On Apr 20, 10:48*pm, wrote:
Yes I know its a weather NG but be fair, others post about these
topics all the time,

Anyhow it would seem the Arctic ice extent is at its greatest on this
date for eight years!

Have a look for yourself

http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/seaice_extent.htm.

Okay there will be the 'its first year ice ' comments and such but
lets be honest about the ice, rumours of its death seem to have been
greatly exaggerated.

Take the polar bears of suicide watch.

It could be just a blip in the general trend, nothing works to a
perfect rhythm, so I'm not convinced. The past 12 months the UK has
seen quite a number of cooler months, but my gut feeling is we've seen
the last of them for a while, infact April is looking particularly
warmer than average, but we will have to see what the summer brings,
but I wouldn't be surprised to see higher temperatures again. Even a
massive volcanic eruption would only slow the trend down for a year or
two.

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
"Weather Home & Abroad"