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Originally Posted by Bill14564
I wouldn't be so sure about not possible.
Looking at the data though, it's concerning. I found data for three buoys plus the MNBF1 that registered the high temperature. Today, three of them show a little over 87 degrees and MNBF1 shows a little over 89 degrees. There could be all sorts of valid reasons why MNBF1 reads two degrees higher. However, on the hot day MNBF1 read almost six degrees higher. Six degrees is still not impossible but it makes it a little harder to believe.
Whatever the case, while MNBF1 showed the absolute highest temperature it does not seem to be typical of the ocean around it. The three buoys around it all show similar temperatures: 87.3 degrees today and 95.6 degrees on the hot day.
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Sure, Ocean temps of 87 in the Gulf are pretty much the norm, maybe a degree or 2 high. But 101.1 just isn't possible--the laws of thermodynamics prohibit it.