Wrong Meteorology in “The Day after Tomorrow” Movie Review

An imminent thermohaline shutdown due to global warming predicted by the film is unlikely to occur and contradicts to meteorological findings and theory. Even though ice is melting and the level of freshwater rises, a complete shutdown of North Atlantic deep water formation is extremely unlikely within this century.

In addition, the North Atlantic water formation is still unlikely to shutdown, while effects the slowdown of the water flow will not cause a new ice age, as the film predicts. Instead, it is possible that the cooling will occur but the cooling will rather eliminate current effects of the global warming rather than cause a new ice age. Nevertheless, the film predicts the complete shutdown of thermohaline circulation in a matter of days that is absolutely impossible from the meteorological point of view. Such even cannot occur physically at such a fast pace. There are simply not enough physical resources to shutdown the thermohaline circulation so fast. Instead, the process is unlikely to occur, but even if it does, it will take decades, if not centuries.

Another noteworthy meteorological failure of the film refers to storms that hit the entire planet in a matter of days too. One impossible fact described by the director refers to the air at the eye of each storm which is cold enough to freeze people instantly, placing the characters in mortal danger. Such immediate freezing is impossible as are impossible storms that hit simultaneously and immediately the entire planet. Terry Rapson explains this fact by the cold air descending from troposphere which, according to him, is about – 100C since fuel is freezing in helicopters. However, in reality, the tropopause is – 60C at average, and the eye of the hurricane has the lowest pressure of anywhere in the storm. Hence, the air is rising and not descending as Terry explains.

Finally, the immediate rise of sea level described by the film is also impossible because it takes decades and centuries to raise the sea level to 25 feet level as described by the film.

Works Cited:

Emmerich, R. The Day after Tomorrow. 20th Century Fox, 2004.

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