sudden stratospheric warming event, late January 2023

The effects of the sudden stratospheric warming: January 23, 2023 more about that here




from a wind chart, null school, for January 29, 2023; jdallen on the arctic ice net forum writes
"10hPa circulation over the pole has gone seriously cattywhompus. (earth.nullschool.net)"



And again, jdallen posts:
"From Gerontocrat’s post in the area/extent thread:

“…Average remaining extent gain (of the last 10 years) would produce a maximum in March 2023 of 13.84 million km2, 0.04 million km2 below the March 2017 record low maximum of 13.88 million km2, which would be 1st lowest in the satellite record.…”

I don’t have anything concrete to share as yet, but, I’m increasingly concerned about what’s going to happen in the coming melt season.

If we get 2016 or 2012 or 2011 momentum with this years melt, things could go very badly.

Fortunately, there’s a lot that can change between now and when “May Melt Ponds” start manifesting, or not, but we are already in a place, where the ice at the end of the refreeze season, is going to start as or more vulnerable than it has been in the last decade."

Changes in arctic ice change the climate of the planet, like crazy weather, shifting of historical rain patterns, heat waves, etc

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