I missed that...was in Uganda, but it seemed impressive. It had actually tore the cover off of my central AC piping outside. Anything that causes any type of wind damage in my neck of the woods gets noticed....up there with the Feb 2010 wind event.
That was posted in the mid atl forum....not sure how a cold N HEM strat correlates to a warm N HEM strat....I'd take that one with a grain of salt, as it doesn't seem to be peer reviewed.
This was raindance's take:
I'm treating Tonga as a N. Hem volcano because it erupted more greenhouse gasses than aerosols, since N Hem / S Hem volcanoes have opposite effects on the Northern Hemisphere hurricane seasons.
TBH, I am kind of hoping the rain whiffs me tomorrow because its dry for as far as the eye can see, thereafter...may as well run with the drought bc its all we have for months.
Regardless of the foliage, the difference in the sun is palpable....90 degrees just doesn't have the same bite that it did in mid July, just like when cold is manageable in the sun as we near March.