Noted in this picture and in animation the winds are carrying once again warmer air from top ice west and then circulating it across WAIS.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
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Noted in this picture and in animation the winds are carrying once again warmer air from top ice west and then circulating it across WAIS.
Higher temperatures over WAIS on animation.
March 20, 2007
12:00 PM
Antarctica temperature satellite. Heat intrusion is plainly seen in this satellite today which was not obvious yesterday.
March 20, 2007
1323 gmt
The Southern Hemisphere
The heat is still over the Blue Ice. The 'vortex/jet stream' over Antarctica can be noted in a leisurely meander around the continent upto latitude 45 degrees which is the third 'complete' ring out from the center OR the fourth ring if one notes the partial ring at the continent. There is no heat intrusion from the surrounding areas that would ONLY deposit heat over the Blue Ice while sparting the shoreline.
Monday, March 19, 2007
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March 19, 2007
9AM
No hot air over WAIS, back to the Blue Ice where it seems to never leaves. I believe there will continue to be a 'warm air mass' over the Blue Ice. In animation however it is noted that at 12 AM it is cooler but not yet freezing. The warmer air masses are at 6AM and 6PM. They register differently in location so they are not a repetition of information by the satellite.
The 'WAIS event' of last week indicates to me there is sublimination of the Tall Blue Ice. The warmer air reached a point whereby when cooled by the subliming ice became heavier and fell to lower elevations at the periphery/shoreline of the continent. With that temperature crisis resolved, it would seem to return to a 'static cycle' whereby the event might be repeated over and over. I would expect the 'heat intrusion' to cool enough to stop the cycle when Antarctica falls into complete darkness, however, if that does not happen it can be concluded the 'heat intrusion' is directly receiving it's heat from higher latitudes where it continues to homogonize with vortices delivering 'heat transfers' to the ice continent.
Frozen temperatures at the lower elevations is returning but the deep freeze of higher latitudes remains mostly static in nature indicating a heat movement over The Blue Ice.
The coldest spot which remains static is Vostok :
Vostok, Antarctica
Elevation: 11220 ft / 3420 m
Temperature: -75 °F / -59 °C
Humidity: 36%
Dew Point: -82 °F / -64 °C
Wind: 9 mph / 15 km/h from the NNW
Wind Gust: -
Pressure: in / hPa (Falling)
Visibility: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers
Raw METAR Aviation
Flight Rule: VFR ()
Wind Speed: 9 mph / 15 km/h /
Wind Dir: 340° (NNW)
Ceiling: 100000 ft / 100000 m
The warmest is still on The Peninsula, where noted on animation is very warm as is a small section of WAIS at 6PM.
Base Orcadas, Antarctica
Elevation: 20 ft / 6 m
Temperature :: 36 °F / 2 °C
Heavy Drizzle
Humidity: 98%
Dew Point: 36 °F / 2 °C
Wind: 23 mph / 37 km/h / from the North
Wind Gust: -
Pressure: 28.53 in / 966 hPa (Falling)
Visibility: 1.0 miles / 1.0 kilometers
UV: 1 out of 16
Clouds: Mostly Cloudy 295 ft / 90 m
Scattered Clouds 1969 ft / 600 m
(Above Ground Level)
Raw METAR Aviation
Flight Rule: LIFR ()
Wind Speed: 23 mph / 37 km/h /
Wind Dir: 0° (North)
Ceiling: 300 ft / 90 m
* Side Note - Accurate Aviation information is important to the folks on Antarctica. It's how they get around.
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 meters
Temperature :: 19 °F / -7 °C
Conditions :: Clear
Humidity :: 74%
Dew Point :: 12 F / -11 C
Wind :: 4 mph / 6 kmh / 1.5 m/s from the NNE
Pressure :: 29.66 in / 104 hPa
Windchill :: 14 F / -10 C
Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV :: 0 out of 16
Clouds :: Clear (Above Ground Level)
Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 meters
Temperature :: 19 °F / -7 °C
Conditions :: Clear
Humidity :: 74%
Dew Point :: 12 F / -11 C
Wind :: 4 mph / 6 kmh / 1.5 m/s from the NNE
Pressure :: 29.66 in / 104 hPa
Windchill :: 14 F / -10 C
Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV :: 0 out of 16
Clouds :: Clear (Above Ground Level)
Six U.S. troops among dead from Iraq's weekend violence
THE NEWS both domestic and abroad isn't good for the USA. Floods are replacing frozen bodies of water and the war dead increase.
On the upside, the AWOL numbers have increased this year although first estimated by the US Military to be lower. Those walking away from their posts in the USA military has increased with ever lingering year of this illegal war.
Army Lacks Accurate Count on Deserters
by Nancy Mullane
Morning Edition, March 19, 2007 · The Army can't provide a specific number of deserters. At least 3,000 soldiers have left the ranks in the last year. Critics say that without an accurate count, the Army has an incomplete picture of military readiness.
From link above:
BAGHDAD — Sunni insurgents killed at least six U.S. troops over the weekend. A Sunni car bomber hit a largely Shiite district in the capital Sunday, killing at least eight people.
The American military said four U.S. soldiers died and one was wounded when the unit was struck by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad.
On the upside, the AWOL numbers have increased this year although first estimated by the US Military to be lower. Those walking away from their posts in the USA military has increased with ever lingering year of this illegal war.
Army Lacks Accurate Count on Deserters
by Nancy Mullane
Morning Edition, March 19, 2007 · The Army can't provide a specific number of deserters. At least 3,000 soldiers have left the ranks in the last year. Critics say that without an accurate count, the Army has an incomplete picture of military readiness.
From link above:
BAGHDAD — Sunni insurgents killed at least six U.S. troops over the weekend. A Sunni car bomber hit a largely Shiite district in the capital Sunday, killing at least eight people.
The American military said four U.S. soldiers died and one was wounded when the unit was struck by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Where there is one protestor there are tens of thousands standing behind them
Anti-war demonstrators arrive at the Pentagon during a march in Arlington, Virginia, to protest the US presence in Iraq. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Washington against the Iraq war Saturday, taking their message on placards, "US out of Iraq now," to the Pentagon's doorstep ahead of the fourth anniversary of the US invasion.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
A Japanese protester, left, displays a red placard calling for a revolution with the power of labor movement during a rally against war in Iraq, in Tokyo, Sunday, March 18, 2007. Over 2,000 protesters rallied in central Tokyo on Sunday to mark the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, organizers said. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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