Was looking at the last few years of GOM, SST's and trying to compare them... something of notice i saw... 2005 SST's in GOM in the first week of August, look almost the same as 2007's SST in the last week... the 2006 water temps stand out like a sore thumb... One place that stood out with water temps in GOM is from Tampa, down to the Keys... ITS VERY WARM water showing up in the last few days.... Water Temps near the keys Station 42014 Hot Bath water - around 90 degrees!!! Water just to the west of Tampa Station 42022
Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential Look at the GOM in a whole..... Boy sure does look like the Loop Current is flaring up now... *warm waters coming up from Carb. into GOM**