Marine heatwave forecasts – August 31, 2024 – Reposted from Mercator Ocean Bulletin

Atlantic Ocean

North Atlantic Ocean – MOi forecasts that the marine heatwave in the mid North Atlantic increases in intensity with the development of strong and locally severe categories. 
Along the Canadian coasts, the marine heat wave around Nova Scotia stays stable with moderate and strong categories. 

North Tropical Atlantic Ocean – In the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea, the marine heatwave intensifies with the development of strong and severe categories, locally extreme. In the center of the basin, the marine heat wave intensifies, with the development of moderate, locally strong, categories. 

South Tropical Atlantic Ocean – In the Southern Tropical Atlantic, the marine heatwave decreases in intensity, only moderate categories.