Figure 2: Ocean temperature and currents prior to intensification for: (a-c) Sally, (d-f) Hanna, and (g-i) Eta. Left panels (a,d,g) show sea surface temperature (SST, shading); black dashed contours show 150 m isobaths and black arrows show instantaneous ocean surface currents. Red lines show sections profiled in the middle column; magenta lines show sections profiled in the right column. Middle panels (b,e,h) show cross-sections of sea temperature (shading) and along-track currents (black arrows) over coastal downwelling regions. Right panels (c,f,i) show cross-sections over the upwelling region in each storm’s cold wake (red lines at 300 m highlight cutoff depth of panels in the middle column). White lines in the middle and right columns show sea temperature contours every 2 K; the contour of the 26 °C isobath is shown in black.