This output is based upon provisional data, and neither NOAA nor FIO can be held liable for use of these data for other than decision support and perusal of preliminary data supporting coral reef ecosystem research. The attached expert system output is a research tool still under development, and still requires quite a bit of work to become truly useful. Your comments are welcome.

   
   No rules were triggered today, which indicates conditions
   for abiotic induced coral bleaching do not appear to be
   present.
   

To see an example bleaching alert report for August 12, 1998, which is around the day widespread bleaching begain at Sombrero Key, please click here.