Snow and Ice in the Northern Hemisphere: Winter 22/23

[RJBingham]

Three to six foot of snow forecast for Buffalo NY

https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/feet-of-snow-to-bury-buffalo-as-potentially-historic-lake-effect-event-looms/1278208

[ItNeverSnowsInWindsor]

Should see some pixels in Scandinavia by next Tuesday hopefully.

[Midlands Ice Age]

16 hours ago, prolongedSnowLover said:

Should see some pixels in Scandinavia by next Tuesday hopefully.

Looking promising for the next couple of days...

Snow moving quickly westward into eastern Europe, and southwards through Scandy  on today's charts.

 

MIA

[Turnedoutniceagain]

 Snow now falling in the Ukraine

 

[Katrine Basso]

Snow increasing in Scandinavia

 

Snow increasing in Scandinavia

 

[Don]

1 hour ago, Katrine Basso said:

Snow increasing in Scandinavia

 

Snow increasing in Scandinavia

 

Cold air is actually very close to our east currently, but looks to remain that way unfortunately

[damianslaw]

1 hour ago, Don said:

Cold air is actually very close to our east currently, but looks to remain that way unfortunately

Good to see it arriving at least, many saying no cold air about, but it is a good cold pool for mid Nov. Good to see snow advancing into central Europe.

[Don]

2 hours ago, damianslaw said:

Good to see it arriving at least, many saying no cold air about, but it is a good cold pool for mid Nov. Good to see snow advancing into central Europe.

It is good to see the cold in place (and shows how it can cool rapidly over the continent) so if things align correctly, the UK will be in the firing line!!

[carinthian]

Snow arrived in Stockholm overnight. My daughter sent this picture viewed from her apartment in the city.

C

[Midlands Ice Age]

1 hour ago, carinthian said:

Snow arrived in Stockholm overnight. My daughter sent this picture viewed from her apartment in the city.

C

Yep, snow cover extended westwards considerably yesterday, into N Germany and even into Northern Holland (just to the east of Amsterdam).

Thought at one stage it might even reach the North Sea.!!!!

Friday       Saturday      

 

Also,    one mustn't forget the snowfalls and cold in the USA.

Back later with more details of snow and ice changes from Masie, following on from a couple of quiet days.

MIA

A 'quick' update on Rutgers snow cover-...  (looking good for the current date).

http://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/chart_daily.php?ui_year=2022&ui_day=323&ui_set=2

 

 

 

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Edited November 20, 2022 by Midlands Ice Age

[carinthian]

29 minutes ago, Midlands Ice Age said:

Yep, snow cover extended westwards considerably yesterday, into N Germany and even into Northern Holland (just to the east of Amsterdam).

Thought at one stage it might even reach the North Sea.!!!!

Friday       Saturday      

 

Also,    one mustn't forget the snowfalls and cold in the USA.

Back later with more details of snow and ice changes from Masie, following on from a couple of quiet days.

MIA

A 'quick' update on Rutgers snow cover-...  (looking good for the current date).

http://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/chart_daily.php?ui_year=2022&ui_day=323&ui_set=2

 

 

 

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Thanks for the update. Lets hope all that snow cover further east holds a long term cold block. Maybe the next attempt to push westwards may see some snow reach the North Sea !

C

[cheese]

3 hours ago, carinthian said:

Snow arrived in Stockholm overnight. My daughter sent this picture viewed from her apartment in the city.

C

The snow in Stockholm looks pretty substantial…

Edited November 20, 2022 by cheese

[Midlands Ice Age]

Well todays data looks good for snow coverage further extensions, but sea ice extent looks to have stalled.

Masie ice extent has shown hardly any gains over the last 3 days with changes  of (+40K),(-28K) and (+29K).

 The main slow down is seen in the Russian waters as the newly created ice gets pushed back by a wind reversal which has occured over the weekend.

Despite this the average temperatures over the Arctic have been falling steadily and are now down below 250Kelvin - about -23C. Still colder than last year, although 2021 is now speeding ahead by about (+200K) with regard to ice extent.,

                  

Small falls have been seen in Bering and Chukchi  and to a lesser extent in Beaufort, whilst Greenland has shown real falls..

Baffin Bay continues to ice over, and next door sees Hudson now with ice on both the east and west shores.

No real sign yet that the vortex is set to dominate the Arctic any time soon. 

Latest model runs are showing that high pressure is the more likely to dominate. and the outcome will depend upon exactly where and how it sets up, as it could have a variety of different effects.

 More popcorn required....

MIA

 

  

 

  

[carinthian]

My daughter sent some pictures from her local park this morning in Stockholm. A Baltic streamer across The Stockholm Archipelago looks order of the day with continuous moderate snowfall.

C

[cheese]

Couple more Stockholm photos  

 

 

[ItNeverSnowsInWindsor]

3 hours ago, cheese said:

Couple more Stockholm photos  

 

 

Looks awesome!

Hoping for something similar in Kvitfjell this weekend near Lillehammer for our little ski trip!

[BLAST FROM THE PAST]

US smashing 100s and 100s of cold temp records widely, with snow totals also being smashed.  Cold pool in Siberia needs to be watched as snow and cold advances west.  HP belt across mid latitudes look to be favourably setting up for cold to be a forceful feature this winter going forward.  
 

BFTP

 

 

[Dorsetbred]

46 minutes ago, prolongedSnowLover said:

Looks awesome!

Hoping for something similar in Kvitfjell this weekend near Lillehammer for our little ski trip!

Looking good up there; 

Webkamera Live fra Kvitfjell | Kvitfjell

WWW.KVITFJELL.NO

 

[Midlands Ice Age]

4 hours ago, prolongedSnowLover said:

Looks awesome!

Hoping for something similar in Kvitfjell this weekend near Lillehammer for our little ski trip!

Notice that it is due to start the season on friday 25th Nov..

Temps currently -8C, with a few cms of snow cover,   but will rise to around -2C by the weekend with a little more snow before then.

You will have to go up the mountain for the best snow.

MIA

Edited November 21, 2022 by Midlands Ice Age

[ItNeverSnowsInWindsor]

Yeah I’m hoping a combination of the snow cannons and a snowfall between 20-30cm would help open a few runs to the top.

Its only for 4 nights so 3 days of skiing!

[johncam]

If latest models are correct , no ice formation in Barents or Svalbard area in the foreseeable,  unusually mild 

[Methuselah]

43 minutes ago, johncam said:

If latest models are correct , no ice formation in Barents or Svalbard area in the foreseeable,  unusually mild 

Given all the recent snowfall in the Great Lakes area I checked the mid-day temps of some US cities, for Sunday... Chicago: -3C; New York: +3C, and Toronto: -2C. So, nothing exceptional in terms of temperature... But, nonetheless, optimal conditions for massive snowfall?

Edited November 22, 2022 by Ed Stone

[johncam]

10 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

Given all the recent snowfall in the Great Lakes area I checked the mid-day temps of some US cities, for Sunday... Chicago: -3C; New York: +3C, and Toronto: -2C. So, nothing exceptional in terms of temperature... But, nonetheless, optimal conditions for massive snowfall?

Higher temps than some of Svalbard 

Just now, johncam said:

Lower temps than some of Svakbard 

 

Just now, johncam said:

 

 

 

[Midlands Ice Age]

2 hours ago, johncam said:

Higher temps than some of Svalbard 

 

 

Who would have guessed it?........

It just so happens that you have selected the one area in the whole of the Arctic with above normal temperatures.

DMI shows that the average temperature is almost exactly the same as the coldest average period in its history 1949 -2002.

Known as cherry plucking!

IF you are interested and would like to see a proper temperature chart containing the whole of the Arctic then use the link below used for recording  actual temperatures around the Arctic...

(Keep hitting the red and yellow dots).

 

10-day weather forecasts: Khatanga, Russia (allmetsat.com)

https://en.allmetsat.com/weather-forecast/arctic.php?city=khatanga-ru 

I am sure it will gladden your heart to see that many of the central Russian stations are showing a minimum of below -40C, and even one of a maximum of -41C.

That is the coldest for quite a few years that we have seen over there at this time of year.

MIA

 

Edited November 22, 2022 by Midlands Ice Age

[johncam]

52 minutes ago, Midlands Ice Age said:

Who would have guessed it?........

It just so happens that you have selected the one area in the whole of the Arctic with above normal temperatures.

DMI shows that the average temperature is almost exactly the same as the coldest average period in its history 1949 -2002.

Known as cherry plucking!

IF you are interested and would like to see a proper temperature chart containing the whole of the Arctic then use the link below used for recording  actual temperatures around the Arctic...

(Keep hitting the red and yellow dots).

 

10-day weather forecasts: Khatanga, Russia (allmetsat.com)

https://en.allmetsat.com/weather-forecast/arctic.php?city=khatanga-ru 

I am sure it will gladden your heart to see that many of the central Russian stations are showing a minimum of below -40C, and even one of a maximum of -41C.

That is the coldest for quite a few years that we have seen over there at this time of year.

MIA

 

Thanks MIA ,yes that was my point. As you say our sector of the Arctic is the only one that has above normal temps,  typical, will need a sustained colder spell in Barents to get sea ice growing.

Thanks again 

John