SST'S and Anomalies in Atlantic and Pacific

[HurricaneHunter914]

Which colors mean the water is warm and which colors mean the water is cold because I see red areas near Greenland.

[benny]

The cool anomalys are spreading westward from south america.

if the trades keep up at 10 kt or greater that will hugely expand to the west... they have been so quiet for the past month but it is still a little early for the cold tongue to become super established west of the galapagos and w of 120w.

[MiamiensisWx]

La Nina is definately coming back, especially with the current pattern change I mentioned before.

[CHRISTY]

atlantic looks pretty warm....and its gonna continue getting warmer!

[curtadams]

Which colors mean the water is warm and which colors mean the water is cold because I see red areas near Greenland.

Red means warm*ER* than usual for that location. Coastal Greenland waters are still cold, but quite a bit warmer than they have been historically. I suspect it's because the recent worldwide trends have moved the pack ice limit north. Previously those area had lots of ice floating in them this time of year and so couldn't get much warmer than freezing. Now that ice has melted back so the water can get several degrees above freezing. There's a similar pattern near Spitzbergen.

[Ivan14]

There are dark reds already in the Carribian.It is warming up nicely.

[Jim Cantore]

The cool anomalys are spreading westward from south america.

somebody wants back in

[skysummit]

04/23 11Z Plots:

[skysummit]

Well oh my....amazing how fast things are cooking in the GOM. Latest Maximum Hurricane Potential? Cat 2 and 3 off of Louisiana Coast, and Cat 3 surrounding southern Florida.

Maximum Hurricane Potential Map

[gatorcane]

wow, things are cooking. Now let's see when the upper-level winds die off - then the action begins.

Here is a loop provided by TAFB that shows the rapid warming in the MDO, Caribbean, and GOM regions of the Atlantic Basin:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/sst-atl-loop.html

[SouthFloridawx]

The cool anomalys are spreading westward from south america.

if the trades keep up at 10 kt or greater that will hugely expand to the west... they have been so quiet for the past month but it is still a little early for the cold tongue to become super established west of the galapagos and w of 120w.

wow, things are cooking. Now let's see when the upper-level winds die off - then the action begins.

Here is a loop provided by TAFB that shows the rapid warming in the MDO, Caribbean, and GOM regions of the Atlantic Basin:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/sst-atl-loop.html

If you at loop that boca chris posted you can see the yellows spreading mre and more westward and the green colors moving northward along the coast. As benny pointed out if the winds do stay above 10kts or so they waters will keep moving west. To what extent remains to be seen.

[Jim Cantore]

does anybody have todays anomalies?

[HurricaneHunter914]

I second that question.

[tailgater]

wow, things are cooking. Now let's see when the upper-level winds die off - then the action begins.

Here is a loop provided by TAFB that shows the rapid warming in the MDO, Caribbean, and GOM regions of the Atlantic Basin:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/sst-atl-loop.html

You can also see that the La Nina is getting stronger.

[HurricaneHunter914]

Definitly, that cool area is slithering across the EPAC like a snake. Looks like la nina is back again!

[gatorcane]

Yep looks like La Nina is returning on a big note - it is still early. The return of the trade winds could thwart the spread of these cool waters. May and June will be a telling time. Boy - I hope this trend doesn't continue..

[milankovitch]

I thought this was a really cool image!

[HurricaneHunter914]

Looking at that graph, it seems like the year 2000 restarted the non el nino streak.

[Ivan14]

Well it looks like I was wrong La Nina looks as if she is back.

[CHRISTY]

GULF TEMPS IN 120 HRS...


NORTH ATLANTIC IN 120 HRS...


ATLANTIC IN 120 HRS...