Boiling Ocean Update: Florida Sea Temperature ‘Record’ Drops 15°F in just 48 Hours
…the BBC reported that seawater along the tip of Florida had exceeded “hot tub” temperatures of 37.8°C (100°F) in recent days, “making it potentially the hottest ever measured”.
– The reading came from ONE buoy – in Manatee Bay (Everglades National Park)
– the temperature moved between 90-101°F on consecutive days, then fell away rapidly to around 85°F.
Why did Man-Made Human Warming not cause this?
– the buoy is in a small embayment surrounded by landform, basically a natural hot tub.
– Low winds and a high pressure system heated they bay
– The Water was muddy, and darkened water absorbs sunlight, warming it.
– the science of solar ponds: fresh water over saltier water traps heat and temperatures 5 to 10 feed down can be 60°F hotter than the surface.
Southern Florida has several buoys, some measuring water temperature, some air, and some both. Just 56 miles to the south-west of Manatee Bay, the VAKF1 buoy measured water temperatures that were 10°F lower than Manatee Bay on those same days
VAKF1 reported a high air temperature of 91°F which then cooled to the low 80°Fs, even dipping to 76°F. The Manatee Bay buoy does not record air temps.
h/t Gypo O’Leary