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Caribbean current, a warm ocean current in Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Islands. The Caribbean Current is a warm ocean current that transports significant amounts of water and flows northwestward through the Caribbean from the east along the coast of South America and into the Gulf of Mexico. [1] The current results from the flow of the Atlantic ...
The National Hurricane Center said Friday it continues to keep tabs on two systems in the Atlantic Ocean, with neither likely to impact the US coastline. Invest 94L not expected to develop any further
The current reaches its maximum transport near the Agulhas Bank where it ranges between 95 and 136 Sv. [4] The core of the current is defined as where the surface velocities reach 100 cm/s (39 in/s), which gives the core an average width of 34 km (21 mi). The mean peak speed is 136 cm/s (54 in/s), but the current can reach 245 cm/s (96 in/s).
AccuWeather meteorologists are homing in on yet more tropical development in the Caribbean toward the middle of the month, which eventually could become a concern for Florida. This image, captured ...
A new storm system is brewing in the Atlantic and both the US and the Caribbean could feel its impact. Currently, the unformed system is about 1,000 miles from the Lesser and Greater Antilles in ...
The North Brazil Current (NBC) retroflects north-eastwards and merges into the North Equatorial Counter Current (NECC). [2] The retroflection occurs in a seasonal pattern when there is strong retroflection from late summer to early winter (borreal fall). There is weakened or no retroflection during other times of the year.
Surface temperatures in the western North Atlantic: Most of the North American landmass is black and dark blue (cold), while the Gulf Stream is red (warm). Source: NASA The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern coastline of the United States, then veers east near 36°N latitude ...
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave approaching Jamaica and the northern Caribbean that could eventually impact the N.C. coast, depending on where the steering winds push ...