http://arctic-roos.org/observations/satellite-data/sea-ice/
Better than some recent years but still at or below the 1979-2006 mean
Still no update on the IJIS site.
Temperatures tracking a degree or two below the average still
http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php
It is actually fairly unusual to get such cold conditions over the basin
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/tmp/composites/compday.86.150.111.178.159.9.18.5.gif
(for two days ago)
at this time of year when variability in temperature decreases rapidally. I spotted a -8C over the basin earlier today which must be quite rare.
It looks like this cyclone has alot to answer for, unfortunately the early cold and cloudiness didn't help that much in 2007, especially after a ferocious dipole set up. We know this low cannot last forvever, I am sure the carnage will begin once it finally disapates.
However I admit, there are examples pre-2007 when even stronger lows did virtually no damage at all, indeed they promoted ice stability, even growth. I am tempted, as many other people are to point the finger at ice thinness being a cause, which it certainly is. But we are loosing sunlight and heat as we speak, and in the arctic it is a continuous process of heating and melting; melting which hasn't even begun in the central arctic.
One further thing to chew over: Arctic oscilation looks to be moving into a slightly positive phase after having been neutral for a couple of weeks.
Edited by user
09 June 2013 15:26:15
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