tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post8746202242943082426..comments2023-08-29T09:01:57.436+01:00Comments on Musings of a Durotrigan: Winter 2012-2013 Weather Forecast: will Arctic Sea Ice Cover play a Role?Durotriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-8294275655814397792012-10-15T12:44:16.590+01:002012-10-15T12:44:16.590+01:00So NOAA say there is far more arctic ice than 2007...So NOAA say there is far more arctic ice than 2007, so the giant melt down was wrong. Did i laugh. . . need not have written the previous post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-14193965151605390532012-10-15T12:18:33.987+01:002012-10-15T12:18:33.987+01:00Just a thought here but could the lack of NAD/Gulf...Just a thought here but could the lack of NAD/Gulf stream drift, now virtually at a standstill in the last year or so (compared to 2007)be having an effect. http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/ofs/viewer.shtml?-natl-cur-100-large-rundate=latest<br />Since the Drift used to flow into the arctic sea, has the decreased flow around the arctic alowed the continual sun's exposure to melt the ice more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-33654386124761363252012-10-13T19:00:43.667+01:002012-10-13T19:00:43.667+01:00Better wait it out in a library with a fireplace h...Better wait it out in a library with a fireplace handy then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-71841702742438823772012-10-10T14:45:53.841+01:002012-10-10T14:45:53.841+01:00there is suggestion that the fresh water from th...there is suggestion that the fresh water from the ice sheet has flowed into the north atlantic into the gulf stream the efect of this is to dilute the salty water of the gulf stream thus the efect would be to slow it down measurements have shown that this is happenning losing the warming effect would [1] as stated cause northern europe to lose benifits on warmth sea temps this inturn would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-26371941575309059222012-10-08T13:10:34.033+01:002012-10-08T13:10:34.033+01:00"What this “sticking” of the jet stream impli..."What this “sticking” of the jet stream implies for the coming winter is unclear, but if such a pattern should continue, rather than experiencing the normal run of mild Westerlies, the British Isles could once again experience something akin to the exceptional incursion of bitterly cold polar maritime air witnessed in late November and much of December 2010."<br /><br /><br />I'm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-51256916760271230592012-09-30T19:42:25.150+01:002012-09-30T19:42:25.150+01:00I have checked the statistics and they do not demo...I have checked the statistics and they do not demonstrate what you assert. Naturally, the dynamics of the Antarctic are completely different to those of the Arctic, given that the former is dominated by a large continental landmass, whereas the latter predominantly consists of ocean into which various currents flow. Very little of Antarctica, with the exception of the Antarctic Peninsula, Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-15276740920339209902012-09-21T20:08:06.487+01:002012-09-21T20:08:06.487+01:00Measurements in Antarctica show the biggest increa...Measurements in Antarctica show the biggest increase in ice cover since records began in the 70's...'Global' warming? Pull the other one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-9568092180310230742012-09-15T15:12:39.641+01:002012-09-15T15:12:39.641+01:00Thank you. It seems that the jet stream is set to ...Thank you. It seems that the jet stream is set to continue its unusual behaviour for the rest of September according to this article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulhudson/2012/09/unsettled-september-raises-aut.shtml<br /><br />This is a rather depressing prospect, but if it continues in this vein we could well be in for some rather wet and cold weather this winter.Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-10050276781117830872012-09-15T11:23:28.121+01:002012-09-15T11:23:28.121+01:00Good , well balanced article . I do think that the...Good , well balanced article . I do think that there is definately change afoot . The interesting thing is what effect the Ice Melt will have .I actually go along with Madden in the short term as there is strong indications that we may have a colder ,wetter winter as opposed to last years winter which from my point of view in Dundee ,Scotland was mild and reasonably dry.<br /><br />I do think Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-52474996268147728072012-09-05T18:48:36.633+01:002012-09-05T18:48:36.633+01:00You're right to draw attention to the fact tha...You're right to draw attention to the fact that in the 1970s the theory that we were about to slip into another ice age was very much in vogue. Climatology is still in its infancy, but as the science matures, its accuracy will increase. I don't believe that anybody can, at this stage, give us an accurate forecast for the coming winter. <br /><br />It does seem that we are due another hot Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-23981127106496599422012-09-04T10:40:27.789+01:002012-09-04T10:40:27.789+01:00I don't think we really know what is going to ...I don't think we really know what is going to happen next. Many predicted a little ice age to start in the 1970s. Then we had 2 very hot summers on the trot 1975 and 1976. There is no prove in UK climatic history of wet summers carrying on and on. 1912 was a wetter summer than 2012 but the following year had changed to a warmer and drier pattern of weather. 1958 was very wet but 1959 had Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com