Analysis performed Tue Oct 16 09:37:50 2018.

Status

Current Marine Heatwave status based on ocean temperature data up to and including Tue 09 Oct 2018.
**Figure 1. Current status of ocean temperatures.** *The current status can be seen as a) the current observed sea-surface temperature (SST) anomaly (i.e. observed minus the long-term mean on a given day) and b) associated heatwave severity based on the Hobday marine heatwave scale (Hobday et al 2018).*

Figure 1. Current status of ocean temperatures. The current status can be seen as a) the current observed sea-surface temperature (SST) anomaly (i.e. observed minus the long-term mean on a given day) and b) associated heatwave severity based on the Hobday marine heatwave scale (Hobday et al 2018).

Last 12 months

**Figure 2. Proportion of study area impacted by MHWs.** *The proportion of the study area in Figure 1 in a given Marine Heatwave category is plotted over the last 12 months. Categories are stacked on top of each other, so that the upper edge of a category corresponds to the proportion that is in that category or higher. Heatwave severity is classified following the Hobday marine heatwave scale (Hobday et al 2018).*

Figure 2. Proportion of study area impacted by MHWs. The proportion of the study area in Figure 1 in a given Marine Heatwave category is plotted over the last 12 months. Categories are stacked on top of each other, so that the upper edge of a category corresponds to the proportion that is in that category or higher. Heatwave severity is classified following the Hobday marine heatwave scale (Hobday et al 2018).

**Figure 3. Extreme temperatures over the last 12 months.** *The most extreme temperatures observed over the last 12 months can be seen as a) the maximum daily observed sea-surface temperature (SST) anomaly (i.e. observed minus the long-term mean on a given day) and b) the maximum heatwave severity based on the Hobday marine heatwave scale (Hobday et al 2018). *

Figure 3. Extreme temperatures over the last 12 months. The most extreme temperatures observed over the last 12 months can be seen as a) the maximum daily observed sea-surface temperature (SST) anomaly (i.e. observed minus the long-term mean on a given day) and b) the maximum heatwave severity based on the Hobday marine heatwave scale (Hobday et al 2018).

Basis of Analysis

Table 1. Overview of the basis for the analysis
Component Description
Observational data Sea surface temperature (SST) observations based on the NOAA OISST v2 AVHRR-ony product (also known as Reynolds SST). https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oisst
Temporal Resolution Daily
Spatial Resolution ~20km (0.25 deg)
Climatological Period 1986-2015 inclusive
Software heatwaveR version 0.3.3 (2018-07-25)
Most recent data 09 Oct 2018

References

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Acknowledgements

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 727852 (Blue-Action).