The melting continues, despite minima almost declared formally, there is a lot of moist air about the entire Arctic, clouds are very thick layered with rain turning to snow near ground in some parts. There are at least 3 important Cyclones vicinity or over sea ice, one is almost quasi-stationary North of Beaufort, laying steady between water and sea ice. This does not come as a surprise, the JAXA depiction here of sea is a lot less solid pack than the replication suggests, there are plenty of warm spot sources keeping the cyclones steady. Cooling is mainly happening over the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, not a surprise as well, it was foreseen here long ago, but there is a lot of snow falling from cyclonic activity compounding a warm cold heat engine complex.
Since we can't actually 'see' through the clouds without radar images, we need better visualizations which may in great part explain why melting and extent drop is happening. Enhanced visuals offer also a qualitative description of state of sea ice, they can be compared from year to year with the holistic approach rather than simply numeric. The danger in strictly oversimplifying the true nature of the icescape can't be overstated, we have here an example which is rife with confusion because we don't appreciate the truer image. WD September 17, 2016
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