The southeast of the North Sea and Baltic remain remarkably warm still with anomalies widely of +3°C above the LTALTA Long Term Average. This is usually defined as a 30 year period by the WMO.. Is the warm summer of 2023 across Europe a product of these high SSTSST Sea Surface Temperatures, or as seems likely, these high SST are just a by product of the very warm summer? The central north Atlantic, although still much warmer than average, is much cooler generally that at the same point last year, how this bodes for the weather in this autumn and coming winter is anyone’s guess, but mine would be for a very mild, wet autumn and winter, but don’t quote me on that because I’m no expert😉