Higher Than Normal Sea-Surface Temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico

question 41

True/False

Higher than normal sea-surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005 led NOAA meteorologists to forecast high storm activity in the Atlantic.

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