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October 18, 2006.
0630z.

Water Vapor Satellite GOES East by UNISYS.

The circulation center/low pressure over the Gulf of Mexico is unusual. I don't recall seeing that before.

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October 18, 2006.
6:00 am.

Summer has arrived on the Peninsula of Antarctica and it's not summer until December.

Temperatures across Antarctica (click on). There is a distinctive movement above zero Celcius. It won't go back to freezing now. Zero is still temperately cold enough but it is on the edge of going warmer than zero C by next week.

Morning Papers - concluding

The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:

Scott Base

Cloudy

-23.0°

Updated Wednesday 18 Oct 8:15PM

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

33 ft / 10 m

37 °F / 3 °C
Overcast

Humidity:
75%

Dew Point:
30 °F / -1 °C

Wind:
Calm

Pressure:
30.16 in / 1021 hPa

Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV:
0 out of 16

Clouds:
Overcast 3500 ft / 1066 m
(Above Ground Level)

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