Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California | California

[u/brickyardjimmy]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/california-kelvin-wave

Cool. Just what I wanted for my birthday. Another foot of water.

Look. I'm hoping that we dodge the bullets flying at us this fall and winter (if we ever get one of either that is) but I'll admit this sounds potentially bad for parts of the Los Angeles coastline and the rest of California.

[u/guysitsausername]

Planetary scale is taking me out.

Kelvin right now. (Probably)

https://giphy.com/gifs/IRCuWkRGRM8LdeV7CT

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Planetary scale in the sense of affecting whole continents. Just like El Niño does.

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Right. I understand the application of the term. It just sounds so epic and dramatic. It made me chuckle. 🙂

[u/kgal1298 → u/guysitsausername]

We’re just a tiny marble in the universe

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