Antarctica
February 19, 2007
Antarctica is still very hot. The winds (click on) are still very dyamic EXCEPT where the images reveal 9AM and 9PM. It would appear to be the same image at both times. The humidity (click on) is high over the entire continent. Eastern Antarctica is less humid than WAIS, but, that is no surprise, now is it. There are far more areas of ice formations that touch a warming ocean.
The Continent is growing colder incrementally. There are far temperate areas and far less above freezing.
Vostok is -48 C and the coldest with 32% humidity at 3240 meters elevation. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station at 2830 meters elevation is -44 C. The warmest is Base Esperanza at 1e meters elevation with a temperature of 4C and 54% humidity. The table (click on).
