Arctic Sea Ice Watch (june, coast, warm, record)

[Glacierx]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Didn't the alarmists and Al Gore say the arctic would be ice free by this summer? LOL.

I think you are thinking of Mark Serreze, senior scientist at the government's snow and ice data center in Boulder, Colorado. He predicted that the Arctic would be ice-free by 2012.

[Cambium]

Cool Great Lakes site.

http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/

Looks like Superior hasn't been above normal this year and current water temp is well below previous years.

Can't find extreme for it so not sure if it's a record or not.

[Glacierx]

Arctic sea ice is still below average.



Global sea ice (Arctic + Antarctic) is above average though.

[Glacierx]

Antarctic sea ice is still at record levels.

[Cambium]

What the heck is going on in the Antarctica? How long can it keep setting records for? It's just off the charts now. New Modern Era record of Ice. Too bad we don't have data prior to Satellites.

And the Arctic had very little volume loss during melt season this year.. It's the 2nd least amount of melt area on record this year. 1996 was first.

http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/antarctic.sea.ice.interactive.html

[nei]

looks like more lasts till winter, too

[Glacierx]

Originally Posted by Cambium

What the heck is going on in the Antarctica? How long can it keep setting records for? It's just off the charts now. New Modern Era record of Ice. Too bad we don't have data prior to Satellites.

Wind is a huge factor in determining sea ice extent. I'd guess that it's been a very calm year down south.

[Cambium]

The Average Temp is below normal in 4 of the 5 Great Lakes except Erie (at normal).

What the heck is going on with Superior. Wow to the drop this month! ..

Vs normal on left, Vs previous yrs on right.

http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/web...statistic.html



Normal for September 17 is 14°C. It’s at 9.8°C. Its well below normal closer to Mid October Normals. Note its colder than prev yrs at this time as well.. Maybe close to record for September? I can't find daily data on it

[kronan123]

last year's sea ice extent vs this year for this date. the area around svalbard is doing better this year.

[Cambium]

Been a while for an update. Not just coverage but Arctic Sea Ice now thicker than last 8 yrs.

https://twitter.com/NJSnowFan/status/606293436011016193