Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,187,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
In 2010 (green line) , despite smashing previous records, the sea ice tailed away to normal levels. And in 2013 (black line), sea ice went on to break 2012’s record and then broke it again and again until it peaked on Sep 30.
So I make no predictions.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,233,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 145th daily record for 2014.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,239,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 144th daily record for 2014.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,221,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. 143rd daily record.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,274,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 142nd daily record for 2014.
Amazing climb has resumed. 180,000 sq km in last two days. 300,000 sq km above previous record for the same day in 2010.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,235,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 141st daily record for 2014.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,223,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. 140th daily record.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,357,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 139th daily record for 2014.
A pause after a huge jump. Those pauses are not unusual as you can see from the 2013 record breaking run (the black line).
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,418,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is so high it is higher than the maximum mean which usual occurs around day 265. Which means it is now 49 days ahead of normal!
Of course the extent for day 216 is still 1,000,000 sq km below the record set in 2013 … but that occurred on day 273.
And in just 1 day the extent rose 240,000 sq km. And it rose 700,000 sq km in last 7 days.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,231,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 137th daily record for the year.
140,000 sq km increase in the last day is pretty awesome.
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