The unprecedented water temperatures — reaching up to 95 degrees Fahrenheit in some places — could intensify storms and hurricanes in the Sunshine State.
Coastal waters around Florida have reached alarming temperatures of 95 degrees Fahrenheit with no sign of cooling off anytime soon, experts say.
Waters off Florida typically reach temperatures in the high 80s F in July, said Jeff Berardelli, chief meteorologist and climate specialist at the television station WFLA-TV in Tampa. But temperatures this year are"boiling," he wrote on Twitter on Monday . This includes coral bleaching, as reefs are"extremely sensitive to slight changes in water [temperature]," Berardelli wrote. NOAA's Coral Reef Watch has designted an"Alert Level 1" area off the coast of Florida — the second-highest warning on the scale — with"significant bleaching likely."
These conditions mean there has been little to no mixing of the sun-exposed top layer of water with colder waters below.
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