'Hot' sea water west of Svalbard
 

Hi All - There is something very odd going on to the west of Svalbard. It was mentioned a week ago about the very warm water in this area. I've just checked on earth.nullschool - the hot spot is still there and showing 20 degs! I can only imagine that there is undersea volcanic activity but does anybody out there have any informed ideas what is going on?

'Hot' sea water west of Svalbard
 

The DMI site shows a narrow band of 10 Celsius water to the west of Svalbard.

https://www.dmi.dk/en/groenland/hav/sea-temperature/

--
Freddie
Ystrad Rhondda

'Hot' sea water west of Svalbard
 

On 13/08/2018 20:05, Trailer Trash wrote:
Hi All - There is something very odd going on to the west of Svalbard. It was mentioned a week ago about the very warm water in this area. I've just checked on earth.nullschool - the hot spot is still there and showing 20 degs! I can only imagine that there is undersea volcanic activity but does anybody out there have any informed ideas what is going on?


(second attempt)

A new Surtsey of 1963?
A new image here tonight
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/sst/anomaly/
last Thursday image about +5 degC anomaly at about 80N,5W, If I'm
interpreting the Mercator distortion correctly.
I don't have easy browser access to that site and cannot conveniently
check going back over previous weeks, unlikely marine effect if rock
solid lat+long anomaly over weeks

'Hot' sea water west of Svalbard
 

On 14/08/2018 09:20, N_Cook wrote:
On 13/08/2018 20:05, Trailer Trash wrote:
Hi All - There is something very odd going on to the west of Svalbard.
It was mentioned a week ago about the very warm water in this area.
I've just checked on earth.nullschool - the hot spot is still there
and showing 20 degs! I can only imagine that there is undersea
volcanic activity but does anybody out there have any informed ideas
what is going on?


(second attempt)

A new Surtsey of 1963?
A new image here tonight
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/sst/anomaly/
last Thursday image about +5 degC anomaly at about 80N,5W, If I'm
interpreting the Mercator distortion correctly.
I don't have easy browser access to that site and cannot conveniently
check going back over previous weeks, unlikely marine effect if rock
solid lat+long anomaly over weeks

in the above read,image about +3 degC anomaly

From wiki on Surtsey
"On 13 November (eruption 14 November 1963), a fishing vessel in search
of herring, equipped with sensitive thermometers, noted sea temperatures
3.2 km (2.0 mi) SW of the eruption center were 2.4 °C (4.3 °F) higher
than surrounding waters."

'Hot' sea water west of Svalbard
 

On 14/08/2018 11:12, N_Cook wrote:
On 14/08/2018 09:20, N_Cook wrote:
On 13/08/2018 20:05, Trailer Trash wrote:
Hi All - There is something very odd going on to the west of Svalbard.
It was mentioned a week ago about the very warm water in this area.
I've just checked on earth.nullschool - the hot spot is still there
and showing 20 degs! I can only imagine that there is undersea
volcanic activity but does anybody out there have any informed ideas
what is going on?


(second attempt)

A new Surtsey of 1963?
A new image here tonight
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/sst/anomaly/
last Thursday image about +5 degC anomaly at about 80N,5W, If I'm
interpreting the Mercator distortion correctly.
I don't have easy browser access to that site and cannot conveniently
check going back over previous weeks, unlikely marine effect if rock
solid lat+long anomaly over weeks

in the above read,image about +3 degC anomaly

From wiki on Surtsey
"On 13 November (eruption 14 November 1963), a fishing vessel in search
of herring, equipped with sensitive thermometers, noted sea temperatures
3.2 km (2.0 mi) SW of the eruption center were 2.4 °C (4.3 °F) higher
than surrounding waters."

That hotspot been on NOAA SST anomaly for the last 2 weeks but not 4
weeks ago, a larger area

'Hot' sea water west of Svalbard
 

On 14/08/2018 18:20, N_Cook wrote:
On 14/08/2018 11:12, N_Cook wrote:
On 14/08/2018 09:20, N_Cook wrote:
On 13/08/2018 20:05, Trailer Trash wrote:
Hi All - There is something very odd going on to the west of Svalbard.
It was mentioned a week ago about the very warm water in this area.
I've just checked on earth.nullschool - the hot spot is still there
and showing 20 degs! I can only imagine that there is undersea
volcanic activity but does anybody out there have any informed ideas
what is going on?


(second attempt)

A new Surtsey of 1963?
A new image here tonight
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/sst/anomaly/
last Thursday image about +5 degC anomaly at about 80N,5W, If I'm
interpreting the Mercator distortion correctly.
I don't have easy browser access to that site and cannot conveniently
check going back over previous weeks, unlikely marine effect if rock
solid lat+long anomaly over weeks

in the above read,image about +3 degC anomaly

From wiki on Surtsey
"On 13 November (eruption 14 November 1963), a fishing vessel in search
of herring, equipped with sensitive thermometers, noted sea temperatures
3.2 km (2.0 mi) SW of the eruption center were 2.4 °C (4.3 °F) higher
than surrounding waters."

That hotspot been on NOAA SST anomaly for the last 2 weeks but not 4
weeks ago, a larger area

If relevant, I make it about 8 degrees too south and 8 deg too west of
the NOAA SST anomaly hotspot

"Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake - 250km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and
Jan Mayen on Saturday, 11 August 2018
Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake - 250km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and
Jan Mayen on Saturday, 11 August 2018
I felt this quake
Date & time: Sat, 11 Aug 05:54:48 UTC
Local time at epicenter: 2018-08-11 05:54:48 +00:00
Magnitude: 5.3
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 71.7937°N / 2.2429°W [Map]
Nearest volcano: Jan Mayen (224 km)
Primary data source: USGS"
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/ear...Jan-Mayen.html

'Hot' sea water west of Svalbard
 

On Monday, 13 August 2018 23:01:12 UTC+1, Freddie wrote:
The DMI site shows a narrow band of 10 Celsius water to the west of Svalbard.

https://www.dmi.dk/en/groenland/hav/sea-temperature/

--
Freddie
Ystrad Rhondda

This paper, "Marine heatwaves under global warming", was published in Nature this week. The abstract mentions that "The largest changes are projected to occur in the western tropical Pacific and Arctic oceans. "

https://www.nature.com/articles/s415...Q2MjE1NDU1MAS2

'Hot' sea water west of Svalbard
 

Latest NOAA SST anomaly image , no longer a hotspot there, but a
warm-splurge, is unlikely indicative of a minor sea-area-wise undersea
volcano I'd have thought