North Atlantic cold blob disappears again
The North Atlantic cold blob that seems to have been with us for such a long time has warmed out since January and left …
SST
9 Feb 2021 – sea surface temperature anomalies
This chart of colour filled contours of sea surface temperature anomalies has got to be the worst I’ve ever seen, but beggars can’t be …
Scientists come up with yet another new metric in their vain search for the “master ring”
The obvious thing that Pinaki Chakraborty has forgotten to factor into his study – in which he finds that hurricanes now take 33 rather …
Probably a total coincidence but…
It is probably a total coincidence, but the colder SST anomalies that invaded our western Atlantic shores from late June did seem to coincide …
The quality of SST charts
These wonderful SST products (above) that I’ve been downloading and using for year from this National Center for Ocean Forecasting [NCOF] website, maintained for …
North Atlantic SST – comparison with last year
I thought that I would try out the new WordPress compare widget with images of the North Atlantic SST anomalies with the latest from …
Haar, haar, haar
For the last three days the haar that’s been adffecting the east coast of England and Scotland has been stubborn to clear. Here in …
SST hotspot erupts in North Pacific
In just six weeks a new SST hotspot has erupted in the North Pacific. I seem to remember a similar hotspot appeared before and …
Cold blob extends and intensifies
The cold blob in the central North Atlantic has grown in size and intensified a little since July of last year, and the cooler …
April SST and the 2020 hurricane season
If warmer oceans have anything to do with more frequent and more powerful hurricanes, then this years high SST anomalies might well put that …
The warmth continues
There seems to be no respite in the exceptional warmth that we have seen across much of Europe, Scandinavia and western Russia this winter. …
Second Pacific warm blob
All we need now is a warm blob to suddenly occur of the coast of Japan and for Godzilla to make an appearance!
South Pacific Hot Spot
A closer look at the South Pacific hot spot off the east coast of New Zealand
Return of the blob
Is it time to bring Captain Nemo or perhaps Troy Tempest out of retirement to investigate the cause of the latest warm blob in the Pacific ocean?
Britain a proud seafaring nation with no idea of what the sea temperature is
It’s always puzzled me why the Met Office makes no effort to display a chart of the sea surface temperatures around the coast of this sceptred Isles.
North Atlantic cold blob turns warm
The North Atlantic cold blob has turned into a warm but what does it mean for our weather?
Recent North Atlantic SST
The cold pool in the central western Atlantic just about managed to survive through the winter of 2018/19. Meanwhile in the eastern Atlantic, North …