Snow And Ice In The Northern Hemisphere

[cyclonic happiness]

Growth all round today and no loss!! and the arctic ice has made a sudden 'lurch' for the russian coast.

[Nights King]

Thats quite abit for today... how much above last year are we if any now?

[liltbrockie]

I'm not entirely sure the National Ice Centers website is working correctly at the moment tbh

Yesterday data looks remarkably similar to the day before its, and even now when you click on "Latest" link for europe you get the 26th september come up!

[WRCHowler]

i think once the ice connects to northern Russia the snow will accumilate even more.

[cyclonic happiness]

not much going on today.

Bit of a build up in tibet though

[chionomaniac]

Ah, here are the figures that I have been waiting for. They have been static for over a month and I was wondering what was happening to the site.

Rather than compare to last year, I prefer to compare to average. And, looking at the figures for September it looks like we are bang on average for this time of year. Remember that last October had some exceptional snow growth so don't be too surprised that if by the end of this month that we are down from last year.

http://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/table_rankings.php

[cheeky_monkey]

Ah, here are the figures that I have been waiting for. They have been static for over a month and I was wondering what was happening to the site.

Rather than compare to last year, I prefer to compare to average. And, looking at the figures for September it looks like we are bang on average for this time of year. Remember that last October had some exceptional snow growth so don't be too surprised that if by the end of this month that we are down from last year.

http://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/table_rankings.php

im not quite sure how to read these figures..for example im looking at the Canada figures and the value goes from 3/44 in Feb 2010 to 41/44 in March 2010.

i know last winter was particularly mild and relatively snowless in Canada compared to a normal season. So how do they come up with the figures and why such a big difference between Feb and March??

[chionomaniac]

im not quite sure how to read these figures..for example im looking at the Canada figures and the value goes from 3/44 in Feb 2010 to 41/44 in March 2010.

i know last winter was particularly mild and relatively snowless in Canada compared to a normal season. So how do they come up with the figures and why such a big difference between Feb and March??

Was there an exceptional melt in March and spring in Canada? That is what the figures look like they are suggesting. I have to agree though, February's ranking does look a little suspect.

[phil nw.]

Looking at Northern hemisphere Snow and Icecover as of yesterday.

Sea Ice Cover,

Clearly now Ice growth has commenced and we are past the minimum.

Snow and Ice Cover,

Compare week 1 chart(16/09/10) on Snow/Ice cover to yesterday,

Clearly some noticable advances made in just 3 weeks.

Edited October 6, 2010 by phil n.warks.

[cyclonic happiness]

Look at those nice new areas in russia today!!! there are HUGE!

[KTtom]

Looking at the trend in the longer term models there should be the first falls of the winter in north western Scandinavia / Russia by this time next week.

[Cymro]

Looking at the trend in the longer term models there should be the first falls of the winter in north western Scandinavia / Russia by this time next week.

Yes and despite the warmish weather we will experience it seems likely that this will give off to much cooler weather perhaps creating favourable conditions for lasting snows int he highlands of Scotland come a week today.

[cheeky_monkey]

Was there an exceptional melt in March and spring in Canada? That is what the figures look like they are suggesting. I have to agree though, February's ranking does look a little suspect.

not that i know of..western canada had a cold spring so dont see where the mammoth melt would come from?

[SnowShoeHare]

Great thread, really enjoying! Thank you!

[liltbrockie]

Quite sizeable build ups today:

[cyclonic happiness]

Yummy!

We're really gonna have to stop meeting like this lmao! :lol:

[Stuart]

yes yummy but cant see any for the uk

[liltbrockie]

Snow cover in northern hemisphere is up 47% on same time last year.

[sblog]

Just hope this bodes well for the Winter ahead.....

[liltbrockie]

Just hope this bodes well for the Winter ahead.....

It may not... 2005 saw must more snow cover for the same time this year and that wasn't a particularly snowy winter for the uk

[Nights King]

It may not... 2005 saw must more snow cover for the same time this year and that wasn't a particularly snowy winter for the uk

It may not be a certainty but helps cold pooling

[suffolkboy_]

Just comparing the original picture with the latest one, to me it looks as if the ice has decreased rather than increased!? :huh:

[Nights King]

Just comparing the original picture with the latest one, to me it looks as if the ice has decreased rather than increased!? :huh:

Not really but you have to remember that the artic melt season was still in full swing for a while after that first so it has built back up since then from a lower fig than aug 30th.

Edited October 8, 2010 by mullender83

[phil nw.]

Just comparing the original picture with the latest one, to me it looks as if the ice has decreased rather than increased!? :huh:

We are now on the increase with Sea Ice Cover now-- see below

The minimum was towards the end of September rather than 30/08/2010 -the date of your chart.

[suffolkboy_]

We are now on the increase with Sea Ice Cover now-- see below

The minimum was towards the end of September rather than 30/08/2010 -the date of your chart.

I feel like an idiot now haha; didn't think of that. Thanks for clearing that up.