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...i'm interested in the SST processing in the area. my usual source for graphics involving upper oceanic heat content seems to be down so i'm currenly attempting to find an alternate source. anyway, interesting to know what the most intense hurricane in atlantic basin history may have done to the available heat content in that area as that area also has some of the deepest thermoclines on the planet. my immediate hunch is there is still plenty left beneath the lat of the channel.. the gulf...man, that's gotta be cooling off by now.

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Water Temps at Clearwater dropped big-time to 72° and I'm sure it will be much lower after today. Air temps right now where I live are in the low 60's.

I would expect water temps will drop to the 60's by tomorrow. I seriously doubt they will be able to support any tropical system in the eastern gulf.

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Actually, the close up IR imagery, just as Wilma was leaving the Peninsula yesterday, the cooler waters N of the Keys.. In fact, the Keys were essentially demarcating substantially colder water from the Straights waters... It was interesting to see the sudden differential in lieu of one event... That's what made me wonder about the other areas..