Snow And Ice In The Northern Hemisphere Autumn/Winter 2014

[cyclonic happiness]

Well, here we are again, the nights are drawing in and the first cold pools of 850's are spilling there way into northern Siberia , so I thought I start this winter's thread :-)

 

 

 

So we have the right upper air temps and the precipitation, so I think we should be seeing the first snowfalls of the 'winter' over the next few days in Siberia, albeit fleeting.

 

Can't wait for the season to begin proper :-D

 

Here is to a great, snowy winter ay?

[cyclonic happiness]

Here's the precipitation map for a couple of days time :-)

 

 

 

[cyclonic happiness]

oops mods? I could do with editing the title to say '2014/15'  could one of you guys possibly change it for me please? :-)

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Lovely jubbly

[Daniel*]

Love this thread personally extensive snow cover really has no correlation, whether we are going to get a snowy winter. Many years Europe has been blanketed by snow while the likes us west of Belgium has been green.

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Good call CH - there'll be Xmas stuff in Sainsbury's before we know it.

 

Winter 14/15 - Bring it on.......!!

[Jax]

Ice cover/retention compared to last year seems higher, no idea on depth though.

[SteveB]

Ice is looking a lot better this year, closer to the 2000 average by the look of things

 

[Stormyking]

One of my favourite threads!

 

There definatly does seem to be more ICE this year than last year!

[BornFromTheVoid]

PIOMAS volume is also doing well, highest since 2009.

 

[Nights King]

Ice is looking a lot better this year, closer to the 2000 average by the look of things

 

 

 

Lets not jinx it, it has a long way to go.

 

Seeing this thread up this morning has made my day!!

[SteveB]

Indeed, still a month of drops to go before we see regrowth, but it would take some serious loses to drop below the minimum set in 2012

 

Fingers crossed, for a good cold winter this year..... I have a feeling it will be

[BornFromTheVoid]

Indeed, still a month of drops to go before we see regrowth, but it would take some serious loses to drop below the minimum set in 2012

 

Fingers crossed, for a good cold winter this year..... I have a feeling it will be

 

There's no way we'll get near 2012 this year. During early summer of 2012, all the heat had raised the ocean temperatures in the Arctic enough to keep melt rates high through August and keep the ice quite thin and weak. We haven't had much sustained warmth over the Arctic this year (compared to recent years) so even though conditions the last few days have been favourable for high melt rates, we've actually been losing ice relatively slowly.

[fUnKy]

My favourite thread.. if i recall started off like a steam train last winter but slowed down and did we ever get a pixel in england?

[Guest]

That's as may be but I really wish we could keep summer longer - it seems as though during the last 24 hours we have already slipped into autumn with the chart being littered with some nasty vicious lows.

 

Let's have a nice Indian summer, then a fairly brief but cold white winter alleviated by a warm dry spring.

[Jax]

summer has a way to go yet and we have autumn to pass, winter is as far ahead as it was before us.

[picog]

Glee and joy seeing this thread start up! Here's wishing everyone a cold and snowy winter!

[cyclonic happiness]

summer has a way to go yet and we have autumn to pass, winter is as far ahead as it was before us.

Tough! :-p We all want winter, summer has been amazing, but the tides are changing towards autumn :-P

 

This bunch are gonna be like rabid dogs over snowfall this winter, I don't think I could cope with another snow-less winter like last, although it was 'fun' with all the storms (don't even think about jumping on that comment, you all know what I mean lol :-D)

[NorthernRab]

Yay! Favourite thread on here, good to see it back! 

[Jax]

Tough! :-p We all want winter

not quite true, but I shall let it pass

[Crepuscular Ray]

What Jax said. Can't we get through the second half of summer and all the mists and mellow fruitfulness stuff first, please...

[Radiating Dendrite]

Good to see this thread back.

As has been said many times before if you don't agree with it simply don't read it

[cyclonic happiness]

What Jax said. Can't we get through the second half of summer and all the mists and mellow fruitfulness stuff first, please...

absolutely not! :-D

[stewfox]

Good to see this thread back.

As has been said many times before if you don't agree with it simply don't read it

 

In need

 

Another good site for daily updates

 

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

 

Selfridges have already open their Christmas store with only 142 shopping days left to buy all the celebration's essentials never too early.

 

http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/life/weird-life/selfridges-opens-christmas-store-1.506063

[Ice Day]

Well, here we are again, the nights are drawing in and the first cold pools of 850's are spilling there way into northern Siberia , so I thought I start this winter's thread :-)

 

Good work Cyclonic Happiness; started 5 days earlier than last year (yes I did check and I am that sad!!!!).  The one thread we can guarantee snow in!