2015 arctic ice maximum

[ljgeoff]

The arctic ice may have reached its 2015 maximum a month early. The arctic is a chaotic place, but here's the graph:


Northern Pacific waters are flowing into the Bering Sea, and warming there is persistent. On the eastern side, the wonky jetstream is pushing surface warmth up the east coast from the gulf, and tidal forces are pushing deep water warmth, for an Atlantic double-whammy.


This pic is from last September:


This is what the collapse of the polar cell looks like:


Check out the animation of the crazy polar collapse here.