http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/sst/an...t.2.5.2015.gif

Warmer to the north (+1.5°C), but anomalies are cooler in the south
north sea. Certainly the lack of severe cold over the continent and
Scandinavia seems to be main problem.
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Amazing how much anomaly maps vary, even when the source (and date!) is the same
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/o...vy-anom-bb.gif - same date as your link. Perhaps it's the same data using different norms (Another Graham might be able to help here)

For near the UK I tend to go by the bu0y readings. This is a good site for inshore waters http://www.channelcoast.org/data_man...e_data/charts/

Graham
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