Sunday, December 26, 2021

Never so steady polar vortex circulation, strange things happen when nothing moves

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 ~Take one day,  any day,  of the recent weeks,  and the weather image is close to the same. ~So much for chaotic weather    First we observ...
Sunday, November 21, 2021

Prelude to the Late Great Arctic Ocean summer sea ice, the writing is in the air

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 ~There is a minimal,  but valuable,  effort to measure Arctic sea ice in its 3d nature ~It is about to vanish in summer,  this is one way t...
Sunday, November 14, 2021

October 2021 total collapse of Canadian Arctic Archipelago cold air build up, never before observed

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~Never recorded as such ,  incredible High Arctic warming goes irresponsibly unreported,  although its climate effects will surely be talked...
Sunday, November 7, 2021

The Polar Vortex Fix; Near permanent Siberian dominance, especially over ENSO's influence

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 ~Coming winter will likely be a warm one for North America ~Notwithstanding ENSO apparent LaNina?    ~As far as circulation is concerned th...
Sunday, October 31, 2021

2012 Great sea ice melt retrospective, it was predictable in April

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~A refraction magic rabbit (a new way of seeing things,  to be published in peer review paper), popped out of the hat in early spring 2012. ...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Cloudy days heat transfers, 3d sea ice transforms, a different perspective about 2021 summer sea ice melt

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   October 6 2021 arrival of Arctic Ocean multi-year pack   completely flattened,  thin,   not changing sea water temperature a great deal, ...
Friday, October 22, 2021

2021 sea ice minima story, it was bad, despite what the numbers suggest.

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 ~Hi,  nice to be back after a little break ~ I did not expect 2021 Arctic sea ice minima to be greatly shattering 2012 record because of No...
Sunday, June 6, 2021

AFTER Switchover sea ice doomed by warm Highs

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 ~Reminiscent of 2007,  any anticyclone lingering over the Arctic Ocean means rapid melting ~Remarkable weighted temperature differences bet...
Sunday, May 30, 2021

Spring 2021 switchover , transpolar drift staller

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 ~Most likely occurring today. ~But not after a great sustained Arctic Basin Gyre did its thing.  A typically strong Arctic transpolar strea...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

Summer Threshold switchover, when High's become warm and Low's are sustained by cooler air

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 ~It is just about to happen,   after long sojourning Arctic Basin High pressure system    ~Impacts sea ice survival in a big way     The re...