Published on: August 18, 2007 at 3:26 PM

PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
82 cloudy, east wind sustained 34 mph

PUERTO PLATA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
heavy rain, wind east 23, 94% humidity

SANTO DOMINGO
steady rain, wind NNE 18

SJNP4 (SAN JUAN BUOY)
SST 86 degrees (Sea Surface Temperature)

BUOY 42056 / NW CARIBBEAN
SST 87

BUOY 42055 / BAY OF CAMPECHE
SST 86, wave height 5 feet
waves coming from the east

BUOY 42003 / 300 LAND MILES SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY
SST 87

KYWF1 / KEY WEST
SST 87.4

BUOY 42009 / OFFSHORE FROM ST. PETERSBURG
SST 87.4

BUOY 42039 / 135 MILES ESE OF PENSACOLA
SST 88.3

BUOY 42040 / 74 MILES SOUTH OF DAUPHIN ISLAND (Land Miles)
SST 89

DPHA1 / DAUPHIN ISLAND
SST 89

BUOY 42002 / WEST GULF OF MEXICO
SST 87

You can see from all of those reports that the water temperature in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico is in prime shape to please any tropical storm or hurricane that comes along.