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The map below shows the estimate of the surface currents in the Gulf of Mexico. The red star indicates the location of the Deepwater Horizon. The solid contours indicate the location of the Loop Current and anticyclonic rings and eddies (red) and cyclonic eddies (blue).
LIVE weather satellite images of the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantic - Caribbean Sea - Gulf of Mexico. ...SYSTEM EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE ON MONDAY... ... FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN... ...PATTY TRANSITIONS TO A TROPICAL STORM... ... EXPECTED TO BECOME POST-TROPICAL IN A DAY OR SO...
The Gulf of Mexico loop current brings warm Caribbean water northward between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba and into the Gulf. The current loops around the Gulf, flows southeastward into the Florida Strait where it serves as a parent to the Florida current and ultimately joins the Gulf Stream.
Gulf Stream Imagery and Data. The data below is provided to the Ocean Prediction Center by the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). It is usually updated 3 times per week, not including weekends and holidays. N. Atlantic Composite (Black & White) | (Color)
This website is designed to provide some of these tools and products showing the condition of several parameters in the Gulf of Mexico, including information about ocean currents, sea surface temperature, sea level, and ocean color.
The map below shows the geostrophic currents field in the Gulf of Mexico. The background image represents the dynamic height. Drifter trajectories during the last 15 days are indicated by solid tracks with different colors for each drifter.