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Ice Day

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  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and blizzards please!
  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
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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

It could be a tipping point, but then again it could be a historical low point with year on year increases to come? There's many differing theories as to what is causing the losses, who know's which will be proven correct (for the record, I'm completely open minded as to the cause). At the same time it's also important to remember the record breaking high ice cover being recorded in Antarctica at the moment.

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Iceni Community Regular

Iceni

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  • Location: Weardale 300m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow
  • Location: Weardale 300m asl
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Not from an official site but someone who runs a blog did the calculations. (I'm assuming they are right)

http://sunshinehours...ver-in-31-days/

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

On a different site, somebody said that the wind (which was almost hurricane force) literally blew the sea ice away and piled it up wherever it came to rest. So when the satellite went over there was no ice to record.

Now it's calmer it's all floating back again — therefore the record reformation of ice.

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cheeky_monkey

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  • Location: Edmonton Alberta(via Chelmsford, Exeter & Calgary)
  • Weather Preferences: Sunshine and 15-25c
  • Location: Edmonton Alberta(via Chelmsford, Exeter & Calgary)
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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.

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Ice Day

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  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and blizzards please!
  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
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But at least the Hammers result warmed you up a bit!

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cheeky_monkey

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  • Location: Edmonton Alberta(via Chelmsford, Exeter & Calgary)
  • Weather Preferences: Sunshine and 15-25c
  • Location: Edmonton Alberta(via Chelmsford, Exeter & Calgary)
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But at least the Hammers result warmed you up a bit!

dont tell me things like that just waiting to watch match of the day..i dont look at results so i can watch the games not knowing
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Ice Day

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  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and blizzards please!
  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
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dont tell me things like that just waiting to watch match of the day..i dont look at results so i can watch the games not knowing

Ah, strike this conversation from the record and enjoy MOTD (and the Snow you lucky chap)!!!

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Barry12

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  • Location: Batley, West Yorkshire
  • Weather Preferences: Heat and Snow
  • Location: Batley, West Yorkshire
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dont tell me things like that just waiting to watch match of the day..i dont look at results so i can watch the games not knowing

i know the feeling.

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Ice Day

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  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and blizzards please!
  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
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More snowfall for northern scandi. All looking rather positive

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Aaron Community Regular

Aaron

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  • Location: Whitkirk, Leeds 86m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Anything but mild south-westeries in winter
  • Location: Whitkirk, Leeds 86m asl
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More snowfall for northern scandi. All looking rather positive

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Nice to see Scandi moving along nicely.. wouldn't be surprised to see most of it covered in snow soon.
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  • Location: Telford, UK 145m Asl
  • Weather Preferences: Sun and warmth in summer Snow and ice in winter
  • Location: Telford, UK 145m Asl
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Nice to see the ice and snow starting to fill in around siberia Posted Image But you can see the drastic effect the warmer ssts around Alaska and Canada have had.

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Also a nice shot from svalbard today looking very seasonal Posted Image Not quite total darkness up there yet Posted Image

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Also just for a cold fix Posted Image Summit in greenland is currently -46c Posted Image with a night time temp of -54c for tuesday night there!!

www.wunderground.com/weather-forecast/GL/Summit.html

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  • Location: Horsham, West sussex, 52m asl
  • Location: Horsham, West sussex, 52m asl
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Nice to see Scandi starting to fill in. Hopefully, the UK will get it's first white pixel or two next weekend!

i think we will see some big changes in the next few days- http://www.weather-forecast.com/maps/Russia?hr=6&over=pressure&symbols=none&type=prec
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Ice Day

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  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and blizzards please!
  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
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i think we will see some big changes in the next few days- http://www.weather-f...=none&type=prec

Lively week ahead for Scandi, and even livelier for Siberia!

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Granite

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  • Location: South-Western Finland
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and cold
  • Location: South-Western Finland
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Yes, the forecasts looks very good for Finland (and Scandinavia) now. It's widely reported in media by our weather forecasters that "winter will take a big leap here next week".

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Ice Day

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  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and blizzards please!
  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
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Yes, the forecasts looks very good for Finland (and Scandinavia) now. It's widely reported in media by our weather forecasters that "winter will take a big leap here next week".

I assume that winter is arriving with you much earlier this year compared to last?

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Granite

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  • Location: South-Western Finland
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and cold
  • Location: South-Western Finland
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I assume that winter is arriving with you much earlier this year compared to last?

Yes, very much. Compared to last year, the winter started fairly late, around New Year. There was a short below-freezing and snow period in early December, but the rest of the December was mild and then there was that super storm right after Christmas.

Take note that my observations concerns Southern Finland. The good news is that the winter is already in full swing in Northern Finland / Lapland.

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Relativistic

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  • Location: Edinburgh (previously Chelmsford and Birmingham)
  • Weather Preferences: Unseasonably cold weather (at all times of year), wind, and thunderstorms.
  • Location: Edinburgh (previously Chelmsford and Birmingham)
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i think we will see some big changes in the next few days- http://www.weather-forecast.com/maps/Russia?hr=6&over=pressure&symbols=none&type=prec

Looks excellent for Western Russia and Scandinavia, those lows should really deliver the goods!

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LincolnSnowstorm

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  • Location: lincoln
  • Weather Preferences: erratic weather,week of v.heavy snow or cold
  • Location: lincoln
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Ice Growth still good and heres the latest charts

post-15601-0-06522100-1350859731_thumb.glatest snow cover post-15601-0-58225500-1350859752_thumb.p Scandinavia goes positive for snow

post-15601-0-55758700-1350859743_thumb.p4days ago post-15601-0-02580800-1350859759_thumb.p similar sort of Scandinavia in 2010

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Aaron Community Regular

Aaron

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  • Location: Whitkirk, Leeds 86m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Anything but mild south-westeries in winter
  • Location: Whitkirk, Leeds 86m asl
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Some of the lakes in Finland have already begun to freeze over.. very good.

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Tom Quintavalle Maestro

Tom Quintavalle

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  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snowy Weather
  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.
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http://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/snow-statistics?doAsUserLanguageId=en_US

Some interesting statistics there on snow cover in Finland. We should certainly see some more significant snow cover over Finland and Scandinavia in general by the end of the week.

Regards,

Tom.

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Gavin Hannah Community Regular

Gavin Hannah

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  • Location: High Wycombe
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and Cold.
  • Location: High Wycombe
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IMS showing the Ice almost sealing off the northern Siberian coast with Ice. Should be sealed up in a few days time. Northern Canada also received a nice dumping of snow.

http://www.natice.noaa.gov/ims/

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Ice Day

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  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and blizzards please!
  • Location: Nr Chelmsford, Essex
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Huge chunk of Canada's gone white (majority of BC, Alberta and Sakatchewan). Must have been a pretty epic day!!!

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Continental Climate

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  • Location: Darlington
  • Weather Preferences: heavy convective snow showers, blizzards, 30C sunshine
  • Location: Darlington
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must say im quite impressed with the snow development like you said must have been a wild day in canada!! A continent sized blizzard!!

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damianslaw

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  • Location: Windermere 120m asl
  • Location: Windermere 120m asl
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Expext much of scandi to be white come the weekend, as well as NW Russia.

Western Canada looks very cold for the time of year in the coming days as well.

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