SST's - Gulf ready to boil

[dhweather]

That's an unbelieveable area of 86+ degree water. If anything gets into the gulf...... it's gonna pop.

<img src="http://www.diamondheadweather.com/sst.gif">

[WeatherEmperor]

those are very warm waters indeed.

<RICKY>

[jasons2k]

Here's a beauty:

[hicksta]

Our lord who art in heaven...

[dwg71]

Yes they are warm, but are they above average. I believe on the JB videos he always starts with a map that shows where the water is above normal. It shows off the coast of FL and then off the coast of NC. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I dont think those temps are unusual.

In the past 10 years (the active decade) we've only had 5 US Gulf coast landfalling hurricanes from storms that formed after 8/20. But we had 16 TS make landfall during that same time. So less than 1 in 4 even reach hurricane force.

[MetroMike]

OMG! That huge red graphic popped onto my screen and was a bit frightening for a few seconds.

Anyone up for boiling hot dogs off my fishing boat in the gulf this weekend.

[dhweather]

Add in the 26 degree isotherm.....

<img src="http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dataphod1/work/HHP/NEW/2005227god26.png">

[dwg71]

These are impressive, but are they abnormally high?

[alicia-w]

Yes they are warm, but are they above average. I believe on the JB videos he always starts with a map that shows where the water is above normal. It shows off the coast of FL and then off the coast of NC. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I dont think those temps are unusual.

In the past 10 years (the active decade) we've only had 5 US Gulf coast landfalling hurricanes from storms that formed after 8/20. But we had 16 TS make landfall during that same time. So less than 1 in 4 even reach hurricane force.

If you knew anything about the condition of the beachs along the panhandle of florida, you would know that ANY number of tropical storms, let alone hurricanes, will cause more devastation. Quite a number of foundations are already undermined and any additional surge activity will create a helluva impact.

[djtexillini]

warm water is just but a part of the equation, and probably not the largest part.

[dwg71]

Yes they are warm, but are they above average. I believe on the JB videos he always starts with a map that shows where the water is above normal. It shows off the coast of FL and then off the coast of NC. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I dont think those temps are unusual.

In the past 10 years (the active decade) we've only had 5 US Gulf coast landfalling hurricanes from storms that formed after 8/20. But we had 16 TS make landfall during that same time. So less than 1 in 4 even reach hurricane force.

If you knew anything about the condition of the beachs along the panhandle of florida, you would know that ANY number of tropical storms, let alone hurricanes, will cause more devastation. Quite a number of foundations are already undermined and any additional surge activity will create a helluva impact.

I'm not sure of the meaning of your reply, and I am aware of the beach devestation. We frequest PCB and I drove 1-10 to WDW quite a bit and have seen the damage. Also, I have a beachhouse in Galveston and know that it doesnt take much to erode the beach and also the retaining geotubes that are in place.

I'm only stating that just because the water is warm in the Gulf, doesnt automatically mean that TS are going to explode into Hurricanes. I'm trying to find out if these SST are a great deal different from the norm.

[alicia-w]

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/90day/fxus05.html

Here's some good info regarding SSTs.

[dwg71]

Does anybody know if the sst's are out of the ordinary for this time of the year?

[jasons2k]

Does anybody know if the sst's are out of the ordinary for this time of the year?

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/products/NCO ... nomaly.gif

Tad on the warm side

[dwg71]

Does anybody know if the sst's are out of the ordinary for this time of the year?

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/products/NCO ... nomaly.gif

Tad on the warm side

That's the map I was referencing, thanks. I'm not alarmed by the temps, they seem to be pretty close to normal. I takes a lot more than SST's to have a system "pop"

[NorthGaWeather]

Yes they are warm, but are they above average. I believe on the JB videos he always starts with a map that shows where the water is above normal.

Yes its above average. One of the Buoys was reporting SST's in the mid 90s a week or so ago.

[dwg71]

Yes they are warm, but are they above average. I believe on the JB videos he always starts with a map that shows where the water is above normal.

Yes its above average. One of the Buoys was reporting SST's in the mid 90s a week or so ago.

see above map, they seem to be in line with this time of the year.

[NorthGaWeather]

Yes they are warm, but are they above average. I believe on the JB videos he always starts with a map that shows where the water is above normal.

Yes its above average. One of the Buoys was reporting SST's in the mid 90s a week or so ago.

see above map, they seem to be in line with this time of the year.

I saw it, look a few degrees above average too me.

[WeatherEmperor]

The waters are very very very warm off the FL east coast as well. I was just watching my local weather station say that the waters are like 89F which is 3 degrees above average for this time of year and the easterly flow is causing the heat index to go up to around 105F. I can only imagine what would happen if a tropical cyclone would move over those waters on there way here.

<RICKY>

[du1st]

This has been said a billon times. We know there are high SST's but the rest of the equation doesn't add up.