Bleaching expanding in Caribbean

[Jeremy Woodley]

Jamaica has not been on your lists for a while, nor has there yet been any
major bleaching at Discovery Bay: but the SST last Wednesday was 29.9C.

Jeremy Woodley

On Tue, 1 Sep 1998 astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov wrote:

> HotSpot Notes -- September 1, 1998
> 
> NOAA satellite data show "HotSpots" and related coral reef 
> bleaching has expanded considerably southward into the 
> Caribbean [excessive ocean surface temperatures appear to be 
> fueling Hurricane Danielle as it moves to the NW of Bermuda, 
> away from the upwelled track left by Hurricane Bonnie:
> http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/data/anomnight.9.1.1998.gif]:
> 
>     	Florida Keys*
> 	Belize
> 	Cozumel
> 	Honduras
> 	Panama
>      	Grand Cayman+*
>      	Virgin Islands-
>      	Lesser Antilles - southern+
>      	Dutch Antilles-*
> 
>     Also:
> 	Bermuda+
>      	Bahamas-*
> 	Baja - Cabo San Lucas     
> 
> Over the Eastern Hemisphere:
> 
>      	Red Sea [central & south]
>      	Philippines [all except SW areas]**
>      	Okinawa area & S. Japan*
> 	Gulf of Oman
> 	Arabian Sea*
> 
> Verifications appreciated... 
> [+ = increasing; - = decreasing; * = verified]
> 
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