October 26, 2007
0722 gmt
Southern Hemisphere
October 23, 2007
1931 gmt
Southern Hemisphere
These satellite images are approximately two and a half days apart. Of notable significance is the massive movement of 'cold' air to counter the arrival of a heat transfer vortex. In the bottom image the coldest air mass is 'orange' in color and located in majority over the highest portion of the Blue Ice which is in Eastern Antarctica.
In the image at the top the 'area' of cold moves off the top ice to meet the heat transfer vortex arriving at the shoreline of Antarctica. That 'cold' is lost to the ice continent and will have a huge impact on the stability of the ice structures.
