SST for travel and tourism
No matter if you are taking a break, a kayak holiday, gone fishing, going out sailing, waterskiing, surfing, a dive-trip or just lazing about on the beach, it's nice to have up to date information about the likely SST (http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/meteo/meteo_plage.php). There are many services providing various SST statistics, observations and climatologies but do you believe the tourist office? Have you the time to trawl through the web to find a site that gives the SST in the area you are interested in?
The Met Office OSTIA system allows you to browse view todays global SST and the corresponding anomaly from expected climatological temperatures using a clickable interface. Click here to find out what the SST is at your holiday destination!
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The Mediterranean boils
During Summer 2006 significant warming of the Mediterranean sea occurred which was thought to be the reason for a rise in the number of dangerous Medusa Jellyfish reports in that region. the following excerpt translated from an article appearing in http://www.portalmanzora.es/ Publicado: Sun, 06/Aug/2006 11:21 pp was typical of the press at this time.
SST Temperatures on the 8 of July
The temperature of the water of the sea in the Mediterranean, specially in the islands Baleares and Catalonia, raised drastically between pasts 8 and 26 of July, since in some points it happened of 22 to 30 degrees, according to have informed the European Space Agency (THAT).
The European Space Agency noes that in July, the Spanish coast was flooded by dangerous Medusa jellyfish, “keeping summer tourists on the beach”. Although the reasons for the proliferation of the Medusa jellyfish are not known, the most important factor is likely to be the the temperature of the water.
The “Medspiration” project obtains the temperatures of the surface of the Mediterranean Sea in an area of 2.965.500 kilometers square detected a substantial warming between the 8 and the 26 of July. The 8 of July, in the Balearic islands, the temperature of the warmest water corresponded to the coast of the capital, Palma de Mallorca, where it was to about 26 degrees. The 26 of July, the water of all the Balearic ones surpassed the 30 degrees, but in points of the coast of Tarragona and Gerona, where two weeks before were to about 22 degrees, that day also the 30 medudsa grazed (source: WORLD 04/08/2006)
SST Temperatures on the 8 of July
The European Space Agency noes that in July, the Spanish coast was flooded by dangerous Medusa jellyfish, “keeping summer tourists on the beach”. Although the reasons for the proliferation of the Medusa jellyfish are not known, the most important factor is likely to be the the temperature of the water. The “Medspiration” project obtains the temperatures of the surface of the Mediterranean Sea in an area of 2.965.500 kilometers square detected a substantial warming between the 8 and the 26 of July. The 8 of July, in the Balearic islands, the temperature of the warmest water corresponded to the coast of the capital, Palma de Mallorca, where it was to about 26 degrees. The 26 of July, the water of all the Balearic ones surpassed the 30 degrees, but in points of the coast of Tarragona and Gerona, where two weeks before were to about 22 degrees, that day also the 30 medudsa grazed (source: WORLD 04/08/2006)
(Last Updated: 06-08-2007)