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Here's a wider view on the satellite imagery showing hurricane #Ophelia
You can see the eye of hurricane Ophelia on this morning's satellite imagery
September was colder than average over central & west Europe - but it was warmer in the far north & east, as well as southern Spain.
map shows how global sea surface temperatures have changed from a year ago (blue=colder, yellow/red=warmer)
Global map showing the probability of tropical storm force winds in the next 48 hours (credit @metdesk )
as Hurricane Irma heads towards Cuba, the Bahamas and Florida, sea surface temperatures will be in excess of 30 Celsius (credit: NASA).
It was a hotter than average month in E & SE Europe but colder in the NW
NASA satellite imagery shows tropical storm Harvey in the Gulf of Mexico