On 07/02/12 11:02, Paul Hyett wrote:
On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 at 11:12:18, "Keith (Southend)G"
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

*European overview*

5th FEBRUARY 2012

Max °C Min °C Rain (mm)
3.4 -1.1 5.8 Ny Alesund(8m)

Could this end up being their mildest winter on record?

Judging by the ice conditions, it must be the warmest so far.There seems
only a small tongue of ice affecting the NE of Svalbard and that might
even go if this keeps up.

Almost half of the Kara Sea is free of pack-ice and there seems little
or none surrounding Novaya Zemlya. There is less ice in the region now
than I would have expected to see at the end of July back in the 60s and
70s.

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