Snow And Ice In The Northern Hemisphere 2012/13

[Gavin Hannah]

A nice shot of overnight snow on Glencoe Mountain.

Summit cam is currently covered in snow.... !

Cairngorm..

Edited September 18, 2012 by IBringTheHammer

[Interitus]

At 9:00am Loch Glascarnoch was 3.2°C and reporting sleet at 265 metres (869 feet) altitude.

[Gavin Hannah]

I think it was really rather cold overnight. I'm 200m above sea level, 15m from the west coast, and south of Glasgow, and at 2030 last night, had a hail storm with hail the size of large Peas.

Edited September 18, 2012 by IBringTheHammer

[LincolnSnowstorm]

Here's the latest picture of how the snow cover is doing.

Red circles for were it could be doing better

Blue circle for not quite as well as it was.

I guess something had to give for us having snow in Scotland yesterday!

Edited September 19, 2012 by harshwintercoming

[Gavin Hannah]

If i'm not mistaken, it would seem that the Ice pack has extended a wee bit towards Siberia.

[Isolated Frost]

Iceland this morning... take your pick.

[Relativistic]

If i'm not mistaken, it would seem that the Ice pack has extended a wee bit towards Siberia.

I agree, I think it has a little.

[Gavin Hannah]

Just checked, it has advanced compared with two days ago. Lets hope that the Melt is finally over.

Nice pics IF

Edited September 19, 2012 by IBringTheHammer

[SMU]

There was aun uptick of around 50 KM2 yesterday on the ice front!

Lets hope the thames contributes to the overall ice cover this winter!

S

[Gavin Hannah]

Lets hope the thames contributes to the overall ice cover this winter!

S

Maybe the Clyde (which happend in 09/10 and 10/11 if im not mistaken. ) Seeing an icepack float down a river during a thaw is actually quite impressive.

Both those years, the River Ayr, which flows close to where I am (15 or so miles from its finish point) froze over for weeks. During the thaw, there were icebergs the size of small cars floating in the river.

Edited September 19, 2012 by IBringTheHammer

[LincolnSnowstorm]

Just checked, it has advanced compared with two days ago. Lets hope that the Melt is finally over.

Nice pics IF

Looks like the mend is on! three days ago

[BornFromTheVoid]

Here's an animation of the last 7 days data (the 13th isn't available for some reason though?)

Click for a larger image.

[LincolnSnowstorm]

Here's an animation of the last 7 days data (the 13th isn't available for some reason though?)

It's easy now to spot the 18th's increase cheers bftv

[quest4peace]

You can also see the definite ice increase on the siberian side I know cryosphere today is apparently reporting a loss? but that clearly shows a gain you decide Lol!

Edited September 19, 2012 by quest4peace

[Polar Maritime]

Here's an animation of the last 7 days data (the 13th isn't available for some reason though?)

Click for a larger image.

Good news to see the ice expanding again for the refreeze....

[BornFromTheVoid]

You can also see the definite ice increase on the siberian side I know cryosphere today is apparently reporting a loss? but that clearly shows a gain you decide Lol!

Different dates, methods and measures.

Cryosphere today is a day behind (perhaps it should be renamed "cryosphere 2 days ago"), CT also measures "area" in an automated manner from a single satellite and is meant for historical comparisons, while IMS kinda uses "extent", but from numerous sources as well as a large human input for use in Arctic shipping.

So for day to day comparisons, it's best to use just one source

[quest4peace]

Different dates, methods and measures.

Cryosphere today is a day behind (perhaps it should be renamed "cryosphere 2 days ago"), CT also measures "area" in an automated manner from a single satellite and is meant for historical comparisons, while IMS kinda uses "extent", but from numerous sources as well as a large human input for use in Arctic shipping.

So for day to day comparisons, it's best to use just one source

Quite confusing working out which one is closest to the real situation with so many different reports and sites to look at Trouble is i think it's quite normal with the worry of ice free summers being reported, that us casual onlookers, would like to grab any hint of a refreeze in full flow shown on any particular site Which is why it is up to you guys on here, with a bit more knowledge, to explain to us in an unbiased way as possible, so that we too, can learn to make our own minds up what is going on.

Edited September 19, 2012 by quest4peace

[LincolnSnowstorm]

]For the Coldies fun and interest!

...Far eastern Siberian Town of Magadan UTC+12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magadan has smashed through its 20th September low temp record with a -10c

It is in the snow on the NOAA snow and ice chart so the first double whammy hit of cold and snow I believe.

Edited September 19, 2012 by harshwintercoming

[Interitus]

For the Coldies fun and interest! ...Far eastern Siberian Town of Magadan UTC+12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magadan has smashed through its 20th September low temp record with a -10c

It is in the snow on the NOAA snow and ice chart so the first double whammy hit of cold and snow I believe.

I fear not, the city of Magadan got to -2°C a couple of days ago and -1.5C an hour ago, but it is also the name of the region and Talaya-in-Magadan was down to -13.2C an hour ago - http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=25808〈=en&decoded=yes&ndays=2&ano=2012&mes=09&day=19&hora=22

[LincolnSnowstorm]

I fear not, the city of Magadan got to -2°C a couple of days ago and -1.5C an hour ago, but it is also the name of the region and Talaya-in-Magadan was down to -13.2C an hour ago - http://www.ogimet.co...&day=19&hora=22

http://www.weatherhq...station/magadan http://weather.glads...y.net/site/UHMM at 174 meters reporting -10C at 0700 local time , your report http://www.ogimet.co...&day=19&hora=22 http://weather.glads....net/site/25808 of -13.2C 160 miles away at 708 meters is impressive

Is it me or is it cold! 6 daily low records broke in France and Germany overnight. 4C due Saturday and below freezing in the Scotland. Too fresh for this time of year Brrr!

Edited September 20, 2012 by harshwintercoming

[Interitus]

http://www.weatherhq...station/magadan http://weather.glads...y.net/site/UHMM at 174 meters reporting -10C at 0700 local time , your report http://www.ogimet.co...&day=19&hora=22 http://weather.glads....net/site/25808 of -13.2C 160 miles away at 708 meters is impressive

Is it me or is it cold! 6 daily low records broke in France and Germany overnight. 4C due Saturday and below freezing in the Scotland. Too fresh for this time of year Brrr!

Had to check this out because ogimet does have the Magadan synop report and airport UHMM metar at the same coordinates. Turns out that Magadan airport is 25 miles inland from the city which is right on the coast

Yes it is fresh, a lot of people are gearing themselves up for winter but it's still only September, I'm not feeling it yet!

[LincolnSnowstorm]

Had to check this out because ogimet does have the Magadan synop report and airport UHMM metar at the same coordinates. Turns out that Magadan airport is 25 miles inland from the city which is right on the coast

Yes it is fresh, a lot of people are gearing themselves up for winter but it's still only September, I'm not feeling it yet!

]For the Coldies fun and interest!

...Correction Sorry Far eastern Siberian City of Magadan Nearest main Airport which looks like this in the snow has smashed through its 20th September low temp record with a -10c

It is in the snow on the NOAA snow and ice chart so the first double whammy hit of record daily cold and snow I believe.

Edited September 20, 2012 by harshwintercoming

[LincolnSnowstorm]

Latest Cover

4days ago

looking at the snow cover now compared to a years ago.

Not a big difference

But nice to see Iceland still whiter than last year.

Edited September 21, 2012 by harshwintercoming

[Gavin Hannah]

The difference in Ice cover is still substantial. It doesn't look like much, but I'm pretty sure it is in terms of numbers. I'm sure BFTP could conjure up some data for comparison.

Snow cover is probably about even.

[BornFromTheVoid]

Current ice cover as a percentage of previous years, based on NSIDC extent.