On Dec 12, 10:11 am, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Dec 11, 6:50 pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:

Or have I got the cart before the horse? Do the larger earthquakes
cause the gyres?

Nope, I no thin so:

5.0 2007/12/13 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA

6.2 2007/12/13 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION

6.2 2007/12/13 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

5.1 2007/12/13 MID-INDIAN RIDGE

5.3 2007/12/13 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

5.2 2007/12/13 TONGA

6.0 2007/12/13 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

5.0 2007/12/13 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

This is an odd one:

REMARKS:
141500Z POSITION NEAR 14.3S 69.1E.
TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 06S (NONAME) LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 460 NM
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF DIEGO GARCIA, HAS TRACKED SOUTHWARD AT 03 KNOTS
OVER THE PAST 06 HOURS. TC 06S HAS REMAINED QUASI-STATIONARY OVER
THE PAST 06 HOURS. THE SYSTEM REMAINS UNDER THE COMPETING STEERING
INFLUENCES OF NEAR EQUATORIAL RIDGING AND A LOW- TO MID-LEVEL SUB-
TROPICAL RIDGE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED
TO LEAVE THIS RELATIVELY WEAK ENVIRONMENT NEAR TAU 12 AND TRACK
GENERALLY SOUTHWESTWARD. TC 06S WILL UNDERGO SLOW INTENSIFICATION
DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AXIS OF THE
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AND EXPERIENCES IMPROVED OUTFLOW. MAXIMUM SIG-
NIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 141200Z IS 14 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 150300Z
AND 151500Z.//
NNNN

http://205.85.40.22/jtwc/warnings/sh0608web.txt

It is odd that this one has stalled. I don't remember that happening
previously. But to stall and then grow?