https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/09/10/why-water-receding-tampa-bay-irma-approaches/651323001/ (The winds are pushing the water out of the bay.)
What about the Bahamas?
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/national/hurricane-irma-why-did-the-ocean-disappear-near-the-bahamas/kNFPLipEYSxceuMLNJRBAM/ (The water was sucked up into the eye and eyewall.)
So, two different causes.
And, if either or both are true, no hurricane was involved in the receding waters in Brazil and Uruguay a month or so ago.
Replies