went form 30.177" at 1140Z to 30.221" at 1220Z then dropped back down. Very reminiscent of a pressure wave associated with a T-storm outflow.  8-)
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: mcrossley on January 15, 2022, 04:26:14 PM
Got this up in the Cheshire area of the UK at 19:00 UTC...

I make it distance of around 10,000 miles, or 16,000 km.

EDIT: Updated to include the secondary event just before 02:00 UTC on the 16/01/22

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Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: worachj on January 15, 2022, 05:59:21 PM
Tonga volcanic eruption took almost 10 hours to affected pressure in Minnesota when it erupted around 10PM CT on 1/14 and reached MSP at 8AM on 1/15.

https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/1482438444013916162
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: Storm017 on January 15, 2022, 07:04:52 PM
I believe capture the pressure blip here on the east coast.
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: Storm017 on January 15, 2022, 11:45:08 PM
Video Link from Space Weather:

https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=181596
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: Brutha on January 16, 2022, 03:56:41 AM
Got this in the Western Isles of Scotland last night:

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Two waves in fact - the first the one coming directly, the second presumably the one going the long way round!
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: hmderek on January 16, 2022, 04:15:21 AM
Second shockwave just around 2.30 UTC+1 here.

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Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: ocala on January 16, 2022, 06:42:14 AM
Slight bump here in central Florida.
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Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: jimi on January 16, 2022, 07:11:57 AM
Second shockwave just around 2.30 UTC+1 here.

Looks like mine caught both as well

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Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: ShuttleAU on January 16, 2022, 07:11:58 AM
Hi

Picked up in Sydney Australia.  Two screenshots from Weather Underground from two weather stations about 25 km apart. The timing is the same and matches the local weather bureau data.

Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: Dador on January 16, 2022, 08:46:08 AM
I watched it live on the computer. I was surprised where these quick changes in pressure came from, because it was freezing outside and almost no wind.

Davis VP2
(https://pogodarybnik.pl/obrazki/cisnienie%20cm1.png)

GW1000
(https://pogodarybnik.pl/obrazki/cisnienie%20cmx.png)
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: Storm017 on January 16, 2022, 09:49:11 AM
I believe capture the possibly a second pressure blip here on the east coast.  Weather was clear and temp was -3.0 f
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: PaulMy on January 16, 2022, 12:11:22 PM
My WL.com data seems to show two separate times about 14 hours apart.


Enjoy,
Paul
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: hofpwx on January 16, 2022, 12:29:12 PM
Four stations in the Boulder, Colorado area. The NREL campus to the south, the NCAR Mesa and Foothill Labs, and my station, at about 6:30 MST.
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: davidmc36 on January 16, 2022, 01:07:24 PM
10:30 ish in Eastern Ontario on the morning or 15th. [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: Bashy on January 16, 2022, 05:51:56 PM
Can't figure out how to take a screen shot of my graph, but my pressure went form 30.177" at 1140Z to 30.221" at 1220Z then dropped back down. Very reminiscent of a pressure wave associated with a T-storm outflow.  8)

If on the PC/lappy, try, Windows button + Shift + S, then draw a box around item, then save or you can just paste it into certain media...

My station too recorded it here in, Norfolk, UK, amazing, is that an aftershock an hour or so later?
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: CW2274 on January 16, 2022, 06:00:26 PM
Can't figure out how to take a screen shot of my graph, but my pressure went form 30.177" at 1140Z to 30.221" at 1220Z then dropped back down. Very reminiscent of a pressure wave associated with a T-storm outflow.  8)
If on the PC/lappy, try, Windows button + Shift + S, then draw a box around item, then save or you can just paste it into certain media...
No matter what I tried, no joy. I did it once before, but spaced how I did do it. I'll try this. Thanks!
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: Bashy on January 16, 2022, 06:11:02 PM
Can't figure out how to take a screen shot of my graph, but my pressure went form 30.177" at 1140Z to 30.221" at 1220Z then dropped back down. Very reminiscent of a pressure wave associated with a T-storm outflow.  8)
If on the PC/lappy, try, Windows button + Shift + S, then draw a box around item, then save or you can just paste it into certain media...
No matter what I tried, no joy. I did it once before, but spaced how I did do it. I'll try this. Thanks!

Its called the windows sniping tool, the other way to do is is Print Screen button or "prt sc", then open paint, and then just either paste it in or click CTRL V, then crop what ya need, ya may need to resize for places like here due to file size limit
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: davidg_nz on January 16, 2022, 07:16:31 PM
Its been long enough that if the shockwave was going to make it all the way around the world it should have done so by now and this morning the barometer was doing something a little odd:
(https://fremont.zx.net.nz/~david/images/tonga/sb.png)
(highlighted data is the right-most peak - I should have highlighted it in the chart)

Both stations show it though the Hamilton one (142km southwest, inland) to a lesser extent. There are the remains of cyclone Cody passing east of New Zealand but according to MetService was "well to the east" of here at 7am so perhaps this is is the shockwave coming back around:
(https://fremont.zx.net.nz/~david/images/tonga/sb_17jan.png) (https://fremont.zx.net.nz/~david/images/tonga/hlz_17jan.png)

As a 30 minute average it appears as a bit of a sharp bump:
(https://fremont.zx.net.nz/~david/images/tonga/sb_30m.png) (https://fremont.zx.net.nz/~david/images/tonga/hlz_30m.png)

So I guess the shockwave managed to go all the way around the world? Or it could be nothing I suppose - I don't think I've ever looked this closely at the barometer before.
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: hofpwx on January 16, 2022, 10:10:43 PM

The pressure wave from the 1883 Krakatoa eruption propagated around the globe six or seven times, measurably.

The plot in this tweet from the UK Met Office is amazing. Wish I'd set my recording frequency higher beforehand. Oh well.


https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1482605906659622914?s=20 (https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1482605906659622914?s=20)
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: hmderek on January 17, 2022, 03:03:43 AM
So I'm looking at my data, wondering if I have detected or will detect anything the second time around. If the wave would have continued at the same speed, I'd expect a result around 05:0007:00 UTC here, which is about right!

I am thinking this spike might be something. 2 hours late, but a 1.2 hPa jump during 20-30 minutes. Afterwards it drops back 1 hPa in 15 minutes. If the pressure wasn't already rising, I'm guessing the drop would have been more.

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Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: Cutty Sark Sailor on January 19, 2022, 03:53:28 PM
(https://frankfortweather.us/stuff/tonga_frankfort.png)
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: davidefa on January 19, 2022, 05:24:59 PM
Can't believe my station recorded this event ( reported at 4:10utc ):
- first peak at 20:01 utc distance traveled 17300Km, delta t 15:51, speed 1091Km/h
- second peak at 00:55utc, distance traveled 22775, delta t 20:45, speed 1097Km/h

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Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: ocala on January 29, 2022, 06:23:35 AM
Nice informational video about the Tonga volcano. Although towards the end it strays from the subject matter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZZVVwqZ0rs
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: Randall Kayfes on February 01, 2022, 02:47:38 PM
It appears my PWS picked it starting about 05:00 (UTC-7)

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuzaxn7ZhWxmZL9oi7WCxccojcZvAlDoXBt0RRabcS4B7qGzggz3ESDv-TVjfbv-SUyXqkOfzweeDDHdcls2UMCDjckwNc8aIkvRb8yE1f7Vx440y7Ul8r83KD8QF8BC9vkvhWIKd4QsbYcLAZUtvG95dM3jeFDffAAOzl5at3-rZ-ODxABO4rMBOhWg=w640-h320)

Tonga Vocano pinned red
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqxboh53eNeeNk3NRXTVWq1L8Np6DLvEWzA-zGZER_FjxtJPdKVbTbCBedERDN9PaNnG3M7XvCWT0s_Cr3cG7FYK6wbj0JJvi_FqKNWQaPYIDGjvNw3X1znvubZuI0ZP8sC9k571AfNNq_ODV5PWbN0W96AMNTkeCdjDU-9Ne8gyrPI1fPcDrn1BlwKQ=w640-h470)
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: PaulMy on February 01, 2022, 04:19:46 PM
And Davis is laying claim to it ;)   https://www.davisinstruments.com/blogs/news/your-davis-station-saw-the-tonga-volcano-shockwaves?mc_cid=9cf841ae17&mc_eid=907f4a847b (https://www.davisinstruments.com/blogs/news/your-davis-station-saw-the-tonga-volcano-shockwaves?mc_cid=9cf841ae17&mc_eid=907f4a847b)


Enjoy,
Paul
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: hofpwx on February 01, 2022, 05:21:25 PM
Nice informational video about the Tonga volcano. Although towards the end it strays from the subject matter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZZVVwqZ0rs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZZVVwqZ0rs)


There’s a very good channel called GeologyHub that has several videos about the volcano, plus more.
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: hofpwx on February 01, 2022, 09:30:20 PM
And Davis is laying claim to it ;)   https://www.davisinstruments.com/blogs/news/your-davis-station-saw-the-tonga-volcano-shockwaves?mc_cid=9cf841ae17&mc_eid=907f4a847b (https://www.davisinstruments.com/blogs/news/your-davis-station-saw-the-tonga-volcano-shockwaves?mc_cid=9cf841ae17&mc_eid=907f4a847b)


Enjoy,
Paul


The "moments later" regarding the tsunami that hit Peru was an ouch.

Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: Wooks61 on February 03, 2022, 12:32:58 PM
Also seen in Donauwörth
Title: Re: Shockwave from volcano
Post by: Wooks61 on February 03, 2022, 12:40:13 PM
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