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Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast
      Fri Sep 16 2005 01:05 AM

SSTs recover fairly quickly after a storm's passage, even a major hurricane. That's not true, however, for the sub-surface waters. Hurricanes can affect waters 70-100m deep through mixing processes, with stronger storms able to affect a greater depth. These waters also take longer to warm back up than do the SSTs, whether through currents, mixing, or old-fashioned heating from above. The waters in Katrina's wake are nearly back to normal at the surface -- still below what they were earlier this season, though -- but I would imagine that the below-surface waters are not. This would serve as a cap to the intensity for anything passing through there, whether moving fast or moving slow, though it is likely the waters could still support a category 2 or so hurricane. Not saying that there will be one there, but I think that's about where the true maximum intensity for that region is (under ideal conditions) right now. It'd probably take the rest of the season for the entire depth to warm back up and, with cold fronts starting to make their way closer to the coast, there would be little time for anything substantial to tap those waters. Of course, that brings up the question of a storm forming off of the tail end of a cold front there later in the season...but we'll leave that for the appropriate time.

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* Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast MikeCAdministrator Fri Sep 16 2005 01:05 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast crpeavley   Fri Sep 16 2005 02:34 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast jlauderdal   Fri Sep 16 2005 02:43 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Lee-Delray   Fri Sep 16 2005 03:18 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Ed G   Fri Sep 16 2005 03:22 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast doug   Fri Sep 16 2005 04:17 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Steve H1   Fri Sep 16 2005 07:06 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast HCW   Fri Sep 16 2005 08:20 PM
. * * O 95 96 HanKFranK   Fri Sep 16 2005 08:51 PM
. * * Re: O 95 96 Beaumont, TX   Fri Sep 16 2005 10:54 PM
. * * should have a TD at 5am Bloodstar   Sat Sep 17 2005 03:15 AM
. * * Re: should have a TD at 5am Multi-Decadal Signal   Sat Sep 17 2005 06:53 AM
. * * Re: should have a TD at 5am OrlandoDan   Sat Sep 17 2005 07:28 AM
. * * We now have our 17th Depression ChessieStorm   Sat Sep 17 2005 08:40 AM
. * * Re: We now have our 17th Depression emackl   Sat Sep 17 2005 09:07 AM
. * * Re: We now have our 17th Depression Hugh   Sat Sep 17 2005 09:41 AM
. * * Re: We now have our 17th Depression emackl   Sat Sep 17 2005 09:53 AM
. * * Re: We now have our 17th Depression Hugh   Sat Sep 17 2005 10:00 AM
. * * Re: We now have our 17th Depression Random Chaos   Sat Sep 17 2005 10:38 AM
. * * Re: We now have our 17th Depression Lee-Delray   Sat Sep 17 2005 09:12 AM
. * * Re: We now have our 17th Depression emackl   Sat Sep 17 2005 09:15 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast patrickbyers   Thu Sep 15 2005 10:47 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast patrickbyers   Thu Sep 15 2005 11:10 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Beaumont, TX   Fri Sep 16 2005 09:01 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Beaumont, TX   Thu Sep 15 2005 08:52 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Cycloneye11   Thu Sep 15 2005 07:22 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast GuppieGrouper   Thu Sep 15 2005 07:43 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Beaumont, TX   Thu Sep 15 2005 09:11 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast HanKFranK   Thu Sep 15 2005 09:32 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Clark   Thu Sep 15 2005 11:23 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast The Force 2005   Fri Sep 16 2005 12:41 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast danielwAdministrator   Fri Sep 16 2005 12:04 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Beaumont, TX   Fri Sep 16 2005 09:06 AM
. * * ophelia almost ready to go, replacements on the way HanKFranK   Fri Sep 16 2005 10:11 AM
. * * Re: ophelia almost ready to go, replacements on the way The Force 2005   Fri Sep 16 2005 12:51 PM
. * * Re: ophelia almost ready to go, replacements on the way Ed in Va   Fri Sep 16 2005 01:01 PM
. * * Re: ophelia almost ready to go, replacements on the way Hootowl   Fri Sep 16 2005 12:32 PM
. * * Re: ophelia almost ready to go, replacements on the way Ron Basso   Fri Sep 16 2005 12:56 PM
. * * Re: ophelia almost ready to go, replacements on the way Black Pearl   Fri Sep 16 2005 02:14 PM
. * * Re: ophelia almost ready to go, replacements on the way emackl   Fri Sep 16 2005 01:43 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Random Chaos   Fri Sep 16 2005 12:27 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Clark   Fri Sep 16 2005 01:05 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Random Chaos   Fri Sep 16 2005 08:33 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast javlin   Thu Sep 15 2005 11:14 AM
. * * Season only half way for sure WXMAN RICHIE   Thu Sep 15 2005 11:44 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Beaumont, TX   Thu Sep 15 2005 11:00 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast NewWatcher   Thu Sep 15 2005 11:09 AM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast rexsc   Thu Sep 15 2005 01:11 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Beaumont, TX   Thu Sep 15 2005 01:54 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast scottsvb   Thu Sep 15 2005 02:08 PM
. * * Re: Ophelia Sideswipes the North Carolina Coast Ed in Va   Thu Sep 15 2005 04:42 PM
. * * Next week twizted sizter   Thu Sep 15 2005 10:22 AM

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