The Antarctica Wind Chime

2005 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Southern Pacific

The Australian Cyclone Season of 2005

The downside of higher incidence of landfall cyclones is the substantial damage to "The Great Barrier Reef." It is a huge carbon sink. Currently, that has not impacted the 'trend' in Antarctica to early season freezing.

2006 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Southern Pacific

The Australian Cyclone Season 2006 thus far.

The cooling trend in Antarctica this year seems to be strongly matched to the Cyclone season of Australia. This season has not brought 'overall' stronger storms, BUT, far more land falling storms. The 'heat energy' otherwise thought of as the 'calories' of Global Warming is now transferring to terra firma rather than the oceans. The ice formations of Antarctica may very well come to know some relief at least this season and maybe, just maybe, we might see a trending 'back' to formation of ice shelves rather than destruction. That still doesn't address any potential this season otherwise or the substantial damage of the ice terraces, but, it is an interesting realization.

Morning Papers - concluding

The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:

Scott Base

Overcast

-23.0°

Updated Monday 01 May 8:00PM

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chimes) is:

36 °F / 2 °C
Partly Cloudy

Humidity:
75%

Dew Point:
28 °F / -2 °C

Wind:
5 mph / 7 km/h from the NW

Pressure:
30.19 in / 1022 hPa

Windchill:
32 °F / 0 °C

Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV:
0 out of 16

Clouds:
Few 2500 ft / 762 m
Few 3000 ft / 914 m
(Above Ground Level)

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Antarctica Animated

May 1, 2006.

"Mission Accomplished" - Don't I wish.

It's cold. It's staying mostly cold. Could we see a trend toward ice shelf building?

Maybe?