Speaking of water temps... this is more of a Composite (Daily Sea Surface Temperatures) image... notice the warmth showing up... close to US and i noticed too... up of the New England to far NE... warming up quickly...
Real Time POES Imagery - Atlantic/East Pacific SST Loop
Looks to me that the GOM is cooking good now with warm water... depth of warm water is not that too bad neither in certain spots.

**Kinda see better signs too of La Nina down in the southern EPAC (near equator)

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