Strong high pressure is just sitting over the Arctic and this is far from ideal.
24 hours of daylight combined with anomalous warmth on top of mostly clear skies is optimal for depleting the already record low Arctic Sea Ice coverage...
24 hours of daylight combined with anomalous warmth on top of mostly clear skies is optimal for depleting the already record low Arctic Sea Ice coverage...
As of 13 July 2020, we were about nearly 2 *Million* km² below the long term average. You could pretty much fit France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, Spain 🇪🇸, Italy 🇮🇹 and UK 🇬🇧 in this gaping hole.
Play with the data here:nsidc.org/arcticseaicene…
Play with the data here:nsidc.org/arcticseaicene…
This is the temperature simulated over the next 5 days in the lower part of the atmosphere. Very few areas within the Arctic will be below freezing.
We will be seeing quite eye-opening drops in ice coverage as the melt season continues. Locally huge losses.
We will be seeing quite eye-opening drops in ice coverage as the melt season continues. Locally huge losses.
