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Originally Posted by Resident 2B
Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras/Cape Lookout has water at 84.4 degrees, bouy 44004 which should be located 200 miles east of Cape May, NJ has escaped it's mooring but is now located at 25N 65W has water at 79.7 and bouy 44017 23 miles south of Montauk point, LI, NY has water at 76.3 degrees. All are from this morning's bouy report. This is very warm water for this time of the year, water like this is usually found in mid-August..
The warm water will make it interesting around here for the next ten weeks, tropically speaking.
Best regards,
R2B
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Oooh, cool!
I wasn't in dispute of your opinion, just adding what typically happens... but I haven't gotten into my annual habit of checking buoy reports and water temps - guess one could say I was in a state of complacency. My eyes have been fixated to our northwest for more of what knocked out some of my equipment on June 22, (and tore a screen off the house on July 2) but from what you've said it sounds like the south-looking vigil must begin early this year in New England. Given severe threat today and possibly daily for the next few days, we'll have a lot to look out for.
Your sea-temp observation starts to look even more interesting when we factor in the cold air to our north that's been touching off all the severe weather lately. A couple days ago TWC announced the unusually far south location of the polar jet stream for this time of year. New England is where the ocean & polar jet stream features so often like to mingle. Mix some tropical activity with cool Canada dry over the New England coast and we've got ourselves a party.