Antarctic Sea Ice well above normal in June 2013, GISS temps. in May 2013 colder than usual for most of Antarctic

7/4/13, "Antarctic Sea Ice Well Above Normal In June," Paul Homewood, notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com

"Antarctic sea ice extent in June remained well above normal. This continues the long term trend for June extent since 1981.

http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/index.html

The average extent during the month was 14.6 million sq km, and represents the second greatest extent since 1980. Only June 2010 was higher.



http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/index.html

Daily numbers confirm that extent is still much higher then the 1981-2010 mean, as well as last year.



http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/index.html

Similarly, ice area is also much greater then usual.



 http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/seaice.anomaly.antarctic.png

You don’t have to look far for the reasons. GISS temperatures for May show most of the Antarctic much colder than normal.



http://data.giss.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gistemp/nmaps.cgi?year_last=2013&month_last=5&sat=4&sst=3&type=anoms&mean_gen=05&year1=2013&year2=2013&base1=1981&base2=2010&radius=1200&pol=reg" via Climate Depot








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