SNOW & ICE coverage in the Northern Hemisphere 2016/17

[jvenge]

4 minutes ago, Bobd29 said:

As a matter of interest when was the last time the Baltic was at least half frozen over?

I think large parts of it froze in the 2010-2011 winter. I don't think it freezes over entirely too often. I guess 87 would have been the last time?

[cheese]

It mostly froze over in 2011.

Quite a bit of it froze over in 2010 as well.

Satellite photo from March 2010:

Edited November 17, 2016 by cheese

[Blessed Weather]

Cohen tweeting that this year's SAI is the highest value he has observed.

[Bobd29]

11 hours ago, cheese said:

It mostly froze over in 2011.

Quite a bit of it froze over in 2010 as well.

Satellite photo from March 2010:

Thanks for the replies, satisfies my curiosity.....NOW for the next time?

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Canada almost covered and a huge dump in the US Mid-West

[mountain shadow]

8 minutes ago, Turnedoutniceagain said:

Canada almost covered and a huge dump in the US Mid-West

Canada almost covered? Hardly. Snow coverage must be well behind average across North America.

[Bobd29]

1 hour ago, mountain shadow said:

Canada almost covered? Hardly. Snow coverage must be well behind average across North America.

Agreed, like to see Hudson Bay freeze over in the next month then snow edging south towards the Lakes, long way to go yet

[Seasonality]

21 hours ago, cheese said:

It mostly froze over in 2011.

Quite a bit of it froze over in 2010 as well.

Satellite photo from March 2010:

Interestingly the Baltic has low salinity compared to ocean water due to run off from the surrounding land and its shallow depth, you could actually drink the water without dehydrating yourself. Apparently it has frozen completely 20 times since 1720 and the most recent time was indeed 1987 but pack ice was reported in 2010 and 2011 saw impressive coverage too.

[BornFromTheVoid]

Latest Arctic sea ice extent update is here

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Plenty of UK pixels, fantastic for November.

Also note the sea-ice build up on Greenland's east coast

[Hotspur62]

12 hours ago, Turnedoutniceagain said:

Plenty of UK pixels, fantastic for November.

Also note the sea-ice build up on Greenland's east coast

tbf though quite a big loss of snow in Southern Sweden and Poland/Baltic states over last 24/36 hours.If the Model thread and latest Models are correct this time next week there will be a big advancement Westwards into Central Europe and maybe parts of NW Europe

[Midlands Ice Age]

8 hours ago, Turnedoutniceagain said:

Plenty of UK pixels, fantastic for November.

Also note the sea-ice build up on Greenland's east coast

Also now signs of sea ice build up (at last) along the Russian coastline of the Barents and Kara Seas,  It looks as if the sea ice will now be going into 'catch up' mode.

The models seem to think that the vortex will be moving to N SIberia in the next week so it will be interesting to see if the ice over there responds.

MIA

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Today's offering

[Blessed Weather]

Dr. Cohen remains "bullish" about cold into Eurasia rather than North America with a stark contrast in snow cover v. the norm for the two continents:

Eurasia:  North America:

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Latest offering. Good sea ice increase

[Interitus]

On 11/24/2016 at 08:10, Turnedoutniceagain said:

Latest offering. Good sea ice increase

 

Still far the lowest on record.

[BornFromTheVoid]

Latest Arctic sea ice extent update is here

[Turnedoutniceagain]

A slight thaw in Scandinavia this weekend.

[Katrine Basso]

Here is the latest snow and ice chart.

I hope that the snow will continue spreading throughout the whole of Europe.

 

 

 

 

[Turnedoutniceagain]

North America has had some serious snowfall. Canada virtually covered, snow in US almost down to Mexico

[Turnedoutniceagain]

A good dumping of snow for the Balkans yesterday. Snow has edged West into Poland too

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Compare and contrast ice build up in one month. Nov 1st > Dec 1st

[Katrine Basso]

The ice has increased a little bit more since the last snow and ice chart

 

[BornFromTheVoid]

Latest weekly Arctic sea ice extent update is here

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Latest. Still no sign of widespread snow through Germany/Poland.