NOTICE: From our HotSpot charts and Bleaching Indices that updated overnight, using information our satellite obtained during the past weekend, we observe the following changes in the present bleaching situation: *Okinawa* -- increased SSTs (approaching 32 deg C in some areas) Saipan/Guam -- staying more to the north in the Northern Mariana's Midway -- still showing signs of development from the west Palmyra -- new area just west of the Line Islands Bahamas -- SSTs increasing to the west of Great Exuma over the Bank http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/dhw_news.html http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/climohot.html Feedback appreciated... AE Strong NOAA/NESDIS 24 July 2001