I think we might have to wait until tomorrow

All the "peer" reviewed literature on the subject ain't going to stop it

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rats leaving a sinking ship http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sc...ry-e6frg6so-1226338267619

Dear oh dear how frustrating

http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/seaice.recent.arctic.png

it gets closer every day but still it's 47,000 sq kms below normal

That's just a mite less than the size of the Dominican Republic http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=19,-70.666667&...p;t=h&q=19,-70.666667

or 1/2 an Indiana

Just 0.365% less than the 1979-2008 average for today so well within the margin of error

Maybe tomorrow

Double checked and definitely just 0.36530390175656769780817658946059% less than absolutely and perfectly normal



that's 47000 sq kms less than normal when the sea ice at the north pole is currently 12,886,000 sq kms or at least enough space for a couple of Polar Bears given that that is almost 1.3 times the size of Canada

Clearly in the grips of a inexorable death spiral - LOL

I just want to see the day when Al (and the IPCC) have to return that Nobel Peace Prize for being economical with the truth.


Did you see the Snow cover data for March 2012?

3-2012 23/46 40377 6 40371

deviation from normal 6,000 sq kms (in a positive direction) against an average of 40,371,000 sq kms and 23rd out of the last 46 years - straight down the middle.

http://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/table_rankings.php?ui_set=1#namgnld

that's just 0.0149% more than normal - so even closer to perfectly normal than the incredibly normal North Polar Sea Ice cover.

Coming after the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane season looking like the red line in this - the Hurricanes turned up right on schedule in 2011 against the 1944-2005 average !



All round I doubt our Climate will probably never look as normal as it does right now again in my lifetime .... due to the perfectly natural variability in a system that is wonderfully chaotic and interlinked in so many incalculable ways.


Dave

It just gets better. From the home of barbeque summer and mild winter we have this

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/p/i/A3-layout-precip-AMJ.pdf

The forecast for average UK rainfall slightly favours drier-than-average conditions for April-May-June as a whole, and also slightly favours April being the driest of the 3 months.

With this forecast, the water resources situation in southern, eastern and central England is likely to deteriorate further during the April-May-June period


.... this is the reality http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/3days/125305.aspx

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-04-29/wettest-drought-on-record/

If it's a bit parched where you are we could hire you a Caroline Spelman for a small fee

All this lady has do is go on TV and utter the word "Drought" with a straight face and within hours nay minutes the heavens will open until you are inundated with the stuff up to your ankles.

Native American's can't hold a candle to this woman with their dancing. The Chinese try silver iodide seeding their clouds without any accuracy or guarantee.

What everyone needs is a Caroline Spelman the UK's Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Even more reliable than the Gore Effect

Who's up for sending her to Texas this Summer?



Dave