On 07/09/2012 11:17, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Sep 7, 10:49 am, "ron button" wrote:
"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message

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On Sep 6, 9:00 pm, "Alastair McDonald"

wrote:
Last night, there was a report on the melting Arctic sea ice and how it is
affecting our weather:
It was followed by a debate chaired by Jeremy Paxman between the new
leader
of the Green Party and a typical Conservative sceptic. The relevant
section
starts 35 mins 18 second
in.http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...ht_05_09_2012/

Just another bunch of fools calling each other names. The MP was
suckered into some propaganda from an upcoming TV show.

Looking at those pictures showing the difference between 1979 and today
seems to show that most of the ice melt is occuring on the Russian/American
side of the pole whereas it looks virtually unchanged on the European side ,
am I wrong ?

No. NOAA has pointed that out. Something to do with the thermo-haline
column. Interesting that Eurasia has had floods when North America has
had droughts -a particularly bad example of both this year.

I would have thought the ice levels and types depends heavily on the
anticyclonic behaviour of the Arctic air. Maybe those anticyclones
depend heavily on the sea ice?

Presumably also mixing is accelerated in storm systems. I can only
imagine that the huge heat sump that is the Arctic Ocean is storing up
all this negative heat.

Be it dry or Be it wet
The weather will always pay its debt.
Hot or Cold, Dry or Wet
Eventually average is what you get.
That's the problem with statistics.

Nobody mentioned the weather in the scene. Some clips about cloud
might help the situation from the advertisement; so, presumably, no in
depth research on the upcoming programme.

You can get charts of the Arctic from the USA and Canada. The
Canadians produce a very good sea level pressure chart but cut Russia
out of it.
Stupid!
Also the Canadian met site is very poor for archived stuff. They have
MetOfficitis. Oddly its antipodean cousin does exactly the same. (Yes
I know it's not odd when you consider the home base.)

Does anyone know if WetterZentrale harbours any sea level Arctic
stuff?
(Why is it always the Germans?)



An intelligent man like you should have figured that out. You will also
go on the list. Don't tell him your name Pike!