GIVEN HOW COLD OUR WATER IS, THIS ARTICLE SEEMED INTERESTING.
A look back to 2024 is interesting. The 2024 season, by most projections, including by the U.S. National Hurricane Center, projected an “above average” season. The reasons given were multiple, as no one single parameter can be used to predict future weather or climate. But one major factor was the warmer ocean temperatures. Worldwide ocean temperatures have been in the news and so a closer look at that and the impact of that in the Caribbean is warranted.
Both the surface, near surface and deep-sea temperatures are monitored worldwide in a variety of ways. NOAA’s Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing program (GOMO) measures ocean temperatures with direct multiple sensors and vessel reports. NASA records surface temperatures continually via satellites. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5101. The results of these measurements clearly show the warming of the oceans, including the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. These two areas are directly east and west of the Lesser Antilles. These confirmed our own observations.