Record ocean temperatures off the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast

Scientists predicted earlier this year that we would have a busier than average hurricane season in the Atlantic, partly because of the high SSTs (Sea Surface Temperatures). And we are currently in what would be normally be a cooling phase, because of solar cycles. In fact, scientists worried that this temporary cooling cycle would allow people to ignore global warming. Of course, when the cycle returns to normal, we can expect even more extreme weather.

There was much boo-hooing about language scientists used to describe GW deniers. I haven't seen specifics, but I'm sure it wasn't anywhere near as bad as I would use. I consider the heads of Exxon/Mobile, and the Koch brothers, who are funding global warming denial campaigns, for the sake of their own financial interests in the oil industry, to be evil sociopathic mass-murdering slimy scum.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1598

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Record ocean temperatures off the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast
The period May - July was the hottest such 3-month period in history for the Northeast and Southeast U.S., according to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center. Most of the hurricane-prone states along the coast, including New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina had their hottest May - July in the 116-year record. These record air temperatures led to record ocean temperatures, according to an analysis I did of monthly average 5x5 degree SST data available from the UK Met Office Hadley Centre.. The region of ocean bounded by 35N - 40N, 75W - 70W, which goes from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Central New Jersey, had the warmest July ocean temperatures since records began in 1875--a remarkable 2.12°C (3.8°F) above average. The year 2008 was a distant second place, with temperatures 1.5°C (2.7°F) above average. The ocean region off the Southeast U.S. coast, bounded by 30N - 35N, 80W - 75W, from the Georgia-Florida border to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, had its 4th warmest July ocean temperatures on record. Temperatures were 0.8°C (1.4°F) above average, which fell short of the record 1.1°C anomaly of 1944. The August numbers are not available yet, but will probably show a similar story.

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