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Meteorologist Bryan Rupp

Story Created: Jul 11, 2008 at 11:36 AM CST

Story Updated: May 15, 2009 at 11:41 PM CST

Sea surface temperatures of at least eighty degrees are a necessary ingredient in producing tropical cyclones.

For the 2009 season the Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures went above 80 degrees around May 10.

As we saw in the 2005 and 2008 seasons, water temperatures above ninety degrees super charge hurricanes and since they get their energy from warm water temperatures, the warmer, the stronger storms can become.

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