Am I missing something or is March still in the future? How do we know how warm it will be at this point? Let’s not count unhatched chickens quite yet.
Look for a late sea extent build again this year, a short arctic summer and continued sea ice volume build which is expected from the continued negative NAO.
Just wait until GISS adjusts it…
GISS is underwater in Manhattan since 2008.
I think we discovered it’s the URHI….
urban restaurant heat island
They are right above Tom’s…………….
COLA’s “about” information:
http://www.iges.org/aboutcola.html
says they conduct: “..research related to variability and predictability of Earth’s climate on seasonal to decadal time scales”.
There doesn’t seem to be anything published beyond the charts on wxmaps. Anyone found anything else?
It is the NCEP forecast.
Regardless, I was wondering if COLA published any of their “research”..
I’m wondering who will be right about western Europe, Joe or Piers?
Am I missing something or is March still in the future? How do we know how warm it will be at this point? Let’s not count unhatched chickens quite yet.
Also Joe predicted a brutally cold Alaska, how has it been ? The images above seem to indicate that Alaska is warmer?
Andy
Alaska is about the only bit that is not cold.
It has been plenty cold in Alaska. It wa s-40 in Fairbanks last week
http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/PAFA/2011/2/21/MonthlyHistory.html#calendar
Look for a late sea extent build again this year, a short arctic summer and continued sea ice volume build which is expected from the continued negative NAO.