WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:04.020 music 2 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:08.200 To predict weather on a planet, we look at Rossby waves, large movement patterns in the atmosphere.  3 00:00:08.220 --> 00:00:12.390 Scientists have recently discovered Rossby waves on the sun.  4 00:00:12.410 --> 00:00:22.980 On the sun, the waves are driven by magnetic currents below the surface. 5 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:23.190 Monitoring these waves and the disturbances they generate could help us make better long-term space weather predictions. 6 00:00:23.210 --> 00:00:31.450 Monitoring these waves and the disturbances they generate could help us make better long-term space weather predictions. 7 00:00:31.470 --> 00:00:35.640 tone 8 00:00:35.660 --> 00:00:38.657 beeping