How long with a hurricane cool the waters for?

[ConvergenceZone]

I know when a strong hurricane(like Dean) passes over, it tends to cool the waters, but my question is, how long before the waters start to warm again? I wouldn't think it would take too long?

[Cyclone1]

I know when a strong hurricane(like Dean) passes over, it tends to cool the waters, but my question is, how long before the waters start to warm again? I wouldn't think it would take too long?

No more than a few days.

[decgirl66]

That is a good question...also, how far down does the cane churn up the waters? Also, how deep does the heat content of the water go? Doesn't it get cooler the deeper it is?

[Derecho]

That's from yesterday, you can see where Dean cooled the water in the Carribean. In that location, I doubt that cool anomaly lasts more than a week. In the Atlantic I think they can last 10-14 days.

[KWT]

I think a lot depends on the time of year as well, for example a cool patch can recover faster in July/August due to stronger sun then in say late October. down in the heart of the tropics I suppose the difference isn't that large between the two though.

[cycloneye]

Look what Powerful Hurricane Dean did to the waters.It will take a week or two for those waters to warm to what they were before Dean moved thru.

[windstorm99]

Hurricane Dean's wake
Hurricane Dean's passage will be remembered not only by the people it affected, but by the ocean itself. A large, powerful storm like Dean generates a tremendous amount of mixing of the ocean, which brings up deep, cold water to the surface. Dean's passage cooled off the Gulf of Mexico waters near the Yucatan Peninsula by up to 3 degrees C (5.6 degrees F). The western Caribbean was not as strongly affected, since there is a much deeper layer of warm water there, thanks to the presence of the warm Loop Current. The cold water anomaly left by Dean will take several weeks to dissipate.

Jeff Masters....

[jinftl]

Apparently not too long....well on our way to having another Cat 4..or maybe Cat 5...in the same general region as Dean passed!

[KWT]

hurricane Dean passed way north of where Felix is right now, the waters Felix is in right now didn't really get effected y Dean, at this point Dean was a good 100-200 miles to the north I believe.

[jinftl]

so maybe unless a storm passes directly over the core of a previous storm...within a short amount of time after the first storm...the impact of cooler water upwelling is minimal