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Buoy 42001-Mid Gulf Buoy is closing the gap on the maximum sea temperature set during the years Aug. 1975 to Dec. 2001.
Previous June record was 32.1C (89.78 F) on June 29th, 1994 at 21Z.
The current June maximum is 31.7C (89.06 F) on June 19th.
Maximum Sea Temperature during the period of record, 1975 to 2001, was 33.1 (91.58 F) on July 22, 1996 at 21Z.
Daniel, if the seas are trending warmer for this season, and all other factors being equal to other years, do you think that this makes it more likely that the number of storms would be higher, that the intensity of storms would be higher, or both?
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Re: GOM SSTs