Snow And Ice In The Northern Hemisphere 2011/12

[Isolated Frost]

me too. Glad I'm not the only saddo around here !!!

If there's enough of us - maybe it won't be sad anymore! Hah!

[Radiating Dendrite]

Sorry guys.................SAD

To be fair I think we are all sad, comparing white specs everyday for size and distribtuion!

[Optimus Prime]

If you look at this on a bigger screen I think you get slightly more pixel coverage.

[DAVID SNOW]

If you look at this on a bigger screen I think you get slightly more pixel coverage.

Even bigger sad.

[EML Network]

i HAVE to confess then that I Too am in the sad club

[lesta_snow]

me too. Glad I'm not the only saddo around here !!!

Where is last years? haha.

[syed78]

i'm glad to find there r other's like me so i'm in the sad club too.

[Radiating Dendrite]

When do I get to look at the real porn? Scottish traffic webcams full of snow!?

[Lancashire Lass]

Ahhh my first port of call of a morning with a brew.

[cyclonic happiness]

Bit late this morning, it's my day orf and I have a cold so stayed in bed till almost 10am!!!!

Well, here's today's anyways, a few more bits of pixle porn for all you perverts out there

[Azores Hi]

Just read all of last year's 42 pages - so good!

Link to last years thread if anyone needs it.

http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/63990-snow-and-ice-in-the-northern-hemisphere/

[summer blizzard]

Bit late this morning, it's my day orf and I have a cold so stayed in bed till almost 10am!!!!

Well, here's today's anyways, a few more bits of pixle porn for all you perverts out there

Definitely heading west now. The Island behind Scandinavia is almost covered now as well, as is Salvabard.

[A Winter's Tale]

TODAY:

A YEAR AGO TODAY:

Let's compare today and a year ago today.

Well there is a very simular blob of snow in Northern Russia in both dates except it is larger today.

1 Year Ago 0-1 Today

Today there are plenty of specles of Snow in the Northern and Eastern Parts of Russia and some of which are quite large. However on this very day one year ago there were only one or two lone and small specles of snow compared to over 20 today.

1 Year Ago 0-2 Today

The Snow in North America is identical on both dates however to my eye it seems that there is slightly more today than there was a year ago.

1 Year Ago 0-3 Today

Snow in the Himalayas is unfortuantly a win for a year ago. However I believe the snow in Russia is more important for the UK if you want snow this winter.

1 Year Ago 1-3 Today

Today there is slightly more Snow in Iceland than there was a year ago.

1 Year Ago 1-4 Today

Let's Take A Look at the Ice:

Looking at the map, I would say that today beats one year ago because there is quite an impressive ridge of ice stretching south along the eastern coast of Greenland and heading towards Iceland. However the Ice was probably nearer to the USA and Russia this time last year though the ice in Greenland is distinctly impressive.

Overall, I would say there is more snow in Russia today than there was a year ago. Let's see what tomorrow, a week later and so on would look like a year ago.

Next Day doesn't look all that impressive and 1st September 2011 is still winning.

However a week later it was far more impressive.

If we get a few more snowfalls in the East then the picture would look very simular.

Let's take a look at last year's week by week:

15th September - Quite impressive:

22nd September - Even more impressive!

29th September - More growth in N Siberia and USA. Notice the ice doesn't beat 1st September 2011.

8th October - The ice has still not beaten 1st September 2011. Decent build up of snow.

15th October - Snow in Scandanavia, large snow cover in Russia and Ice nearing September 1st 2011.

22nd October - Snow in Scotland, Ice reaches 1st September, snow is still the same in Russia.

29th October - Far more impressive and ice reaches further south along Greenland.

5th November - Not Quite as impressive although Snow grows in Scandanavia.

12th November - More impressive.

Let's Take a Look at Jan 1st 2011:

Jan 1st 2010:

January 1st 2009:

January 1st 2008:

January 1st 2000:

[cyclonic happiness]

Morning all! Great post there btw AH!:-)

Here's this morning's.

Very very similar to last year.

[Lynxus]

Wow looking at the previous years, You can certainly see how its getting colder / more snowy in the SW of Europe.

Looks like its edging further and further west each year..

Maybe following this trend we may see one hell of a cold winter here.

[A Winter's Tale]

Yesterday Above; today Below - You can see the snow patch in N Siberia still there and more of the way of widespread snow cover a bit further east.

Compare this to a year ago and the snow isn't as widespread as today.

Let's Take a Look at Christmas Day 2010:

You can see that about all of the UK is white and snow extends right through Europe. You can see that Ireland, UK, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Czech Republic are 100% white and the snow extends as far west as as the Med Coast of France and as far south as Romania.

Christmas Day 2009: Although the Big Freeze 2009/2010 was incredible, December 2010 was far more impressive everywhere. Only the Baltic, Scandanavian countries and Belarus are all white and the western extent is only a thin ridge of snow across the Northern coasts of Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France. Also, the snowcover in the UK isn't as nearly as impressive as 2010 as the southern extent of the snow is Romania/Ukraine.

Christmas Day 2008 is also nowhere near as decent as 2009 with no snow in the UK, less snow in Europe and Snandanavia with the western extent being Poland although there is some snow in the Balkans. Southern extent is Ukraine/Turkey and countries with complete snowcover is Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine.

Christmas 2007 is far poorer that 2009 and 2010 with no snow in the UK, less snow in Snandavia, No Snow in the Baltics and very little in France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and N Poland. Western Extent is towards the Balkans and Southern extent is Ukraine/Turkey. No country has a complete 100% snowcover.

Christmas 2006 is on a different planet compared to 2010 with the western extent of snowcover in Norway and with the exception of the Highground, there is very little to no snow in Europe and there is less snow in Russia.

Christmas 2005 is better than 2006 with more snow in Europe though Scandanavia yet again has no 100% snow cover. Finland, Baltics, Poland, Belarus, Czech Republic have 100% snow cover. Western extent is eastern France.

Christmas 2004 sees a bit more snow in the UK although it's pretty poor for Europe yet again. Belarus, Balrics, Finland have 100% snow cover.

Christmas 2003 has more snow cover in Europe however very little in the way of 100% snow cover. Germany has more snow than the Baltics.

Christmas 2002 sees snow cover extending into Eastern Germany.

Christmas 2001 is the best for a while with quite extensive snow cover over Europe.

Christmas 2000 is relatively poor though there is liitle bit of snow in Scotland. Poor for much of Europe and Finland in particular.

Christmas 1999 is better for Europe and Scandanavia.

When looking back at the past 10-12 years, you can safely say the Christmas 2010 had the best snow cover for Europe.

[Lynxus]

Aww man, this makes me excited even more.

you can see from the above post just how much the snow cover comes more west that other years..

Could it be that over the next few years it gets more and more west and snowy?

Could we see more than a month of lying snow? Deep snow?

Could we see more frozen harbors?

[Optimus Prime]

Gotta love October 29th 2008;

Widespread snow over much off southern England. You'll never beat that chart for an early start.

Edited September 2, 2011 by Optimus Prime

[Aaron]

I wonder why there was snow in southern England on that day but not northern England? :ponder ponder:

[A Winter's Tale]

28TH OCTOBER 2008

28TH OCTOBER 2010 - Slightly better than 2008.

[Optimus Prime]

2010 looks a hell of a lot better than 2008 on that date to me.

[cyclonic happiness]

Really has been alot of new patches over night, especially towards lake bakau.

Edited September 3, 2011 by cyclonic happiness

[A Winter's Tale]

Quite a stark difference.

[DeepSnow]

Though it is only September and a lot can change, seeming we have more snow currently than we did the same time last year is this likely to last and if so, have any effect on our winter?

[damianslaw]

This is a great thread. Enjoying comparing situation between different years.

What is noticeable in the last two years is how snowless the balkans and Hungary were in late december compared to northern/northwest and northeast europe, whereas in 2008, 2007 and 2006 this part of Europe was much snowier than NW Europe. It takes unique synoptics to deliver widespread snowcover across the whole of Europe it appears. The Balkans saw alot of southerly airflow during our very cold spells in dec 10 and 09 and were sheltered from the NE airstream. In previous years the balkans and even Greece have fared much better than Britain for snowfall thanks to northerly airstreams whilst we have been blasted by westerlies or highs directly overhead.