Are we NOW witnessing the end of the Gulf Stream as we know it ?

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/products/OTIS/US058VMET-GIFwxg.OTIS.glbl_sstanomaly.gif ^ | February 02, 2004 | self, navy.mil

[Truth666]

January incredible Atlantic records continue.

[Truth666]

Incredible what's going on along the Gulf Stram path.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Are we NOW witnessing the end of the Gulf Stream as we know it?

No.

[John H K]

Ummm..

You do understand that's a Sea Surface Temperature ANOMALY map, don't you, not a Sea Surface Temperature map?

It shows ANOMALIES, that is, deviations from the long-term average for a given area of ocean. There's nothing strikingly out of the ordinary in the Atlantic Ocean at the moment. It's normal for most of the ocean to be somewhat above or below "normal" temps.

You'll note on a plain SST map, the Gulf Stream is still clearly visible:

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/products/OTIS/US058VMET-GIFwxg.OTIS.glbl_sst.gif

If you look at an SST map you'll

[Lightfinger]

I don't know if you have read the strange, but also verifiable, issue where the poles switch polarity. Supposedly, things like what is happening to the Gulf Steam and our goofy weather patterns are more explainable as the lead up to that than mythical 'global warming' issues.

[LibWhacker]

Man, I'm misinterpreting all the titles today . . . I thought this was about an airplane.

[Riley]

What a shame. Such a fine airplane.

[John H K]

I don't think there's anything particularly goofy about weather patterns. The weather is ALWAYS weird.

It's possible over the next thousand years or so that the MAGNETIC poles could switch but there's no known connection with weather to such a flip at all.

[Riley]

Dang it-- beat me by ONE LOUSY SECOND.

[Truth666]

I do understand that it's an anomaly map.
The main changes I'm referring to, since late December are :
- what starts looking like a new branch between Canada and the west coast of Greenland
- the Azores branch getting considerably stronger

[LibWhacker]

Lol . . . You'll get me next time. :-)

[DFW_Repub]

I love the Gulfstream's and their big oval windows. I have some found memories from flying on them.

[onedoug]

Maybe we can take this up again when hurricane season changes.

[Professional Engineer]

ROFLOL Me too.

[John H K]

I've been looking at the FNMOC anomaly maps for, oh, a good five years. Particularly during tropical season, but less during the winter, but probably at least 150 times a year.

There's nothing at all strikingly odd about that map at all.

And it can show odd "anomalies" where none exist due to a variety of complex factors.

It's highly likely that that super-warm anomaly in the Labrador Strait doesn't ACTUALLY "exist" due to oddities of how FNMOC Otis works on the edges of ice packs.

[RogueIsland]

It's the end of the Gulfstream as we know it, and I feel fine.

[LibWhacker]

That's right, we ran into each other on the other thread about routers, lol. What's next? (I hope I interpret it to be a story about a bunch of furry little rodents abandoning ship.)

[Gerasimov]

Of course it's an anomaly map... it wouldn't be very anomalous to post a link to the non-anomaly map, would it? What would be the anomaly in that? (Sorry, that's just a fun word...)

Face it, the gulf stream is going haywire, Europe will be encased in ice within two decades, and the "seasons will become confused."

We're all gonna die!

[fishtank]

[Libertarianize the GOP]

ping

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Incredible what's going on along the Gulf Stram path.

I too have been worried about the Gulf Stram. I fully expect the Sun to rise in the West in the near future.