Why are sea temperatures off france’s coasts so abnormally high?

THEY ARE BETWEEN 3C TO 5C HIGHER THAN USUAL IN THE ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, SAY EXPERTS If you have taken a dip in the sea off France's Mediterranean or

Atlantic coasts recently, you might have been pleasantly surprised by the temperature of the water. You were probably not imagining things: French weather experts on Wednesday (June 14)

reported the temperature of the Mediterranean Sea off the French coast varied from 22 C to 24 C, while Atlantic temperatures varied between 17C to 22C. Meteorologist Guillaume Séchet said

the temperatures are between 3C to 5C higher than usual for this time of year. > 🌊🌡 La température de l'eau de mer est anormalement élevée > pour un mois de juin sur les côtes 

françaises, surtout sur > l'#Atlantique et en #Méditerranée. Notre article sur le sujet ➡ > https://t.co/9EU9JQYuKR pic.twitter.com/ge1AmBJo8Y > — Guillaume Séchet 

(@Meteovilles) June 14, 2023 > 🌊🌡 La température de l'eau de mer est anormalement chaude sur > une grande partie du bassin Atlantique mais aussi aux abords de la > France. Dans

 le golfe de Gascogne et sur nos côtes > méditerranéennes, l'excédent est de +3 à +5°C ! (via > https://t.co/MjK8vRBt75) pic.twitter.com/yjUUVw3Zuf > — Guillaume Séchet 

(@Meteovilles) June 12, 2023 Sea temperatures are usually lower than the air temperature at the beginning of the summer as the sea takes longer to heat up. As a result, sea temperatures

usually peak in August after gradually warming up over the summer. These abnormally high temperatures have not just been registered in France but worldwide, with temperatures for the

northern Atlantic Ocean reaching a record high of 1.2 C above average last Saturday (June 10). > L'océan Atlantique continue de réécrire l'Histoire de la > climatologie. On 

est tellement éloigné de la variabilité > statistique qu'on est complètement dans l'inconnu. Ce 10 juin, la > température de la surface a atteint les +1,2°C par rapport à la

> moyenne 1981-2022. > Où va-t-on ? > 1/2 pic.twitter.com/Luyd7BO2Uy > — Dr. Serge Zaka (Dr. Zarge) (@SergeZaka) June 13, 2023 France’s weather service, Météo France, has noted

the number of marine heat waves “has doubled since 1982, and their intensity has increased”. READ ALSO: WARNING OVER HEIGHTENED RISK OF FOREST FIRES IN NORTHERN FRANCE WEAK WINDS So what has

caused these abnormally high temperatures? According to weather experts, a weather phenomenon, called an anticyclone, is abnormally weaker than usual, meaning the trade winds that blow over

the Atlantic are also weaker than usual. As a result, there are completely calm areas in the Atlantic Ocean, which absorb more heat than choppier areas. Not only do these trade winds churn

up the ocean and encourage water to evaporate, both of which help temperatures to drop, but they also bring sand from the Sahara which reduces sun exposure, again keeping temperatures low.

French weather website meteo-villes said it is difficult to know how the situation will change in the next few months and what the consequences will be for France. However, these abnormally

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