Snow And Ice In The Northern Hemisphere

[cyclonic happiness]

Animated gif comparing to same time last year

Good stuff Lilt', I think we can safely say that we are ahead of last year?

[Isolated Frost]

Good stuff Lilt', I think we can safely say that we are ahead of last year? :lol:

In snow, yes. On Ice, it seems much more varied with most sides of the arctic seeing Ice cover.

Western Siberia and the Himalayas have a lot more, Eastern Canada, Alaska and Iceland have considerably less aswell.

Edited September 30, 2010 by Nuâ„¢ Design

[memories of 63]

Animated gif comparing to same time last year

Fantastic gif thanks very much. Please carry on with these in the future.

[liltbrockie]

Fantastic gif thanks very much. Please carry on with these in the future.

lol yes boss

[WRCHowler]

This trully is a great thread, its nice to see winter drawing in.

[geordiekev]

Sorry to hijack post but thought people might be interested to see the sharp incline in ice rate up north since reaching the annual minimum, ties in nicely with the gifs (image courtesy of nsidc).

[phil nw.]

As another comparison good snowcover growth since around the Autumn Minimum.

First chart--

Now 2 weeks later.

Edited September 30, 2010 by phil n.warks.

[liltbrockie]

Today sees continued growth in Russia and a nice big splodge just north of the Hudson strait

[cyclonic happiness]

Yes the russian blob is HUGE! same size as france?

[liltbrockie]

Based on last years images I am expecting the Arctic Ice to be firmly up against the north of Russia by the 12th October

[liltbrockie]

A count of the white pixels has revealed there is a 41.3% increase in the amount of snow in the northern hemisphere compared to the same time last year.

[stewfox]

Based on last years images I am expecting the Arctic Ice to be firmly up against the north of Russia by the 12th October

Early days but seems more ice development towards the European side

[Cymro]

Ice although starting from a lower minimum than last year is rapidly increasing at one of the fastest rates known accprdomg tp statistics, It is truly amazing how quick the ice recover which begs to differ the arguments that sea ice will disappear completely, and if it even did it would only be for a few weeks at best. Alot of scaremongering in the past is being proven utter nonsense. I remeber in 2000 them saying we wouldn't see snow in 13 years? And we're currently seeing more snow last decade compared to the nineties.

[laserguy]

Someone will be along shortly to say that it's all part and parcel of global warming and is well within projections,it's just a blip before warming emerges from its hidey-hole etc. *Sigh*....

[AderynCoch]

Ice although starting from a lower minimum than last year is rapidly increasing at one of the fastest rates known accprdomg tp statistics, It is truly amazing how quick the ice recover which begs to differ the arguments that sea ice will disappear completely, and if it even did it would only be for a few weeks at best. Alot of scaremongering in the past is being proven utter nonsense. I remeber in 2000 them saying we wouldn't see snow in 13 years? And we're currently seeing more snow last decade compared to the nineties.

It's all part and parcel of global warming and is well within projections, it's just a blip before warming emerges from its hidey-hole.

Ahem...

Our side of the Arctic has certainly made gains compared with last year, though North America is being pegged back (Baffin Island was completely pasted this time last year).

Still waiting for the first sea ice off the coast of Barrow, Alaska. There's about seven weeks left before perennial darkness kicks in:

http://seaice.alaska.edu/gi/observatories/barrow_webcam

[SteveB]

It's still to early to say whether we are seeing a reverse of the ice pack, but you got to say it is really nice to see a strong growth & also good early snow cover.

[chionomaniac]

Good stuff Lilt', I think we can safely say that we are ahead of last year? :blush:

One has to remember that snow cover was well down from average this time last year, but this all changed last October when the turnaround to above average was significant. The end of this month will be very important.

Oh and for those trying to bring Global warming into this thread .... just don't - there are other threads out there.

Edited October 1, 2010 by chionomaniac

[liltbrockie]

One has to remember that snow cover was well down from average this time last year, but this all changed last October when the turnaround to above average was significant. The end of this month will be very important.

Oh and for those trying to bring Global warming into this thread .... just don't - there are other threads out there.

I Agree. It will be very interesting to see what the state of play is in a months time.

[cyclonic happiness]

here is todays pic as you can see there are good gains on baffin island and central russia :lol:

Apologies for lack of update yesterday, i had trouble with my ISP connection, but here's yesterdays too.

Edited October 3, 2010 by cyclonic happiness

[WRCHowler]

It wont be long now before the sea ice connects to Northern Russia.

[Nights King]

Some melt though in and around alaska by the looks of it.

[Cymro]

here is todays pic as you can see there are good gains on baffin island and central russia

Apologies for lack of update yesterday, i had trouble with my ISP connection, but here's yesterdays too.

Snow seems to be holding on in Norway too despite the unfavourable conditions. Sea ice is well up now although growth has started slowing down compared to what we have seen in the last week.

[Turnedoutniceagain]

It wont be long now before the sea ice connects to Northern Russia.

Yes, I've been watching that bit for a few weeks now. Must be 2-iron by now !!

[cyclonic happiness]

A few bits of meltback today and afew gains, equals out methinks.

[liltbrockie]

A few bits of meltback today and afew gains, equals out methinks.

We're still well up on last year