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I always like to see SST's its a part of the climate picture we never look at as much as the current weather. It shows 12 - 13 C temps off Ireland - how much below normal is that? It seems fairly warm for your latitude.
Thought you would find it interesting to take a look at SST farther south off the Atlantic coast of the USA. SSt are between 20 C (68 F) and 28 C (83 F) along the East Coast between northern Florida and NYC/Long Island, and drop to less than 17 C (63 F) down to near 12 C (54 F) in the higher latitudes from Massachusetts (Boston) north to Canada. I was at the beach in the water this past weekend at a place called Island Beach State Park, NJ. The SSt was around 20/21 C (71 F), still a bit too cool for me:
Where did you get that image from showing our water 22C? The surf temps off New Jersey have been very cold due to upwelling. Currently the temp right off Atlantic City is 57F. Check the image below from NOAA.
I was at Sea Isle City this past weekend south of Atlantic City and the water was barely 62F. Below image from NOAA shows latest water temps at selected locations. The only 71F I see is way offshore.
These south and southwest winds runnning right along the coast cause a lot of upwelling. I hope this pattern breaks soon.
Where did you get that image from showing our water 22C? The surf temps off New Jersey have been very cold due to upwelling. Currently the temp right off Atlantic City is 57F. Check the image below from NOAA.
I was at Sea Isle City this past weekend south of Atlantic City and the water was barely 62F. Below image from NOAA shows latest water temps at selected locations. The only 71F I see is way offshore.
These south and southwest winds runnning right along the coast cause a lot of upwelling. I hope this pattern breaks soon.
hmmm isn't that a tad too far south to be having those kind of temps?
Actually, not that uncommon as one might think. Even the Labrador Current, which is the reason why North America has the lowest tree line in the world (the largest glacial sheets also penetrated the furthest south in North America), sometimes transports icebergs into Mid-Atlantic waters. Heck, at your latitude in eastern Canada, the climate is borderline tundra whereas you are firmly in the Cfb zone
I don't think icebergs could survive in 26c waters.
They've been spotted as far south as Bermuda before. Of course they'd have to be massive. The Labrador Current hugs the coastline more than the North Atlantic Current does, so maybe the cool waters in the Northeast US are the furthest southern extent of the Labrador Current?
They've been spotted as far south as Bermuda before. Of course they'd have to be massive. The Labrador Current hugs the coastline more than the North Atlantic Current does, so maybe the cool waters in the Northeast US are the furthest southern extent of the Labrador Current?
erm they have 22c waters down there, that isn't cold. Here we have 13c summer waters and that is well above 0c.
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