And look out... you think you have seen some big storms already this year? With 29-31C (84-88F) temps all the way across... many places in and around the GOM near or above 90F now (outside the upwelling), we are going to see some monsters from Cape Verde if the upper air pattern remains favorable.
http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/sst/natl_sst_oper0.gif
