Random Chaos
(Weather Analyst)
Sat Mar 29 2008 04:57 AM
Re: Warm SSTs Already???

After seeing Valandil's comment, I went back and did a comparison of the warmest part of the gulf from 2005 and again from 2008, matching the color to the gradient.

Warmest part in 2005 was about 25.5C
Warmest part in 2008 is about 26.5C

This was done on the March 28th maps for both years from the JH-APL page. So yes, it is warmer, but not by as much as Danny was indicating. Still, a 1C difference is significant...



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