http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/

We're now close to the end of the Arctic sea ice melt season and Arctic sea ice is holding up remarkably well at present. While it was at or close to record low levels for much of the summer, since August low pressure in the Beaufort Sea has helped keep temperatures low and aided ice dispersal(according to the NSICD). Of course, the thickness of the ice is, I'm sure, well down on what it would have been in the past but I suppose that it's good to see any climate indicator reverting close to past norms, even if that reversion is most probably short lived.

I notice something odd about the ice sheet stay put over the river mouth from Russia, while it already melted over the sea around the coasts.  Any reason for the ice staying put despite higher temps over the land around the river mouth.

Just starting to review these again as we head into Autumn

Quite a remarkable change in sea ice compared to this day last year.  probably a good 20% increase day vs day 

This is very different to recent years

Given the record breaking temperatures in the Canadian Arctic regions and again in N Russia etc this summer I am surprised we are not seeing yet another record breaking melt season for Arctic sea ice like previous years  - maybe it's indicative of a positive AO ....not sure?

Meanwhile - Looking at the latest on NOAA it seems like there is already some decent snowcover over northern and Eastern Siberia and it's only the 2nd October:

When can we open a winter 2021/2022 discussion/thoughts forum?

If you test that url on the Wayback machine, there is no active reference since December 2020 but the 2020 entry redirects to

http://usicecenter.gov/

Don't know whether this helps or not as I am not familiar with the original site

On 16 September 2021, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent, signifying the end of the summer melting period. According to the National Snow and Ice Data centre (NSIDC), Arctic sea ice extent stood at 4.72 million square kilometres on 16 September, which is the 12^th lowest September minimum on record since satellite observations began in 1979.

and more to read at https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/ with map & graphs (the second article)

 

If you test that url on the Wayback machine, there is no active reference since December 2020 but the 2020 entry redirects to

http://usicecenter.gov/

Don't know whether this helps or not as I am not familiar with the original site

That works fine, I've found what I'm looking for, many thanks.

That excellent snow and ice cover northern hemisphere link keeps changing.

The latest one here and this works. 

https://www.eldoradoweather.com/snow-ice-cover.html

That excellent snow and ice cover northern hemisphere link keeps changing.

 

The latest one here and this works. 

 

https://www.eldoradoweather.com/snow-ice-cover.html

 

Be careful and check the date on the map - they've posted a lot of historic data

Just comparing the Arctic sea ice extent on NOAA compared with this time in 2020. - Look how much more Arctic sea ice we have and Siberian snow cover as well as Scandinavia too:

The three big coldies in the Siberian Far East - Verhoyansk, Omyakon and the capital Yakutsk all well below freezing now.

The three big coldies in the Siberian Far East - Verhoyansk, Omyakon and the capital Yakutsk all well below freezing now.

 

They took their time getting there but look to be playing catch up by next week with temperatures continuing to fall. 

Every year i watch the sea ice situation develop as a means to see impact on the models

I would always compare this year vs last year as a quick comparison

Ive never seen a year of ice growth quite like this  Today vs the same date last year

Must be an extra 30% easily 

Every year i watch the sea ice situation develop as a means to see impact on the models

I would always compare this year vs last year as a quick comparison

Ive never seen a year of ice growth quite like this  Today vs the same date last year

Must be an extra 30% easily 

 

 

Every year i watch the sea ice situation develop as a means to see impact on the models

I would always compare this year vs last year as a quick comparison

Ive never seen a year of ice growth quite like this  Today vs the same date last year

Must be an extra 30% easily 

In my earlier post I mentioned the two areas of ice attached to the Siberian coast at the time when ice area started to increase.- has this happened before in the last 10 years or so?

What do you put down as the reason/s for the 30% increase of ice area this year at this date as compared with last year?

There is an argument that good levels of sea ice create a more "normal" pattern in our locale as I am concerned that big changes (reductions) disrupt usual patterns. Best not flagged this to the CC deniers!

 

 

Every year i watch the sea ice situation develop as a means to see impact on the models

I would always compare this year vs last year as a quick comparison

Ive never seen a year of ice growth quite like this  Today vs the same date last year

Must be an extra 30% easily 

To give a fair assessment, you could assume an approximate year on year increase of up to 45%.

Its actually not that uncommon, but in recent decades subsides to leave an overall watery warm mess later on towards January (year on year). 

Bump ... some posts moved from model output thread