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Average Gulf Coast temperatures reach record highs
The Hill ^ | 08/16/2023 | ZACK BUDRYK

Posted on 08/16/2023 1:08:34 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The Gulf of Mexico reached record heat in the first half of August, setting the stage for an intense hurricane season in a region that is no stranger to devastating storms.

Average temperature data from the Southeast Regional Climate Center from Aug. 1-15 indicated record high temperatures on coastal stations, across an unbroken swath of coast stretching from Matamoros in northeastern Mexico to Miami.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT Average Gulf Coast temperatures reach record highs BY ZACK BUDRYK - 08/16/23 3:31 PM ET SHARE TWEET

A man walks his dog along the beach Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) The Gulf of Mexico reached record heat in the first half of August, setting the stage for an intense hurricane season in a region that is no stranger to devastating storms.

Average temperature data from the Southeast Regional Climate Center from Aug. 1-15 indicated record high temperatures on coastal stations, across an unbroken swath of coast stretching from Matamoros in northeastern Mexico to Miami.

At the state and municipal level, Tampa and its suburb Ruskin set a single-day temperature record of 100 degrees Sunday, while Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) declared a state of emergency due to the extreme heat Monday.

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To: The Great RJ

Hopefully the frogs realize the Gulf will soon be boiling and hop out immediately.


21 posted on 08/16/2023 1:53:52 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It seems as the Covid fear mongering let up, the climate change hysteria moved in.

Daily I’m hearing about it in the news broadcasts on the radio. Have you noticed this? Today the woman who read the news had to mention in serious wording how people are “roasting” in Illinois and Ohio. They are seeing the 90’s. OH NO !!!

Hey we are officially in the middle of summer! Some summers around here we go over 100 degrees. If we do this year be prepared to hear the fear mongering.

Are people this dumb? They have no historical memory of hot weather in the summer? I am so weary of this BS.


22 posted on 08/16/2023 1:54:49 PM PDT by xenia ( “The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it” George Orwell)
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To: xenia

Winds aloft determine if a storm can become a tropical storm, ripping off the cloud cap before becoming a large storm typically results in a rain shower, dumping potential enegy into droplet formation and a breeze that kills other cells. If the jet stream moves one direction over the southern US no storms in the northern gulf, the other way more than average storms develop.

Weather is complex and no one or two variables determine a bad year or not, all the variables contribute to acutal conditions. The odds are we are in a down year as the jet stream has remained very powerful all summer long and the permahigh over the mid south never really formed.


23 posted on 08/16/2023 2:03:40 PM PDT by protoconservative (Been Conservative Before You Were Born )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=27.4;-81.7;5&l=temperature-anomaly-2m

This shows an anomaly of about 1 degree Celsius is some parts, normal in others.


24 posted on 08/16/2023 2:04:17 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: janetjanet998
They can’t have it both ways.. but they try

If you really want to stick a dagger in the hearts of the fear mongers, ask them why they didn't Predict the El Nino.
25 posted on 08/16/2023 2:19:55 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Like, Tampa never hit 100 degrees before? Right.


26 posted on 08/16/2023 3:14:31 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

This will be the 7th or 8th year in a row they predicted “above average Hurricanes activity.” Wrong every year so far, but maybe they will get a Hail Mary this year. We’ll see.


27 posted on 08/16/2023 3:16:35 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: packagingguy

That is a really cool website / app. I wonder where they get all of their data point from?


28 posted on 08/16/2023 3:50:19 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: ClearCase_guy

Last year was very late in terms of hurricane season and then all heck started.


29 posted on 08/16/2023 4:04:39 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: hinckley buzzard

Naples Florida disagrees with that assessment. We do many insurance companies.


30 posted on 08/16/2023 4:05:49 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: crusty old prospector

They have several options down on the lower left side of the screen. The default is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

There was a story last month that said ocean temperatures were above 100 degrees F in Florida. I went to the map and they were about 90 degrees F, which is normal for this time of year.


31 posted on 08/16/2023 4:18:21 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: packagingguy

“There was a story last month that said ocean temperatures were above 100 degrees F in Florida. I went to the map and they were about 90 degrees F, which is normal for this time of year.”

I remember that report. I was thinking if the temperature is around 91 to 94 how can the water temperature be 100 without a heating element?


32 posted on 08/16/2023 4:22:12 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
And as far as I can tell, it seems like a pretty ho-hum Hurricane season. So how much sense does that make?

It won't be when the first hurricane hits those temperature waters.

33 posted on 08/16/2023 4:57:06 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Where did they measure these temps? Stagnant tide pools in the sun? In the context of effects on Hurricanes, seems to me you would have to get a temp from deep water, not 4 inches from the beach at the very surface of the water


34 posted on 08/16/2023 5:06:14 PM PDT by jpp113
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The democrat media tells us that new high temp records are being set every day.

Many records broken date back 150 years or more when SUVs were being powered by
pairs of mules or oxen and many more people were using wood burning pizza ovens.


35 posted on 08/16/2023 6:19:48 PM PDT by Iron Munro (An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes)
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