Image Credit: NOAA Great Lakes Surface Environment Analysis (GLSEA)
Great Lakes Ice Cover reached 91.8% yesterday, after Wednesday’s coverage of 91% made 2014 the second highest maximum on record. Great Lakes Ice Cover is well within striking distance of the highest maximum on record of 94.7% set in 1979. Coming on the heels of last week’s second highest Southern Sea Ice Area minimum on record, and The Pause in Earth’s temperature reaching 17 years last year, the signs of Earth’s “Rapidly Accelerating” Global Warming abound…
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Lake E H M O S Total sqm
Area sqm 9,910 23,000 22,300 7,340 31,700 94,250
% Ice Cover 18:00 GMT
5-Mar 95.5, 95.5, 91.7, 39.8, 94.7,
6-Mar 95.8, 95.8, 92.4, 49.9, 95.0,
7-Mar 95.9, 95.9, 91.4, 58.4, 93.7,
Ice area sqm 9464.05, 21965, 20449.1, 2921.32, 30019.9, 84819.37 90.0
Ice area sqm 9493.78, 22034, 20605.2, 3662.66, 30115, 85910.64 91.2
Ice area sqm 9503.69, 22057, 20382.2, 4286.56, 29702.9, 85932.35 91.2
My Calcs Mar 5 90.0 (91.7 GLCFS)
Mar 6 91.2 (92.2 GLCFS)
Mar 7 91.2 ??? need to wait 2 hrs
So my areas for the lakes are not correct I’m sure but, due to Superiors size,
the fact that Ontario is 58.4% frozen is mitigated by superior’s loss of ICE.
Not sure if the tabulation will hold together…Sorry Mods.
Nope… lost the tables… Oh well.
Is it me or is the left had temp scale (coloured one) upside down?
Paul Westhaver says: March 7, 2014 at 3:31 pm
NOAA Great Lakes Surface Environment Analysis (GLSEA) – Click the pic to view full size image[/caption]
My Calcs Mar 5 90.0 (91.7 GLCFS)
Mar 6 91.2 (92.2 GLCFS)
Mar 7 91.2 ??? need to wait 2 hrs
So my areas for the lakes are not correct I’m sure but, due to Superiors size,
the fact that Ontario is 58.4% frozen is mitigated by superior’s loss of ICE.
Greal Lake Ice Cover down to 90.3%:
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ren says: March 7, 2014 at 4:10 am
This recent Washington Post article “Confronting the exploitation of extreme weather events in global warming reporting”;
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/02/28/confronting-the-exploitation-of-extreme-weather-events-in-global-warming-reporting/
Justthefactswuwt if you can explain to me why no mention in this article (comments) that the jet stream is the result of the state of the polar vortex, which accelerates in winter in the STRATOSPHERE. Do people not know about this?
He knows about it, but his goal is not to communicate facts, but rather to put a fork in the claims that Global Warrming caused a cold winter for much of North America. As he says:
“But in the meantime, I disagree with those who argue that we need to capitalize on recent extreme weather events to raise public awareness of human-induced global warming. Many of the reporters who write stories about our research don’t recognize the distinction between the broad scientific consensus on climate change and the various unsubstantiated hypotheses relating to extreme weather events. When the public becomes confused, the carefully considered scientific consensus becomes vulnerable to attack by the apologists for economic growth at all costs. It didn’t take them long to learn that poking fun at the notion that global warming could lead to extreme cold is an effective tactic.”
They realize that no one buys Warm makes Cold meme;
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/02/21/finally-a-real-scientific-consensus-everyone-agrees-that-the-recent-displaced-polar-vortex-wasnt-caused-by-global-warming/
and are trying to kill it before it gets too ridiculous for even the Warmist faithful to stomach.
“Is Lake Ontario on the wrong side of the Niagara Peninsula?” Huh? The Niagara Escarpment wraps around the western end of Lake Ontario, and runs along the Niagara Peninsula to the Niagara River. Lake Ontario is north of the Niagara Peninsula… ???
Some Great Lakes trivia: The boys who brought the Matthew, the replica of John Cabot’s ship down the Great Lakes a bunch of years ago, said the trip down Lake Ontario was the roughest of the entire crossing, including riding out a transatlantic storm in the north Atlantic. Ontario is known for its short steep wave trains that pile up on a steady easterly (or westerly). A 3 metre sea on Ontario is extremely uncomfortable in a small yacht and a b*tch to come about in.
The elevations matter: Lower elevation means a (slightly) warmer general temperatures year-round.
Lake Ontario has the lowest mean surface elevation of the lakes at 243 feet (74 m) above sea level is the second deepest but is closest to the (somewhat modifying Atlantic Ocean; Lake Superior is the highest in elevation, deepest, most northern average area and is furthest from other moderating influences. Lake Eire is closest to Ontario, but is the shallowest (easiest to freeze up water mass) but is higher up: Lake Erie has a mean elevation of 571 feet (174 m) above sea … The elevation difference is the rapids in the Niagara River above the falls, the falls themselves, and the rapids and river downriver of the falls before the canyon opens out into Lake Ontario.
But, it is what it is. Live with it.
Justthefactswuwt
Yes ozone in the stratosphere directing traffic.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/strat_a_f/gif_files/gfs_t50_nh_f00.gif
The height of about 20 km.
[snip -off topic- mod]
Nice to have this reference, but it needs to be added to the Reference Pages drop-down menu.
Paul R. Johnson says: March 8, 2014 at 5:31 am
Nice to have this reference, but it needs to be added to the Reference Pages drop-down menu.
It’s there, it is nested under the Sea Ice Page, along with the Northern Regional Sea Ice Page. The reference page list was getting too long, so I’ve started nesting new pages under a parent when possible. If you hover over the Sea Ice Page in the drop down, you should see it.
Mar 7th ice coverage is greater than Mar 6th, but percent ice coverage went down from 92% to 90%. Wattsupwiththat?
Paul Coppin says:
March 7, 2014 at 6:27 pm
“Is Lake Ontario on the wrong side of the Niagara Peninsula?” Huh? The Niagara Escarpment wraps around the western end of Lake Ontario, and runs along the Niagara Peninsula to the Niagara River. Lake Ontario is north of the Niagara Peninsula… ???
I guess you missed the correction.
If you want to photograph funnel clouds in the summertime Toronto, then you need to head WNW to higher ground, before the storm cells “fall of the cliff”.
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/great-lakes-water-temperatures-at-record-levels
Anthony, I don’t see all of your reference pages listed in the header “Reference Pages” where I would expect to find them. Not a huge problem – I understand that it’s difficult to maintain a website in addition to writing most of its content. Just thought I would let you know.