Over next 24 hours, the energy dissipates to a 'mere' 45 kt gale, but spread over a massive area, which basically overlays the huge 20 second pulse emitted from the above core fetch surge.
Click thumbs for animated swell and wind charts showing swell height, swell period and surface wind. Below, see the US Navy charts for swell height, peak period and white cap probability (shows intensity of storm winds which often gives you a good picture of where the focus of the energy is).
Now with user-managed controls on all animations.
