SNOW & ICE coverage in the Northern Hemisphere 2016/17

[SMU]

So here it is just in time for Autumn

- After the summer heat thoughts turn to the change in daylight hours & of course the advancing snow & ice -

Here is the one of the first images of the season showing a few bits if snow dotted around - 

The ice is still looking vulnerable to late season melting ....

 

lets hope that white finger extends westwards this year in time for Christmas..

 

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Edited August 27, 2016 by Steve Murr

[DR(S)NO]

Aww great... I love it when this thread starts.

Im holding out hope that we get a more seasonal Autumn slowly moving into an early cold spell pre Christmas. I look forward to watching the cold slowly extend towards us.

Cmon the cold

 

[BornFromTheVoid]

Latest Arctic sea ice updates here and here

[bobbydog]

nice patch of snow as we head into autumn

this time last year for comparison-

lets hope this... 'snowballs'... into something bigger...

[frozencanals]

Great to see this up and running again, still one of my favourite threads

Cheers

FC

 

[Turnedoutniceagain]

4 hours ago, bobbydog said:

nice patch of snow as we head into autumn

this time last year for comparison-

lets hope this... 'snowballs'... into something bigger...

Interesting to compare the polar ice-caps on this one.

[bobbydog]

On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 16:18, Turnedoutniceagain said:

Interesting to compare the polar ice-caps on this one.

yes it is. differences presumably due to prevailing weather patterns though BFTV is the expert on sea ice.

[Gavin Hannah]

Back just in time for this thread to start.

Does anyone know of some early seasonal predictions for this winter?

[mountain shadow]

Broadly positive NAO so I've seen so far with the La Nina not being of sufficient severity to impact much.

Another milder than average Winter is firm favourite at the moment.

[Paul Birkin]

Nice to see this thread again :-)  Even though I never get first dibs on starting it nowadays lol. (I'll start it in july next year).

 

Anyway, the ice 'up north' is looking very poor this year, but there is a bit of snow in Siberia, so it begins....... 

 

 

[cyclonic happiness]

1 minute ago, Paul Birkin said:

Nice to see this thread again :-)  Even though I never get first dibs on starting it nowadays lol. (I'll start it in july next year).

 

Anyway, the ice 'up north' is looking very poor this year, but there is a bit of snow in Siberia, so it begins....... 

 

 

Just managed to log in on my other netweather account ^^^ at least you all know my name now though :-p

[Jimmyh]

great to see this thread. Been watching this link daily and this mornings snow is a big gain this week http://longyearbyen.kystnor.no/

 

 

 

[Derbyshire_snow]

http://longyearbyen.kystnor.no/ First snow that i have noted at Sea Level  that i have seen in Svalbard and so it begins  

[stewfox]

Has anyone got a  link or has someone  got a pic from Dec 2010 ?

Edited September 2, 2016 by stewfox

[Nouska]

1 hour ago, stewfox said:

Has anyone got a  link or has someone  got a pic from Dec 2010 ?

A white Christmas 2010

Archive.....  http://www.natice.noaa.gov/ims/gif_archive.html

[Nick L]

23 minutes ago, Nouska said:

A white Christmas 2010

Archive.....  http://www.natice.noaa.gov/ims/gif_archive.html

That is very much a post-watershed image. Phwoar.

[Mapantz]

2 hours ago, Nouska said:

A white Christmas 2010

Archive.....  http://www.natice.noaa.gov/ims/gif_archive.html

I'd rather wipe that particular thought from my mind! It was disastrous here, a few inches of snow fell, then it rained right after, and melted it all. December 2010 may have gone down in the record books, but it wasn't special here. 

[March]

Oh god, that was back in the days when the councils didn't store enough grit. My village was unreachable for days. 

[Nick L]

1 minute ago, March said:

Oh god, that was back in the days when the councils didn't store enough grit. My village was unreachable for days. 

No amount of grit would have been sufficient with the amount of snow that fell in places. Grit is not good at preventing heavy snowfall accumulations, there's only so much that can be done.

[Turnedoutniceagain]

5 hours ago, March said:

Oh god, that was back in the days when the councils didn't store enough grit. My village was unreachable for days. 

I had 14inches of snow in my back paddock. No amount of grit was ever going to shift that

[Norrona2015]

Hopefully an ear;y indicator of a better winter this year...fingers crossed! Winter 2009/10 was hard work up here, constant drifting snow meant the snow blower was being used at the house morning and night just to keep the drive and paths clear. In the paddock, the snow was 3 feet deep in places and remained on the ground for months.

A historical short video of winter conditions in the village around 5 miles from the house - starts around 39 seconds.

Note the size of the blade on the American snowplough!

 

Edited September 3, 2016 by Norrona2015

[stewfox]

13 hours ago, Mapantz said:

I'd rather wipe that particular thought from my mind! It was disastrous here, a few inches of snow fell, then it rained right after, and melted it all. December 2010 may have gone down in the record books, but it wasn't special here. 

My friend had a fair bit down in Poole. Thought it was wide spread ?

Anyway here is hoping.

[Guest]

2010 killed my palm tree, missing you marmalade

[Mapantz]

20 minutes ago, stewfox said:

My friend had a fair bit down in Poole. Thought it was wide spread ?

Anyway here is hoping.

I took a video of it:

The warm sector moved in here. quite abruptly. An hour or two after I took that video, there was just the odd patch of white left in a few places. It was shockingly disappointing.

[Turnedoutniceagain]

21 hours ago, Derbyshire_snow said:

http://longyearbyen.kystnor.no/ First snow that i have noted at Sea Level  that i have seen in Svalbard and so it begins  

That's early. Good to see though