Did anybody notice...

[frederic79]

what the AP quoted Stacy Stewart as saying about the water temps "Prior to 2004 we had warm water, but last year, the water was clearly warmer than we've seen it in some time. Unfortunately, right now, for 2005, the water is warmer at the current time than it was at any time during August and September of last year." Warmer now in March than August and September of last year? That's sounds a bit ominous to me.[/b]

[Scorpion]

I wonder what area he is referring to. Definitely not the waters off of Florida, they are at least a good 5-10 degrees below normal.

[cycloneye]

I wonder what area he is referring to. Definitely not the waters off of Florida, they are at least a good 5-10 degrees below normal.

He is talking about the tropical Atlantic MDR region east of the lesser antilles between 40w-60w where those sst's are above average for this time of the year

[Blown Away]

Yeah, I was at the beach yesterday (Hobe Sound), the water was noticeably cooler than it usually is for March.

[bosag]

We went to the beach on Singer Island over the weekend and the kids didnt stay in the water long, in fact they were noticably shaking after only about 10 minutes of jumping in the waves . Barb

[StormChasr]

Water is warm in the Equatorial areas in both Oceans (ATL, and EPAC). As regards Florida, I agree--the water is cold as the dickens here--it was 60ish, and frigid the other day.

[MGC]

The water is cooler around Florida. My husband and I usually go to the keys in late October or ealy November. This past trip in 2004 the water was so cool that I didn't go in it. We also took a cruise over to the Bahamas after our keys trip and the water in the Bahamas was cool also. I'd guess that all the upwelling from the hurricane onslaught last season cooled the waters off..........MGC

[StormChasr]

The water is cooler around Florida

Agree strongly. MGC. I normally swim in the ATL this time of year, because the water is around 72-75 degrees. Since I am 3 blocks from the Ocean, it is very pleasurable to do so. However, it is really far colder than normal for this time of year, and much wetter than usual. We had extremely turbulent T-storms in North/Central Florida today, with hail, and tornado warnings all over---60 plus MPH winds, and lots of "dark red to almost purple" on the doppler.

[mf_dolphin]

We have to remember that the shallow coastal waters can and will warm up quickly. By the time the season is upon us I'm sure they'll be as hot as ever.

[jpigott]

i was spearfishing this saturday 20 miles north of West End, Bahamas (White Sands for anyone familiar with the area) and believe me the water is definetly warmer than it was this time last year. In fact it was just as warm, if not warmer, than when we made our last trip over to the Bahamas last year (just before Frances).

[x-y-no]

My guess is he was talking about the tropical mid-Atlantic and particualrly the area just east of the islands.

But we can ask him tomorrow on Talking Tropics!

[vacanechaser]

What he is referring to is the entire deep water Atlantic.. Not the coastal waters. That shelf water has been churned up and cooled off due to the winter season with large coastal storms and fronts reaching down the coast. This offshore wind will certainly cool the shelf waters. Theses temps will come up quickly once it warms up and the spring and summer sun gets to it.


Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team