Storm In A Tea Cup Or A Whirlpool On Jupiter?

[paigetheoracle]

Could it be that Jupiter's red spot is not a storm but an eddy, just like the famous tidal whirlpools in Scotland, Scandinavia and Japan (Corryvrekan, Saltstraumen, Moskstraumen & Naruto). What storms stay in one place for hundreds of years? None. All storms move and blow themselves out after a short interval but these whirlpools stay constantly in one place. Could it be that an asteroid strike, like we saw a few years ago, pierced the surface layer and has been pouring out debris ever since? The bands are acting more like liquid than gas in this respect, twirling this anomaly like a spinning top.

 

I ask as a layman, thinking about this not an expert.

[cal]

The bands are acting more like liquid than gas in this respect, twirling this anomaly like a spinning top.

That actually makes sense, but I'm guessing there's a bit of evidence saying that what we can visibly see spiraling is indeed gas. However, the gas may be a side effect of something you described here, which would account for both problems of stationary storm and the visible color we see.

Edited November 28, 2013 by Snax

[SaxonViolence]

I read one time...

 

If global temperatures continue to rise at some point in the next couple of centuries we could get something like a Huge Permanent Tornado pretty much rooted to one spot and analogous to Jupiter's Red Spot.

 

Said that it would tear out all the soil right down to the bedrock.

 

The fellow even had worked out approximately where it would be located—somewhere in Northeast Oklahoma.

 

Pretty sure it was a Crack-Brained Theory, but not sure how deep and wide the cracks were.

 

Wish I could remember where I read it.

 

 

Saxon Violence