Survey: Arctic Ice Thinner Than Thought, Melting Fast (click title to entry - thank you)
By Jennifer Glasse London
15 October 2009
"We'd been led to believe that we would encounter a good proportion, of this older, thicker, technically multi-year ice that's been around for a few years and just gets thicker and thicker," he said. "We actually found there wasn't any multi-year ice at all."
Local Time :: 8:51 AM AKDT (GMT -08)
Lat/Lon :: 58.8° N 137.0° W
Elevation :: 33 feet
Temperature ::
High :: 45 F
Low :: 39 F
Conditions :: Overcast
Windchill :: 35 F (Even wind doesn't get it cold enough to freeze)
Humidity :: 87%F (A little dry for a bay isn't it? The average usually is about 95 - 100%)
Wind :: 6 mph from the ESE
Pressure :: 29.97 in (Rising)
Visibility :: 10.0 miles
UV :: 0 out of 16
Clouds :: Overcast 2500 Feet
There is some kind of rumor out there that the Earth is cooling. It is a rumor started by the energy industries that simply won't go away.
Glacier Bay Climate Summary from 1966 - 2006 reporting from FIVE stations (see below):
Number of "Heating Degree Days" (click here)
Heating Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the base temperature and the daily average temperature. (Base Temp. - Daily Ave. Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is below the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 65 and the low temperature was 31, the base 50 heating degree day units is 50 - ((65 + 31) / 2) = 2. This is done for each day of the month and summed.Table updated on Jul 28, 2006 Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Let me get my calculator for this one: 30,561 days.
Number of "Cooling Degree Days" (click here)
Cooling Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.Table updated on Jul 28, 2006 Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Count them 108 days in a decade.
