Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures and Anomalies

[wxman57]

Current SST at Galveston as of yesterday- 92ºf.

The rain along the coast really knocked down SSTs in the shallow water. Now in the 80s. Pleasure Pier 89.6. Other areas as low as 83 now (eastern Bolivar Peninsula).

[Ed Mahmoud]

Current SST at Galveston as of yesterday- 92ºf.

The rain along the coast really knocked down SSTs in the shallow water. Now in the 80s. Pleasure Pier 89.6. Other areas as low as 83 now (eastern Bolivar Peninsula).

Amazing what a little rain will do. No doubt good for the bays and estuaries, mixing some fresh water in with the salt water.

[gatorcane]

SSTs around the South Florida coastline are extremely warm with this persistent light SW flow we have had this summer so far (lack of any trades). Mesoanalysis shows this nicely.

I believe those are some 90s showing in in parts of Florida Bay north of the FL Keys.

[Emmett_Brown]

I don't have any sea temp maps handy for comparison, so if someone else can post a link it would be appreciated, but I think (going by memory) that the GOM is now warmer than it has been during July during the 2005-2008 period.

[gatorcane]

updated SST map shows 88F off the SE Coast of FL....

about the hottest I have seen the SSTs in some time.

[Ed Mahmoud]

updated SST map shows 88F off the SE Coast of FL....

about the hottest I have seen the SSTs in some time.

Potentially spooky with 2 or the last 3 Euro runs suggest a front dangling into the Eastern Gulf. Floridians have had interesting seasons before during El Ni~o years.

[jinftl]

Areas in yellow and orange are above normal...

[cycloneye]

The GOM is literally baking.this graphic is distint from other ones as the green color is between 29C-30C.The orange color is for 31C and above.The blue color is between 28C - 29C.

[gatorcane]

In the past 6 weeks we have seen a reversal of anomalies across the Caribbean and part of the MDR, now we are running slightly above normal in this region.

Jul 1st, 2009:



Jul 13th, 2009:

[Aric Dunn]

far cry from earlier in the year when the eastern atlantic was well below normal now its well above normal .. lol

[cycloneye]

Those Atlantic ssts continue in a steady rise especially in the GOM,Caribbean and in parts of the Central Atlantic.

[KWT]

Loks much more like a warm era Atlantic again now. I suspect the cooler SST's were at least partly due to the long running La Nina signal we had in the Pacific and now thats swung around things have warmed.

[BigA]

Lack of tropical development in the Atlantic is not due to a paucity of warm water

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tafb/atl_anom.gif

Sorry about the lack of image.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Screaming Easterlies in the Caribbean mean lack of low level convergence in and East of the Caribbean. I've posted Euro 850 mb maps before, JB showed those in his latest video. 30 or 40 knot low level Easterlies in the Caribbean are a net minus for development in and near the Caribbean.

[cycloneye]

SSTS are not the only factor that gives energy to form Cyclones,but if a system gets favorable upper conditions,with these very warm waters it can intensify rapidly.Here are the readings from the South Florida / Keys area.

[cycloneye]

The GOM is boiling,over 30C.

[tailgater]

I sure hope that NO storm gets in there when conditions aloft are decent.

[jinftl]

Get a system in the wrong place....in an area of lower shear with these kind of water temps and the heat content of the loop current, and it could be the slowest season in recent memory and then bam! Conditions like shear are always in flux, the bathwater and loop current are constants for the next 2 months.

The red regions are water temps around 88-90 deg F in the FL Keys and SW FL coast. Look what that water did to Charley almost 5 years ago to the day. Cat 2 jumped to Cat 4 in the same exact region as he approached the coastline.

:eek:
I sure hope that NO storm gets in there when conditions aloft are decent.

[cycloneye]

There is still plenty of heat potential waters in the Western Caribbean.The question is if something develops in the area despite having El Nino in a moderate stage.



http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/cyclone/data/at.html

[tailgater]

Looks like us GOMers are gonna have a wet winter. Just a hunch