The latest data just in from the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor Michigan indicates that as of today, total ice cover reached the second highest value on record 91%, beating the previous 2nd highest value set in 1994 of 90.7%.
See the chart.
Source: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glcfs.php?lake=l&ext=ice&type=N&hr=00
In comparison to other years, only 1979 was higher for the satellite record:
Source: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/imgs/IceCoverAvg1973_2013.jpg
Original graph updated by A. Watts
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You would think that we ought to know, find out or correlate what the root cause of this this sudden cold winter we had this year. We have all this great gathering of information around the world and satellite images and so on….we ought to be able to explain why this year we had such a cold winter, at least some of the contributing factors, and why such a long duration. I mean thre is lots of data but very little intelligence wrt to making sense of it all. I guess being a weather person is the only job where you can retain employment and be 50% wrong most of the time.
Thin rotten ice just isn’t the same as the quality ice of yesteryear.
@Gail Combs:
Yes, indeed. As a semi-retired Aghort advisor, scientifically trained; ex farmer and commercial fisherman, it was open-growing watermelon ripening failures that started my longish study of climate and its physics. Growing degree days (GDD) etc. would tell the story. These tend to be kept by Agriculture Departments worldwide. What happens when farmers are deceived should discourage AGW massaging. Worth looking at, because though plants don’t tell the future, they have exquisite sense of the present and past. I hope to start on this over the NZ winter, as well as trying to devise some physics experiments in atmosphere thermodynamics and quantum effects. I take to heart the injunction that physics is not intuitive, one must do the experiments.
You may have more to add on the crop field, ripe and all as it is for puns? Brett Keane
Francois says: @ur momisugly March 5, 2014 at 1:09 pm
…. I guess being a weather person is the only job where you can retain employment and be 50% wrong most of the time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
At the MET in the UK you can be 100% wrong all the time and receive the equivalent of a ‘Knighthood’ (for a female that is being made a ‘Dame’)
With all the “global warming” falsified data LIES that NOAA has been pushing the past few years this public release has no credibility. Liars are liars are liars. NOAA is a pack of liars.
_Jim says:
March 5, 2014 at 11:40 am
RE: Road Kill Deer & Population in Wisconsin
_Jim,
The deer population is ‘down’ in Wisconsin, from a peak about 8 years ago. The state liberalized the hunting regs a few years back to allow taking more deer each hunting season. In many areas of the state, the ‘car killed deer per year’ total was equal to the ‘hunter killed deer per year’ total! In some counties, hunters had to kill a doe before they could shoot a buck. The increased harvest each year was slowly reducing the population. And the added venison in the freezer is enjoyed all winter long!
The last several hard winters, however, have had the greatest impacts. Deep snow and deep.persistent cold have cause winter starvation within deer herds in affected areas. When I was in Wisconsin during the week of Thanks Giving last November, I saw significantly few deer than previous years. That week of November, we had 4 inches of snow, the low temp of the week was 5F and the high was 31F.
Given the harsh conditions this winter, I expect additional attrition to the deer herd. Adding to that are an increased number of predators. Wolves have returned to parts of the state in such numbers that the state is allowing limited wolf hunting. More sightings of cougar and black bear are occurring as well. The deep snow makes the deer much more vulnerable to such predators… but I guess that’s still a better way to go than starvation. ‘Mother Nature’ can be a real bitch… but it’s all part of natural cycles as old as life itself, on this planet.
Mac
Brett Keane says: @ur momisugly March 5, 2014 at 2:01 pm
@ur momisuglyGail Combs:
Yes, indeed. As a semi-retired Aghort advisor, scientifically trained; ex farmer and commercial fisherman, it was open-growing watermelon ripening failures that started my longish study of climate and its physics. Growing degree days (GDD) etc. would tell the story. These tend to be kept by Agriculture Departments worldwide. What happens when farmers are deceived should discourage AGW massaging…..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Unfortunately “They” don’t care if we starve.
@ur momisugly Gail — I think my tulip bouquet delivery on the recent Antarctic sea ice thread came after you’d left for the day… . In case you didn’t get to see it, and in case you come back here(!), here is the link to the post from me to you, with thanks:
Gail’s Bouquet
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/03/01/southern-sea-ice-area-minimum-2nd-highest-on-record/#comment-1581857
Janice
Wind moves ice around.
http://www.surfgrandhaven.com/cms/grand-haven-news-stories-opinions/1497725-Ice—Now-You-See-Now-You-Dont.html
I’ve been here in the summer and the jet ski said the water temp was 76 degrees.
Waves like the ocean but it’s crystal clear fresh water.
Live:
http://surfgrandhaven.com/cms/
The inland lakes were in the 80s.
Jimbo says:
March 5, 2014 at 10:00 am
The doomed Scottish ski industry in the Nevis Range Ski Resort says it might stay open for SUMMER skiing after having so far received snow fall for 59 consecutive days.
Although this has nothing to do with cold weather. Each month of the UK winter was more than 1 degree C above average. All that rain which caused the prolonged floods over England fell as snow in the Scottish mountains.
Up to 91.8% as of now.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glcfs.php?lake=l&ext=ice&type=N&hr=00
Thanks Anthony, I guess the time I posted it is why it took so long.
Hope make an update to this page tomorrow and keep same one running and open.
Thanks again.
Last standing lake, Ontario should be building new ice rather quickly now and tonight, other lakes having a cold and not so windy night. Rainbow WV loop shows the cold air well tonight is still around making more ice. http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/eaus/flash-rb.html
New record looks good to be set tomorrow as long as the winds no not kick up in the day.
stevesgoddard posted this link tonight of the Raw ice data from NOAA.
Great Lakes Average Ice Concentration
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Ice Concentration (%)
Year Day Sup. Mich. Huron Erie Ont. St.Clr GL Total
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2013 328 0.53 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.19
2013 329 0.13 0.00 0.48 0.01 0.45 1.15 0.20
2013 330 0.40 0.00 0.27 0.00 0.34 0.10 0.24
2013 331 0.42 0.04 0.28 0.01 0.51 1.22 0.27
2013 332 0.99 0.32 1.37 0.40 1.07 6.23 0.90
2013 333 1.41 0.57 2.15 0.73 0.96 11.06 1.34
2013 335 1.54 0.61 2.88 0.64 0.94 1.77 1.52
2013 336 0.89 0.56 2.01 0.36 0.61 0.83 1.01
2013 337 0.87 0.32 1.63 0.24 0.48 0.00 0.83
2013 338 0.81 0.24 1.32 0.33 0.41 0.00 0.72
2013 339 1.64 0.37 1.09 0.02 0.32 0.49 0.97
2013 340 0.97 1.15 1.32 0.01 0.25 0.70 0.95
2013 341 1.08 1.43 1.33 0.01 0.25 0.70 1.06
2013 342 1.20 1.76 0.91 0.01 0.24 0.70 1.07
2013 343 2.18 3.12 5.33 0.40 0.69 5.50 2.88
2013 344 2.85 4.26 8.57 0.73 0.85 15.70 4.24
2013 345 3.83 6.94 8.82 1.10 1.15 32.70 5.38
2013 346 4.07 7.08 14.23 10.51 2.79 94.50 8.03
2013 347 5.25 9.90 16.82 11.03 2.52 89.53 9.73
2013 348 5.27 10.58 19.25 12.63 2.05 94.50 10.60
2013 349 5.88 8.90 16.02 12.50 2.48 91.40 9.68
2013 350 6.01 13.48 20.46 18.78 6.71 89.32 12.71
2013 351 7.26 14.43 21.87 17.74 8.42 85.74 13.73
2013 352 4.15 13.10 20.03 15.11 8.18 85.29 11.59
2013 353 4.97 13.08 15.70 17.18 3.16 93.43 10.71
2013 354 6.73 12.51 16.83 15.48 2.85 89.37 11.30
2013 355 6.79 12.33 17.06 15.50 2.85 89.37 11.33
2013 356 7.10 12.33 12.87 10.61 2.82 89.53 9.99
2013 357 7.24 12.60 10.70 10.27 1.58 28.14 9.22
2013 358 5.70 13.24 14.27 9.69 1.41 69.80 9.75
2013 359 7.70 22.37 22.79 11.27 2.09 54.33 14.71
2013 361 5.20 16.95 23.32 19.16 1.96 92.07 13.58
2013 362 4.87 11.02 17.44 9.70 1.28 73.39 9.70
2013 364 4.58 11.62 19.80 8.98 3.26 73.83 10.38
2013 365 11.93 16.73 28.52 10.15 4.24 75.97 16.49
2014 001 13.99 18.67 31.75 24.72 6.19 92.17 20.02
2014 002 22.15 25.06 35.39 35.01 7.50 95.98 26.38
2014 003 30.24 31.53 44.14 55.69 20.54 94.31 35.77
2014 004 16.53 19.25 44.69 57.95 15.44 91.55 27.95
2014 005 18.02 18.17 29.76 39.72 11.14 93.43 22.67
2014 006 18.41 23.88 29.81 41.83 6.91 77.65 23.94
2014 007 23.64 30.56 38.17 61.55 13.53 97.38 31.76
2014 008 30.06 32.95 43.59 88.48 20.39 98.92 38.97
2014 009 33.65 36.23 45.22 90.63 19.12 97.85 41.52
2014 010 37.16 35.86 46.02 86.73 20.74 96.23 42.65
2014 011 29.33 24.69 48.06 90.40 23.73 97.93 38.33
2014 012 25.82 20.89 24.97 76.87 7.21 96.54 28.20
2014 013 14.59 12.68 19.86 62.98 5.90 95.55 19.63
2014 014 17.57 13.22 20.57 65.68 5.66 98.17 21.25
2014 015 25.86 15.60 21.15 60.42 5.47 98.23 24.45
2014 016 26.80 13.97 21.49 61.74 6.18 98.23 24.68
2014 017 26.72 14.10 24.35 58.45 6.12 96.70 25.05
2014 018 29.00 25.78 28.87 58.45 6.12 96.70 29.59
2014 019 29.00 25.78 31.94 86.15 6.60 96.70 32.95
2014 020 29.91 23.76 36.75 86.15 6.71 96.70 33.98
2014 021 52.71 32.89 69.16 94.44 24.09 98.63 54.16
2014 022 57.75 38.77 72.02 95.09 33.36 99.32 58.75
2014 023 57.21 37.80 75.77 94.89 42.92 99.32 59.91
2014 024 57.58 36.47 72.27 90.86 36.02 99.17 58.03
2014 025 39.56 24.99 50.72 88.47 21.54 99.11 42.43
2014 026 49.99 29.79 64.20 90.90 24.17 99.08 50.96
2014 027 52.74 33.50 64.85 90.94 21.41 99.17 52.75
2014 028 69.38 46.29 70.95 95.79 25.71 99.30 63.94
2014 029 73.11 43.05 69.24 95.39 24.27 99.28 64.02
2014 030 76.01 43.12 71.98 95.59 26.91 99.30 65.96
2014 031 69.07 36.87 65.14 90.93 20.81 99.17 59.51
2014 032 77.85 34.99 63.58 90.93 20.81 99.17 61.92
2014 033 81.92 40.78 66.39 91.90 12.72 99.48 64.88
2014 034 84.16 55.34 76.67 88.94 19.47 99.15 71.64
2014 035 91.68 56.35 84.59 92.63 30.73 99.32 77.68
2014 036 92.18 51.34 85.67 93.80 31.77 98.49 77.17
2014 037 93.50 54.52 88.91 94.19 38.22 98.43 79.66
2014 038 86.47 64.08 86.78 91.76 45.17 97.57 79.01
2014 039 86.39 61.42 85.04 91.80 45.17 97.57 77.97
2014 040 88.93 62.05 89.94 91.80 18.19 97.57 78.24
2014 041 88.94 66.06 90.39 91.80 34.02 99.17 80.42
2014 042 95.28 79.98 94.71 95.87 31.94 99.17 87.13
2014 043 94.59 82.34 95.47 95.77 43.41 99.34 88.42
2014 044 94.59 82.34 95.47 95.77 43.41 99.34 88.42
2014 045 87.12 65.35 91.65 91.71 37.81 97.83 80.15
2014 046 91.00 67.23 91.21 91.58 24.57 98.43 80.91
2014 047 91.03 70.74 92.27 90.96 17.97 98.43 81.42
2014 048 90.88 65.06 92.67 95.04 31.54 98.43 81.56
2014 049 95.12 72.58 94.53 94.10 32.68 98.59 85.24
2014 050 91.76 60.35 94.63 92.79 20.78 98.78 80.29
2014 051 90.86 59.31 92.74 95.84 16.99 98.78 79.29
2014 052 82.74 39.26 86.65 86.13 13.91 97.88 69.21
2014 053 85.47 37.79 76.01 83.09 12.99 94.94 66.97
2014 054 78.54 29.91 73.49 82.40 10.92 96.92 61.86
2014 055 88.71 41.52 83.89 78.00 11.11 94.61 70.26
2014 056 91.67 52.76 92.04 93.35 11.48 95.48 77.28
2014 057 95.44 53.07 94.14 95.28 16.48 98.68 79.79
2014 058 93.23 58.62 94.86 95.66 22.06 98.68 80.85
2014 059 91.16 85.50 92.53 91.70 24.42 99.08 85.40
2014 060 91.16 79.17 95.85 91.12 41.31 99.08 85.95
2014 061 95.49 90.48 94.66 95.19 45.39 99.28 90.48
2014 062 90.76 86.13 92.16 91.31 36.44 99.08 86.15
2014 063 95.29 92.45 95.94 95.83 43.03 99.23 91.04
2014 064 95.74 92.98 96.23 95.67 49.38 99.30 91.85
http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/webdata/cwops/webdata/statistic/dat/g2013_2014_ice.dat
Well, it all makes sense to me, sure is global warming eh… see
Niagara Falls comes to a frozen halt AGAIN as subfreezing… and as has been pointed out, many others… gee as CO2 is supposed to contribute to global warming, we are in grave danger as they take CO2 out of the air eh.. we sure will freeze.. well Al Gore and the likes as they have made trillions on all this while we freeze.. remember there is supposed to be no ice by 2014, all gone, finished for ever and ever, disaster set in, water will have filled islands and we were told that we should relocate all these poor people etc.. but oh perhaps they got their dates a bit wrong, but it does not matter they have made trillions for the UN to use.. all at our expense.. pushed by our governments, the greenies and the likes.. and we let them get away with it, they should have all their flash houses, cars, boats, holiday homes etc taken from them, everyone.. let them live on the streets.
The Lake Superior ice chart may be under-representing the ice:
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/sicecon-00.gif
because the two bits of water jutting out the top are shown as no-ice but are actually 100% ice.
The March 5th total is 91.8%.
http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/webdata/cwops/webdata/glsea2/glsea_cur.png
Gaye says:
March 5, 2014 at 7:55 pm
> Niagara Falls comes to a frozen halt AGAIN as subfreezing…
I haven’t been there, but at waterfalls in New Hampshire, they just freeze over and plenty of water continues to fall behind the ice screen. It looks to me that’s what’s happened at Niagra.
Latest visible HD satellite loop Great Lakes
Looks like the E winds last night might of put hex on a new all time ice recors. Michigan is either black ice or open water. Ontaro froze some more but how much
http://mp1.met.psu.edu/~fxg1/SAT_NE/anim8vis.html
Told my wife yesterday, “I could drive over to the lakeshore and walk to Milwaukee. What an adventure that would be, walking across Lake Michigan!” It would make an interesting story to tell this summer… if I lived.
Francois says: @ur momisugly March 5, 2014 at 1:09 pm
…. I guess being a weather person is the only job where you can retain employment and be 50% wrong most of the time.
Au contraire, mon ami — since it is already Spring Training aka the Grapefruit League in Baseball — I note that you can easily get into the “Hall of Fame” as a batter, for only being right about the pitcher 30% of the time [.300 batting average]
As an aside about Globally Warm Winters — here in Lexington MA we measure Blizzards relative to 1978 and total snowfalls relative to 1996-1997. Of-course we measure the year against 1816 when there was snow and frost in June; frost in July; and another killing frost in August. The year was 1816, — this period in New England was known as “The Year There Was No Summer” and “Eighteen Hundred and Froze To Death”
This year, while the winter has been cold and seemingly interminable, the only record broken was the number of my broken snow shovels [3 and counting} + one temporarily entombed in a snowbank — I expect to recover the latter intact however, by July when Spring finally releases us from Winters’s grasp.
Well I thought baseball players also needed field the ball. Batting is just one aspect. Running, stealing, fielding, etc.,. So it does not compare.
Followup post….the extensive ice cover on Lake Michigan is blamed for a significant wildfowl die-off event. This is an interesting article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-ice-on-lake-michigan-proving-fatal-to-waterfowl-20140312,0,133814.story