Bleaching - HotSpots

[astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov]

HotSpot Notes   February 2, 1999

Western Hemisphere:

	NOAA satellite data show a large HotSpot appears to be 
developing, WNW-ESE, south of Tahiti.  Compare 2 Feb 99 
with 2 Feb 98 [El Nino year]!

Eastern Hemisphere:

	The large HotSpot around the central Great Barrier Reef
continues to grow as winds continue to be light and sunshine 
abundant.  We have just received reports of slight bleaching in 
the past few weeks in the vicinity of Lizard Island [near Cairns] 
"very minor degree of bleaching in some pocilloporids - patchy 
and only in some colonies".

AES

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