SST'S and Anomalies in Atlantic and Pacific

weatherwoman132 · #781 Postby **weatherwoman132** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:40 am

I know this may sound stupid, but I'm still pretty young, and I dont know exactly what the loop current does. can someone expalin it to me so I can understand better.

#782 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:11 am

im not exactly sure myself but this might help some:
its a very strong current that is shaped like a loop in the GOM and florida straight and goes up towards Cape Hatteras, NC that superheats the water in the area and can cause a hurricane to explode in energy

weatherwoman132 · #783 Postby **weatherwoman132** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:12 am

it makes the water hotter?

#784 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:16 am

this is a past image that clearly shows the loop current and the heating affects

weatherwoman132 · #785 Postby **weatherwoman132** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:17 am

thanks, but do you know why there is one? like what's the cause of it? and when it comes every year, or month, or something?

#786 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:48 am

i'm not sure of the cause but i think it is year long but stronger in the summer

weatherwoman132 · #787 Postby **weatherwoman132** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:16 am

nad it gets like more visible towards the start of hurricane season? it comes from the carribean?

HurricaneHunter914 · #788 Postby **HurricaneHunter914** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:13 pm

#789 Postby **windycity** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:19 pm

the loop current is part of the gulf stream., and comes up between the yucatan penn. and cuba. Since the deepest areas of warm water in the GOM are the loop current or eddys. they are ofted the cause for a strengthing hurricane. While the loop current seems to be further north in the summer, thats not always the case. Related to the loop current, are eddys that break off to form in various water depths in the GOM. One large eddy is the eddy vortex. I have been studing the loop current all winter . Fun stuff.

#790 Postby **windycity** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:42 pm

Did that help at all? Seriously, the complexity of all of the weather patterns are so fasinating! Makes you understand everything how everything works together to make our weather..Nothing about it, is by chance. 8-)

HurricaneHunter914 · #791 Postby **HurricaneHunter914** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:46 pm

I'm wondering. What the heck are Eddy's?

#792 Postby **windycity** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:54 pm

Eddys break off from the loop current to form their own deep areas of warm water. They are also called anticlyclones, but i dont want to confuse you more. Its quite simple to understand if you realize how gulf and ocean currents work. :wink:

HurricaneHunter914 · #793 Postby **HurricaneHunter914** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:55 pm

So eddys are warm water?

weatherwoman132 · #794 Postby **weatherwoman132** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:00 pm

thanks for clarifying it.

#795 Postby **windycity** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:03 pm

yes , eddys are warm, deep water. The eddy vortex is the largest eddy and sits south of N.O.

CHRISTY · #796 Postby **CHRISTY** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:04 pm

Here is an Example ofHurricane Katrina encountering the Gulf Loop Current and Eddy Vortex.

HurricaneHunter914 · #797 Postby **HurricaneHunter914** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:06 pm

So those are what fueled Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma to become cat-5s? Right?

#798 Postby **windycity** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:10 pm

RIGHT!!!!

HurricaneHunter914 · #799 Postby **HurricaneHunter914** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:13 pm

I am good. :lol:

CHRISTY · #800 Postby **CHRISTY** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:16 pm

Hurricane Hunter 914 wrote:I am good.

yes sir thats a good example i just posted....

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