Snow And Ice In The Northern Hemisphere 2012/13

[Aaron]

[LincolnSnowstorm]

Nov 1 2009 Edited October 19, 2012 by harshwintercoming

[LincolnSnowstorm]

A much more solid cover, this is great with more to come.

Could anybody post the 1st November 2009 chart please? This should be our goal with current modelling.

would be good to have iceland and Norway more filled way snow like 1st November 2010 but I guess we get whats available and each year brings new surprises

1/11/2010

Edited October 19, 2012 by harshwintercoming

[Ice Day]

more crystalline water ice some of it moving a little west!

Looking at the two day loop, that must have been some snowstorm that hit Russia! Also, big snow gains in Canada, Alaska and Western Scandi. All in all, lovely stuff!

[SMU]

watch for the explosion of snow over scandi towards the end of next week- it will fill up perfect for nov 01 -

S

[sebastiaan1973]

Steve, not just Scandinavia, but lot's of snow too in western parts of Siberia. If all things work out well, we can come close to 2009!

[quest4peace]

Holes in ice and snow filling in really nicely

Edited October 19, 2012 by quest4peace

[Bumpkin]

Hover your screen cursor over web cam image, Rt click on mouse choosing save image in the option screen

and then upload the saved image file as an attach file option in this webpage.

Thank you for your help. Muchly appreciated

[LincolnSnowstorm]

S

watch for the explosion of snow over scandi towards the end of next week- it will fill up perfect for nov 01 -

S

excellent! Throwing down a challenge to Nov 01 2010 .... Netweather team put a Super Like this item button above the like this item button!! Edited October 19, 2012 by harshwintercoming

[summer blizzard]

Steve, not just Scandinavia, but lot's of snow too in western parts of Siberia. If all things work out well, we can come close to 2009!

Given the ouput and how solid the current batch has become i'm thinking we are odds on to take the 2009 title (highest October snowfall).

[EML Network]

As stated above, over the next few weeks that Snow chart is going to get a LOT more white on it, and in all the right places too...I've noticed from glancing over the archives that more often than not, if Scandi gets a good covering of snow at the end of October and it links up with snowfall over Western / Northern Russia it tends to lead to us in the UK getting a few decent snowfalls over the course of Winter...so the way things are shaping up I'd say at the very least we'll get a couple of UK wide snow events this Winter

[gottolovethisweather]

if Scandi gets a good covering of snow at the end of October and it links up with snowfall over Western / Northern Russia it tends to lead to us in the UK getting a few decent snowfalls over the course of Winter...so the way things are shaping up I'd say at the very least we'll get a couple of UK wide snow events this Winter

Spot on, and I'm sure there are quite a few scientific papers out there which back up your opinion as well. Put it this way, if a Northeasterly were to develop from anywhen between November and March, with consistent snow cover over Scandinavia, our chances for snow are enhanced greatly. Having said that, meteorology is never that simple and there are many opposing factors which can contribute towards us in not having snow.

All I will say, at this stage is to prepare yourselves for a much colder spell than we have been used to, over the last five days or so of October. Temperature falls from above 70f to the low 40f range look quite plausible at this range within the space of a day or two.

One last thing, good on you for not presenting your post as an only IMBY posting style.

Edited October 19, 2012 by gottolovethisweather

[Ice Day]

watch for the explosion of snow over scandi towards the end of next week- it will fill up perfect for nov 01 -

S

Having just seen the GFS for 26 November onwards, I think it's safe to assume that Scandi will be a tad chilly with lots of snow potential. Come on Scandi, fill those gaps!

[damianslaw]

Haven't seen the synoptics for Canada but the Met 5 day forecast for Calgary looks notably cold for the time of year, with maxima projected at -2, -3 degrees by early next week, quite a swing from the mild conditions of late.

[Aaron]

Big increase in Scandinavia/Nordic snow cover - in Sweden and Finland especially.

Edited October 20, 2012 by Aaron

[Aaron]

Current webcam in Kiruna, northern Sweden

And a screen shot of Kiruna earlier during the day

Edited October 20, 2012 by Aaron

[summer blizzard]

Big increase in Scandinavia/Nordic snow cover - in Sweden and Finland especially.

It's a great advancing wall of snow. Ice is about to touch the Russian coast in the West and the north west passage is freezing quickly.

[Neilsouth]

do we have any comparisons from 2000s to the 90s?

[Ice Day]

Now that's encouraging!

[Bumpkin]

Apparently its the quickest re-freeze of the arctic ice in satellite history (since 1979)

[Polar Maritime]

Apparently its the quickest re-freeze of the arctic ice in satellite history (since 1979)

Hi C,

Do you have a link to this data ?

Thanks PM.

[Jax]

do we have any comparisons from 2000s to the 90s?

Apparently its the quickest re-freeze of the arctic ice in satellite history (since 1979)

Hi C,

Do you have a link to this data ?

Thanks PM.

Try this link, they have data from 1978 through to the mid noughties

http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0046.html

[johnholmes]

Now that's encouraging!

It really shows just how much ice has been lost based on the satellite data

[Continental Climate]

I agree john no matter how people try and jazz it up its been a devastating year for ice loss in the arctic quite probably a tipping point for summer ice loss and no amount of talk about speedy winter recovery can change that

[Bumpkin]

Hi C,

Do you have a link to this data ?

Thanks PM.

Not from an official site but someone who runs a blog did the calculations. (I'm assuming they are right)

http://sunshinehours.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/fastest-arctic-ice-extent-refreeze-ever-in-31-days/

I agree john no matter how people try and jazz it up its been a devastating year for ice loss in the arctic quite probably a tipping point for summer ice loss and no amount of talk about speedy winter recovery can change that

The minimum was very low but would it have been so low without the massive polar low at the beginning of August?