tropical cyclone jack heading into the region. how soon before the storm gets here? the storm is about 600 miles away and we re seeing some thunderstorms beginning to develop ahead of the cyclone itself. we also know wave heights, according to the joint typhoon warping center, wave heights as high as four meters. once the storm gets here inside the next two days, wave height also be 7 to 10 feet on the water. so any visual search will be impacted. plenty of rainfall over this region as the storm system nears the zone. winds about 60 miles per hour once the storm gets here. but the strongest winds at this point look to stay just outside of the search zone with cyclone jack. the season as the waters cool
search area is 1,700 kilometers away from the coastline, as well. that is how it works, deplaying the buoy and reaching down to some 1,000 feet where it passively listens for transmitting the pinging up to an airline or boat on the surface. the weather certainly cooperating. high pressure, a dome in place. of course, air moves counterclockwise around highs in the summer in the summer hemispheres. that will tap into clouds, a few showers. overall a very good pattern here for this search that continues off the coast of australia. you can see the modeling showing the clouds on the increase, and the winds will be up as we head into the next 24 to 48 hours. the waves, we re looking at it from around three wave heights. it cub a lot worse. we re lucking out a bit. we ll take that.
heights or five meter wave heights would disturb the surface and the ping they re using could be impacted. experts told us this is going to be bobbing back and forth in the ocean. that makes it more challenging especially when you consider the battery is reaching the end of the life and perhaps not sending the strongest signal out from the vessel. we ve heard about the ping device sending signals intermittently. we know there are thermal events in the ocean that could impact the signal itself, perhaps cutting it off. that could explain why the signals are on and off. temperatures are drastic here a. that s interesting too. it does seem like a miracle the final hours perhaps that these batteries were working they may have found something. certainly hope the weather will
these are the most sies mow logically active places in the world but nonetheless they lie on two separate plates. the nafta plate in south america and the completely different plate by southern california. we want to look at how active it s been in south america. just there in this region in chile, they ve had five quakes over 5.0 including a 7.0. the only thing they have common is they re both on this ring of fire, the sies mow logically active region in the world. let s talk about what we know about this kwiek. depth 12.5 miles. keep in mind it was close to the coast line. then became the concern of course since it was in the water with the tsunami. they did see wave heights up to almost seven feet. tsunamis, you talk about a bull s eye with the water expanding outward. we re seeing the energy cruising towards the pacific.
see the winds are starting to back off throughout the next 48 hours. not to say there won t be periods where those winds do pick up here and there, but regardless, the general trend is they are backing off, which has a huge impact, of course, on wave heights. currently seeing them really between 3 and 15 feet, but of course, any time you kick up the winds, you kick up wave heights as well, so a mixed bag still. absolutely. some of the toughest terrain in the world and couple that with bad weather. only good news is they re further north, where the weather is a little bit better for the search area. thank you, indra. we ll be following the latest on the search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370 all morning long, including information obtained by cnn on the final words of the crew to air traffic control. first, ukraine expected to get big support from the united states today, congress voting on millions in aid and on punishment for russia. we re live from the border straigh