Marine heatwave forecast – September 14, 2024 – Reposted from Mercator Ocean International

SST- Sept 14, 2024

Atlantic Ocean

North Atlantic Ocean – MOi forecasts that the marine heatwave in the mid North Atlantic is decreasing both in extent and intensity, with less moderate to severe categories. 

North Tropical Atlantic Ocean – The extent of the marine heatwave is decreasing overall. Its intensity is decreasing in the Gulf of Mexico, with presence of strong to moderate categories only in the south. Nevertheless, its intensity is increasing along Panama, and around Cuba, with strong to severe categories for the most part, and locally extreme and more along the Haitian coasts. 

South Tropical Atlantic Ocean – In the Southern Tropical Atlantic, the marine heatwave decreases in extent, we’re still observing mainly moderate categories.