I’m going by the actual buoy temp which are a little above normal. But the fact that it’s taken a while to cool, tells me that the warmth penetrates deeper down into the depths of the ocean. Which is also what I read about the gulf of Maine.
I doubt it. I think it’s more nuances. Just like how this area has seen some absurd totals that aren’t sustainable. I feel like the opposite is true there. You’ll make up ground.
Ocean temps have hurt a bit and terrible antecedent airmasses. It doesn’t have to be Arctic cold by any means.
There’s a lot of heat content right now in the gulf of Maine. We’ve had a pretty cold stretch for a week now and SSTs have barely budged. That’s telling.