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Understanding the loop current: how high ocean heat content plays a role in hurricane intensity

There has been a lot of focus on hot sea surface temperatures around Florida, including the abnormally warm temperatures around the Florida Keys and Florida Straits so early this summer, but there is ...
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What happens when Hurricane Milton goes over the Gulf Loop Current? It's complicated.

Hurricane Milton is set to pass over the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico just weeks after Helene strengthened when moving over the deep core of water known to fuel monster storms. Again a Category ...
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How a red-hot patch in the Gulf could make Hurricane Helene stronger as it nears Florida

A satellite map of the Gulf of Mexico reveals the “loop current,” a hairpin curve of hotter than usual water that could help grow future Hurricane Helene into a Category 3 storm. University of Miami ...
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Cat 4 Hurricane Helene intensified over the Gulf Loop Current. Here's why it's so dangerous.

The hot waters of the Gulf of Mexico led to rapid intensification of yet another hurricane, this time strengthening Helene into a deadly, Category 4 storm as it raced towards Florida's coast.
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Gulf disturbance could pass over the loop current. Here’s what that means

ORLANDO, Fla. – The information in this story is dated to 5:44 p.m. Friday. For the latest on what has since become Tropical Storm Idalia, including its cone, models and more, click here. ORIGINAL: ...