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To: koan who wrote (549752)2/13/2010 12:55:57 AM
From: koan1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574093
 
Arctic 20 degrees above average. On top of that the gulf stream (that keps europe warm) has shifted west and is going right into Greenland. Put the higher jet stream pushing cold air to the east coast and the gulf stream moving into Greenland and 2010 will probably beat the huge arctic ice melt of 2007 THAT OPENED THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE!!, for the first time in mankinds history!

The Eskimos say the ice is melting from the bottom. Huge new storms are also breaking up the ice so new ice is thinner.

From oil drum:

clifman on February 12, 2010 - 6:57pm

And as I've noted before, the Arctic is and has been in a relative heat wave, @ 20 degrees F above normal. Look here, and scroll down to third map for the anomaly. Been this way 'most all winter.

wxmaps.org
Noted, from the discussion... Dude said 20 degrees F; graph is in degrees C.



To: koan who wrote (549752)2/14/2010 1:04:40 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574093
 
" In Alaska we are having spring two full months early. Snow plowers have dropped their blads two months early. No snow left and very warm. "

To be fair, that isn't proof. Abnormal weather in one part of the world doesn't mean much. So, like the blizzards in the East, this doesn't prove much.

The melting of the sea ice is much better. That has been a longer term trend.