Pape r 10 



EAST COAST SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES 



The long-term mean SST's at stations along the east coast 

 (Fio. 10.4) showed minimum temperatures at all stations 

 J anuary-Kar c hx and maximum t enperatures July-September. As for 

 the west coast/ the peaks were earlier (January ana July-August) 

 at the southern stations and later ( Februar y-^la^c h and 

 August -Sept ember ) at the northern stations- Minimum winter 

 temperatures of G.6C occurred in February at Portland/ ME/ and 

 maximum summer temperatures of 30. 7C occurred in August at 

 Key West / FL . 



Two regions of rapid change of SST with distance can be seen 

 (Fig. 10.4). These regions are between Kiptopeke Beach/ VA/ and 

 Myrtle Beach/ SC/ and between Mayport and Miami Beach/ FL. As at 

 Point Conception on the west coast/ these regions are associated 

 with changes in ocean circulation and occur at Cape Hatteras and 

 Cape Canaveral/ respectively. Unlike Point Conception/ however/ 

 where the greatest SST change between adjacent stations occurred 

 in summer (4.0C change in August)/ the greatest changes in SST 

 between stations on the east coast occurred in winter or spring 

 (8.2C change in January at Cape Canaveral and 5.7C in April at 

 Cape H at teras) . 



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