Katrina Alters Sea-Surface Temps
The image below shows the difference between sea-surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico before and after Katrina. She clearly changed the dynamic in the Gulf by upwelling a lot of cold water from the bottom, and this could keep tropical systems from rapidly increasing in strength over those areas in the short-term.
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