Satellite data showed that California coastal winds weakened during the Pacific Blob enough to prevent cold upwelling water from breaking through the unusually warm surface water.
Sources
- A Striking New View of the Pacific 'Blob' (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/feature-articles/blob (earthdata.nasa.gov)
- https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/87513/the-demise-of-the-warm-blob (earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
- https://usclivar.org/research-highlights/coastal-warming-related-%E2%80%98-blob%E2%80%99 (usclivar.org)
- https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/sharks-flooding-heatwaves-how-blob-el-nio-could-wreak-havoc-ca (patch.com)
- https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/climate/pacific-ocean-blob-hot-water-global-warming (cnn.com)
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