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Holy smokes....look at this

#1 Postby hurricanetrack » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:10 pm

https://128.160.23.54/products/OFA/gsscofa.gif

Either the NAVO map is "broken" or there is already some 87+ F water in and near the Loop Current. Wow. This is quite impressive for so early in the season- I guess. I don't remember seeing this much warm water there before so early. Thoughts?
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#2 Postby LaPlaceFF » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:14 pm

wow...
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#3 Postby wxman57 » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:24 pm

Aren't Gulf temps just about normal for early June? Here's the latest SST anomaly map. Shows near normal temps across the Gulf. I don't think there's much unusual out there. It's even cooler than this time last year.

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/products/NCO ... nomaly.gif
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#4 Postby Jim Cantore » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:29 pm

it doesnt matter, the point is that the SST's can kick up a cat 5 and its only june
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#5 Postby JonathanBelles » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:30 pm

the 1st link doesnt work
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#6 Postby george_r_1961 » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:46 pm

Hurricane Floyd wrote:it doesnt matter, the point is that the SST's can kick up a cat 5 and its only june


SST's can be boiling with the upper level winds we have now and you still wont get a storm. I really would be surprised to see anything in the next 10 days.
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#7 Postby Jim Cantore » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:51 pm

george_r_1961 wrote:
Hurricane Floyd wrote:it doesnt matter, the point is that the SST's can kick up a cat 5 and its only june


SST's can be boiling with the upper level winds we have now and you still wont get a storm. I really would be surprised to see anything in the next 10 days.


I said nothing about upper level winds, I said that the SST's are warm enough to kick up a cat 5, I didnt say that they would.
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#8 Postby CHRISTY » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:52 pm

current position of the Loop Current...

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#9 Postby rockyman » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:09 pm

I have an innocent request for the upcoming season...Is there any way that we could voluntarily all stop starting threads with this type of title...If you want to say "holy smokes," maybe say "Holy smokes, look at these water temperatures"..instead of "look at this"...When the season really gets going, these sensational headlines can become distracting to some of us old haggard hurricane freaks. Thanks to anyone who'll go along with me on this :D
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#10 Postby caribepr » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:12 pm

rockyman wrote:I have an innocent request for the upcoming season...Is there any way that we could voluntarily all stop starting threads with this type of title...If you want to say "holy smokes," maybe say "Holy smokes, look at these water temperatures"..instead of "look at this"...When the season really gets going, these sensational headlines can become distracting to some of us old haggard hurricane freaks. Thanks to anyone who'll go along with me on this :D


I don't know if *all* would stop, but a little forethought to titles of threads would be great...this one certainly got my attention for the wrong reasons (in my head)!
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#11 Postby brunota2003 » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:16 pm

what about the title? did you expect a Cat 5 to currently be bearing down on the ocean (see...no ocean was harmed in the making of this post...:lol:) because the title said look at this? just wondering...at least it wasnt on a stray t-storm over Alaska or something (no offence) and I do find it being pretty interesting on how warm the waters are...even if they are "normal" JMHO of course...
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#12 Postby beachbum_al » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:20 pm

Neither link would let me in. Or maybe it is my Browser.
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#13 Postby rockyman » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:20 pm

I don't have any problem with "spicing" up a thread title...just, please, give a hint about the contents...it may not seem like a big deal now, but when a Cat 5 IS bearing down on a coastal area, it will be helpful to those people who are desperately searching for info to be able to sort through the massive amount of new threads that contain info that is totally irrelevant to their particular situations. Trust me, this happened a LOT last year when some of us were preparing for Katrina.

By the way, I didn't mean to hi-jack this thread...in fact, this is a very important topic (the loop current) that will be very important this season. Thanks!
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#14 Postby beachbum_al » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:23 pm

This is what I got when I went to the bouys for 180nm out. Low 80s.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42001
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#15 Postby 'CaneFreak » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:24 pm

Yeah, hurricanetrack I think the link is broken....something must be screwed up...however the latest buoy SSTs to the east of the loop current show up as around 84 degrees Fahrenheit...interesting....[/b]
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#16 Postby 'CaneFreak » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:29 pm

[quote="beachbum_al"]This is what I got when I went to the bouys for 180nm out. Low 80s.

[url]http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42001[/url][/quote]

NO! NO! NO! The Loop Current is further east...your reading is in the same area as a cold eddy...
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#17 Postby Stormcenter » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:30 pm

george_r_1961 wrote:
Hurricane Floyd wrote:it doesnt matter, the point is that the SST's can kick up a cat 5 and its only june


SST's can be boiling with the upper level winds we have now and you still wont get a storm. I really would be surprised to see anything in the next 10 days.



Good post.
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#18 Postby CrazyC83 » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:39 pm

Hurricane Floyd wrote:it doesnt matter, the point is that the SST's can kick up a cat 5 and its only june


Not quite, but it could form a solid Cat 2 or 3...maybe Cat 4 if a slow-mover...fortunately, that area is filled with shear as well.
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#19 Postby boca » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:39 pm

Very true we can have water temps in the upper 80's and no development because these shearing winds are blowing the tops of these systems that try to form. You need winds less than 10 knots.
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#20 Postby caribepr » Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:31 am

brunota2003 wrote:what about the title? did you expect a Cat 5 to currently be bearing down on the ocean (see...no ocean was harmed in the making of this post...:lol:) because the title said look at this? just wondering...at least it wasnt on a stray t-storm over Alaska or something (no offence) and I do find it being pretty interesting on how warm the waters are...even if they are "normal" JMHO of course...


Nah...wasn't expecting a Cat 5, but I sure have been surprised before with something coming out of nothing, and titles like that interfere with my somewhat coma-like state 8-)
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