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Jan 08 Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover, Largest Anomaly Since 1966
9 Feb 2008
http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/jan08-northern-hemisphere-snow-cover-largest-since-1966/
There have been a number of indications that January 2008 has been an
exceptional month for winter weather in not only North America, but the
entire Northern Hemisphere.
We’ve had anecdotal evidence of odd weather in the form of wire re****ts
from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and China where record setting cold and snow
has been felt with intensity not seen for 30-100 years, depending on the
region.
From our remote sensing groups, we have re****ts of significant negative
anomalies in both the RSS and UAH global satellite data for the lower
troposphere. The there’s NOAA’s announcement that January 2008, was
below 20th century averages, plus news that Arctic sea ice has quickly
recovered from the record low extent of Summer 2007. Finally, there’s
the massive La Nina said to be the driver of all this but may be a
harbinger of a more permanent phase ****ft according to veteran
forecaster Joe Bastardi.
Now to add to this, we have images and re****ts from NOAA and Rutgers
University of large anomalies of snow cover extent for the northern
hemisphere in January 2008.
First lets start with NOAA’s Snow and Ice chart for January 31st, 2008
Click image to see animated snow/ice cover. Java required
Next let us look at the Rutgers Global Snow Lab map of the Northern
Hemisphere for January 2008. Note the key at the bottom of the image
indicating coverage by percent.
Here is how the map above breaks down by area:
Northern Hemisphere: 50.13 million sq. km
Eurasia: 32.30 million sq. km
North America: 17.83 million sq. km
And finally, Rutgers Global Snow Lab has an anomaly graph:
January 2008 had the largest areal Northern Hemisphere snow cover for
the period of 1966-2008, just slightly larger than the previous largest
anomaly of January, 1984.
Here are the rankings for the top 10 months, ranked by Northern
Hemisphere coverage. January 2008 comes in second to Feburary of 1978.
Row Year Month N. Hemisphere Eurasia N. America N. America
(no Greenland)
1 1978 2 51.35 32.35 19.00 16.85
2 2008 1 50.13 32.30 17.83 15.67
3 1985 1 50.09 31.27 18.83 16.67
4 1979 1 49.98 31.38 18.61 16.46
5 1978 1 49.69 31.34 18.35 16.20
6 1977 1 48.84 31.24 17.61 15.46
7 1972 2 48.83 31.98 16.85 14.71
8 1985 2 48.56 30.29 18.27 16.12
9 2003 2 48.50 30.91 17.59 15.43
10 1967 1 48.49 30.70 17.79 15.63
Table above in millions of square kilometers
Yes, we live in interesting times.
(h/t Dr. Roger Pielke, Sr.)
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Warmest Regards
Bonzo
“…it should not be surprising to see hordes of former Reds, or of those
who otherwise would have become Reds, turning from Marxism and becoming
the Greens of the ecology movement. It is the same fundamental
philosophy in a different guise, ready as ever to wage war on the
freedom and well-being of the individual.” Dr. George Reisman’s book
Capitalism
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