Random Chaos
(Weather Analyst)
Mon Sep 19 2005 08:53 PM
Re: Hurricane Warnings up for the Florida Keys

As for SST's, they aren't as high in the pocket between FL and the FL Panhandle due to Katrina, but the western gulf has warmed up nicely. Furthermore, the area near Cuba has become VERY warm, well above average:

Atlantic SSTs:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tafb/atl_anal.gif (er...NHC has somehow put the wrong one up, but you can still see the gulf)
https://web1.navo.navy.mil/products/K10/moweryk10.gif

Atlantic SST divergent from seasonal average:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tafb/atl_anom.gif

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Also, look at Rita begin to bloom on IR:
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/get...mp;numframes=20


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