Current Sea Surface Temperature & Tropical Cyclone Locations

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Current sea surface temperatures and tropical storm/hurricane locations (if they exist) for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Orange to red areas are warm enough to support the formation of tropical storms and hurricanes.
(image produced by Remote Sensing Systems from Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-E data on the NASA Aqua satellite)
Current sea surface temperature anomalies (departures from normal). Warmer than normal areas have temperatures that could support more frequent or more intense tropical cyclone activity than is normal for this time of year.
(image produced by Remote Sensing Systems)