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MASIE May 15 2014 – Arctic Ice Extent By Region As of Day 134

Published on May 15, 2014 by sunshinehours12 Comments

May 15 2014 MASIE Update

This is the gain/loss up to day 131. Negative = loss. Sorted with biggest loser in last 7 days at top. Northern Hemisphere is the grand total.

A 71,559 sq km increase from day 133 to 134. Almost all the regions had some increase or flattening except for the Sea of Okhotsk.

Region	Start	End	Last 46 Days	Last 28	Last 14	Last 7	Last 3	Last 1
Barents Sea	645,917	544,139	-101,778	-146,436	-124,548	-139,140	-34,559	6,021
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,688,530	1,158,003	-530,527	-460,820	-203,730	-122,201	-64,200	14,531
Bering Sea	697,324	223,502	-473,821	-361,304	-212,024	-120,356	-71,689	16,065
Sea of Okhotsk	853,240	102,095	-751,145	-430,119	-206,663	-100,859	-32,112	-6,286
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	1,213,477	-47,426	-47,426	-37,835	-38,325	-614	22,303
Chukchi Sea	966,006	928,313	-37,693	-37,693	-25,831	-24,215	-20,492	513
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	834,183	-19,031	-19,031	-19,031	-17,769	-1,864	-96
Kara Sea	933,859	928,578	-5,282	-6,446	-6,446	-6,255	2,163	3,886
Baltic Sea	15,337	2,673	-12,664	-8,595	-5,834	-5,729	-954	-34
Laptev Sea	897,845	893,342	-4,503	-4,503	-4,503	-4,503	683	683
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	1,048,548	-21,897	-21,897	-21,897	-4,467	-6,795	2,164
Central Arctic	3,221,921	3,247,742	25,821	-271	-271	-271	0	0
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	1,087,137	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greenland Sea	603,416	629,681	26,265	-23,916	-28,065	9,649	28,749	11,808
Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,805,115	12,842,910	-1,962,204	-1,571,232	-897,388	-575,135	-201,765	71,559

USA NOAA Mar/Apr 2014 Precipitation is Normal

Published on May 14, 2014May 14, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

Remember when “drought was the new normal”?

According to the NOAA the first two months of spring were 0.15″ above the 1901-2000 average. In other words … Normal!

Most of the country is normal. Northwest and southeast are wetter. Middle south is drier.

Sea Ice Update May 14 2014 – Antarctic 66th Daily Record of 2014 – Global Sea Ice 606,000 sq km Above Normal

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A quick update for sea ice extent for day 133 of 2014:

Global Sea Ice Extent is 606,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 7 for the day.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,301,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -695,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 34 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here.

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USA NOAA April 2014 – 3.01F Colder Than April 1925

Published on May 13, 2014May 13, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

According to the NOAA April 2014 was ranked 75th out of 120 April’s (120 = warmest) . It was only .66F above the 1901-2000 average.

The 3rd warmest April in US history was in 1925 when it was 3.67F above the 1901-2000 average.

Other April’s warmer than 2014: 1895,1896,1906,1908,1910,1915,1925,1930,1934,1938,1941,1942,1943,1946,1948,1949 ….

Save The Coal: High-Grade Wood Going Up In ‘Biomass’ Smoke

Published on May 13, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

The green plan to destroy forests by burning them in power plants is moving forward. Luckily, all that coal is being saved from being turned into electricity by the brave Biomass Plant Operators.

“Business owners in Cape Breton who rely on the forest for a living say high-quality hardwoods are making their way into Nova Scotia Power’s biomass plant in Point Tupper, consuming a wood supply that instead should be available for value-added businesses such as flooring and lumber.

David Fraser of BA Fraser Lumber in Margaree Valley, Inverness County, says he is seeing fewer quality saw logs and he blames it on Nova Scotia Power’s policy of getting the most amount of biomass fuel for the cheapest price.

Fraser, who runs a sawmill and is also a contractor who supplies wood to customers, said contractors simply can’t afford to separate quality saw logs from lower-quality stands of wood intended for the biomass plant.”

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1206909-high-grade-wood-going-to-point-tupper-biomass-plant-mill-owners

The plant requires 650,000 tonnes of trees per year for the $200 million power plant that only produces 60 Megawatts of power. Nova Scotia is closing coal power plants so they can burn trees instead.

Save The Endangered Coal! Trees are evil and must be burned instead.

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MASIE May 12 2014 – Arctic Ice Extent By Region As of Day 131

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May 12 2014 MASIE Update

This is the gain/loss up to day 131. Negative = loss. Sorted with biggest loser in last 7 days at top. Northern Hemisphere is the grand total.

Lots of melting. The Barents Sea has resumed melting after taking 3 weeks off.

Region	Start	End	Change Last 43 Days	Last 28	Last 14	Last 7	Last 3	Last 1
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,688,530	1,222,204	-466,327	-338,246	-218,087	-128,417	-32,512	-19,978
Sea of Okhotsk	853,240	134,207	-719,033	-374,721	-206,766	-126,143	-31,890	-8,214
Barents Sea	645,917	578,699	-67,218	-81,356	-69,456	-100,811	-102,015	-8,955
Bering Sea	697,324	295,192	-402,132	-335,907	-172,256	-59,900	-69,729	-9,417
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	1,214,091	-46,813	-46,813	-46,813	-40,602	-40,833	-5,617
Greenland Sea	603,416	600,932	-2,483	-379	-24,029	-37,026	-17,436	300
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	836,047	-17,167	-17,167	-17,167	-17,167	-12,645	2,950
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	1,055,344	-15,101	-15,101	-15,101	-8,797	-1,251	-15,101
Kara Sea	933,859	926,415	-7,445	-8,609	-8,106	-8,609	-8,609	-399
Laptev Sea	897,845	892,659	-5,186	-5,186	-5,186	-5,186	-5,186	0
Baltic Sea	15,337	3,627	-11,710	-12,111	-4,931	-4,592	-5,542	-4,438
Chukchi Sea	966,006	948,805	-17,201	-17,201	-17,201	-2,611	-3,807	-4,579
Central Arctic	3,221,921	3,247,742	25,821	1,339	1,121	-271	-271	-271
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	1,087,137	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,805,115	13,044,675	-1,760,440	-1,254,153	-804,609	-540,762	-332,173	-73,720

Sea Ice Update May 11 2014 – Antarctic 63rd Daily Record of 2014 – Global Sea Ice 785,000 sq km Above Normal

Published on May 11, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 130 of 2014:

Global Sea Ice Extent is 785,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,396,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. 63rd Daily Record.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -612,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.

NOAA Data here and here here.

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USHCN 2.5 Adjustments (Final – Raw)

Published on May 10, 2014 by sunshinehours12 Comments

Over at Nick Stokes blog they are trying to tear down a graph used by WUWT and Steven Goddard. They have made a valid point that the last few skyrocketing points may be because of late data.

But I thought I would take a look at monthly adjustments to tavg, tmin and tmax. Each of these 3 graph sets show the Final Temperature minus the Raw Temperature.

1) As you can see the USHN adjustments cool the past (especially the warm 20s/30s/40s).

2) I don’t know why they adjust tmax so much.

3) I really, really want to know why Dec/Jan/Feb (and to a lesser degree Nov and Mar) are so heavily manipulated. The adjustments can change by .5C from year to year. Bizarre.

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MASIE May 10 2014 – Arctic Ice Extent By Region As of Day 129

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May 10 2014 MASIE Update (Although the dataset from MASIE only has 28 days of data, I have started to save the data allowing the analysis to go further back)

This is the gain/loss up to day 129. Negative = loss. Sorted with biggest loser in last 7 days at top. Northern Hemisphere is the grand total.

A bit of an uptick over the last day for a net gain of 37,500 sq km with Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence being the largest gainer at 36,073.

Region	Start	End	Last 41 Days	Last 28	Last 14	Last 7	Last 3	Last 1
Sea of Okhotsk	853,240	169,368	-683,871	-391,356	-228,676	-75,644	-40,108	3,272
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,688,530	1,290,789	-397,742	-336,654	-224,396	-58,051	-21,075	36,073
Greenland Sea	603,416	610,001	6,585	-9,228	-29,493	-40,884	-30,832	-8,368
Bering Sea	697,324	363,054	-334,270	-290,096	-116,321	-6,487	-1,436	-1,867
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	850,264	-2,950	-2,950	-2,950	-2,950	-2,950	1,573
Baltic Sea	15,337	7,864	-7,473	-7,874	-308	-354	-538	-1,305
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	1,070,445	0	0	0	0	10,322	13,850
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	1,087,137	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laptev Sea	897,845	897,845	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kara Sea	933,859	935,023	1,164	0	0	0	0	0
Central Arctic	3,221,921	3,248,013	26,092	452	0	0	0	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chukchi Sea	966,006	953,384	-12,622	-12,622	-12,622	964	-7,890	772
Barents Sea	645,917	671,428	25,511	-24,232	47,607	6,580	-27,636	-9,285
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	1,258,156	-2,747	-2,747	-2,747	7,698	668	3,232
Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,805,115	13,414,348	-1,390,766	-1,080,002	-570,537	-169,759	-122,089	37,500