Thursday, January 26, 2017

Accumulated Freezing Degree Days N80 thru Jan 26, 2017

Accumulated Freezing Degree Days N80 thru Jan 26, 2017:
Climatology: 2899.4
2016:            1683.9
Anomaly:     -1215.4



Implied new ice thickness to date:
Per Lebedev:
Climo: 1.688 m
2016:   1.225 m

Per Billelo
Climo:  1.355 m
2016:    0.989 m


Note: Anyone claiming a "recovery" in extent is ignoring new ice thickness this year is 27% less than climatology and 10 to 15% less than the average of the past decade.  The accumulated FDD anomaly is now greater than at *any* time in the DMI N80 dataset with 40% of the freezing season still to go.

Thursday, December 29, 2016

Accumulated Freezing Degree Days N80 thru Dec 29, 2016

Accumulated Freezing Degree Days N80 thru Dec 29, 2016:
Climatology: 2141.1
2016:             1138.6
Anomaly:     -1002.5

Implied new ice thickness to date:
Per Lebedev:
Climo: 1.412 m
2016:   0.973 m

Per Billelo
Climo:  1.137 m
2016:    0.788 m

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Record North Atlantic significant wave height

2013's record Atlantic significant (17 1/2 minute average) wave height.  The record significant wave height was reported as 19m, but the maximum wave height was 27 m.


Graph from ASU's  WMO data archive.