An equatorial Rossby wave is currently passing to the north of Australia, causing areas of enhanced cloudiness on either side of the equator at Australian longitudes.

This Potsdam Institute video explain how Rossby waves create extreme weather events. "A series of persistent, extreme, and costly summer weather events over the past decade and a half, including ...

Unlike Earth, where Rossby waves dominate atmospheric circulation, on Mars, gravity waves take precedence. These waves, too small to be measured directly, must be estimated using indirect methods.