SST'S and Anomalies in Atlantic and Pacific #2

[Opal storm]

Wow every where but the northeastern Gulf can have a hurricane hit them now.

I doubt that.

It depends on how deep those warm temps go.A hurricane would stir up much cooler SST's,therefore I doubt that much of the Gulf can support a major hurricane right now...maybe not even a weak hurricane IMO.Remember it's only early May,I don't think it's been enough time for waters to warm any deeper than on the surface.

[Hurricaneman]

Im really amazed with the warm eddy 50 miles off of Marthas Vineyard

[wxwatcher91]

YR MON NATL ANOM
2005 4 26.79 1.00
2005 5 27.41 1.18
2005 6 27.82 1.19
2005 7 28.06 1.03
2005 8 28.46 0.92
2005 9 28.75 0.86
2005 10 28.57 0.72
2005 11 27.95 0.54
2005 12 27.32 0.71
2006 1 26.38 0.54
2006 2 25.77 0.31
2006 3 25.73 0.28
2006 4 26.21 0.42

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/data/indic ... tl.indices

[milankovitch]

[SouthFloridawx]

That image certainly looks different from last week.

[CHRISTY]

Yes it does look different!SST'S have cooled of alot!

[Derek Ortt]

remember, SST is MEANINGLESS

Must look at total oceanic heat content

[SouthFloridawx]

YR MON NATL ANOM
2005 4 26.79 1.00
2005 5 27.41 1.18
2005 6 27.82 1.19
2005 7 28.06 1.03
2005 8 28.46 0.92
2005 9 28.75 0.86
2005 10 28.57 0.72
2005 11 27.95 0.54
2005 12 27.32 0.71
2006 1 26.38 0.54
2006 2 25.77 0.31
2006 3 25.73 0.28
2006 4 26.21 0.42

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/data/indic ... tl.indices

More than half a degree than last year.

[txwatcher91]

Yes it does look different!SST'S have cooled of alot!

I am going to have to disagree with the validity of that image. Sometimes the satellite will misread ocean temps due to clouds. Look at how much the GOM has warmed in a 3 day period.
May 4, 2006
May 7,2006

[HurricaneHunter914]

That is a major difference compared to March when there was just a little yellow in the GOM. Hopefully no storms will enter the Gulf, Louisiana can't afford a major hurricane.

[CHRISTY]

Gulf of mexico SST'S in 120 hours....



Tropical cyclone heat Potential in the gulf of mexico....



another view of sst's in the gulf of mexico....

[Ivan14]

It seems it has cooled a little but the warming trend will continue no doubt.

[mobilebay]

It seems it has cooled a little but the warming trend will continue no doubt.

I don't see where they have cooled at all. However, the NE GOM is pretty cool compared to the remainder.

[drezee]

Water is 80F at 14.5N and 46W

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41041

[canegrl04]

I just visited a blog where they said SST's in the GOM are warming right now than this time last year

[Ivan14]

It just seemed cooler today on the Weather Channel charts near the entrance of the Gulf. It was in the red last week this week it is in the orange. The BOC hasn't cooled it has only gotten warmer.

[Derek Ortt]

wont get much of anything truely tropical in the GOM with the heat content that low, even with high SST. Even the loop current is quite low compared to how it is later in the season

[CHRISTY]

TROPICAL CYCLONE HEAT POTENTIAL IS VERY LOW IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.WATCH THIS LOOP!

[HurricaneHunter914]

Does that mean the SST's are very low for this time of year in the GOM?

[CHRISTY]

[quote="Hurricane Hunter 914"]Does that mean the SST's are very low for this time of year in the GOM?[/quote/]

SST'S arent everything u always have look at the HEAT CONTENT and right now its not that great for tropical formation at all.