An extraordinary “heatwave” will enter the Arctic region, raising temperatures more than 20°C above the long-term average, pushing out the colder air into Canada!
Strong airmass changes across the North Hemisphere continue, as patterns change on the shift from winter to summer. Strong pressure differences over the polar regions, will send a remarkable...
*Arctic* After reaching the largest sea ice extent in the past 8 years, the Arctic sea ice is now in an unusually rapid ice melt phase, starting the melt season
Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent in early March. The ice melt season has begun, with rapid ice loss, as warmer air reaches the polar regions. Arctic...
*Stratospheric Final Warming* The unusually strong Polar Vortex is awaiting judgment! A bi-modal warming wave develops, which could initiate the Final Warming collapse sequence
Every year, a final warming event occurs in the stratosphere, as we head into spring, and the Sun starts warming up the polar regions. Sometimes a final warming event...
An unusual Arctic Warming Event begins over the eastern Arctic, raising temperatures over 20°C above normal! Are we in for an early ice melt season?
Just a few days after we talked about the Arctic ice extent reaching 10-year highest values, we are witnessing a warming event over the eastern Arctic. Temperatures are expected...
*BREAKING* The Antarctic region has measured an incredible new absolute temperature record of +20.7°C (69.35°F), as an abnormally warm airmass moves over the Antarctic peninsula!
Only a week ago, a new highest temperature record has been reached for the continent of Antarctica. It was measured at the Argentine station Esperanza, situated on the Antarctic...
*Rapid ICE growth* Arctic sea ice reaches the largest early February ice area in the past 11 years! It even exceeds the 2001-2010 average size
Overall, winter was rather mild across much of Eurasia and North America, with the exception of Alaska and parts of Canada. But, that means that a lot of cold...
*BREAKING* An incredible temperature high of 18.3°C (65°F) has been measured in Antarctica! This is possibly the highest temperature on the continent since the last interglacial period!
Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. But you would be surprised to know, that it has its warm spots too, and one of those just recorded the highest...
*January 2020* We just went through the warmest January on record! Temperatures were much above normal across the Northern Hemisphere, as the Polar Vortex has put cold Arctic air on lockdown
January is the second winter month. It was far from wintery across many parts of the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes. January 2020 was the warmest January on record. After a...