The prognosis for the Parry Channel of the Northwest Passage not opening up due to presence of multiyear ice and near -
normal ice break - up patterns appears to have been correct.
Not exact matches
Whereas the
normal American way of
breaking - the -
ice is to say, «I'm John Doe and I work at Boeing» or «I'm Jane Smith and I'm an attorney,» these folks would begin rather differently: «I'm John Doe / Jane Smith and I was born again on such - and - such - a-date,» usually in the past 10 or 15 years.
«It's easier to
break the
ice than
normal.»
To me, one remarkable aspect of this summer's
ice minimum extent is that it came very close to last year's record -
breaking decline, yet there was * not * a highly unusual weather pattern associated with it like last year, in fact conditions were relatively
normal.
With lack of multiyear
ice, a
normal or slightly below -
normal thickness offshore
ice cover (based on
ice thickness flights earlier in the season) and coastal
ice vulnerable to early
break - up,
ice conditions would favor a
normal or somewhat early seasonal
ice retreat.
The former VP's film shows dramatic shots of massive chunks of
ice breaking off glaciers, but this «calving» of icebergs is a
normal, natural process, which has been creating our valleys for millions of years.
* 2014,15 heavy snow in Atlanta and Houston RARE * 2015 Cappricotta Italy one day snow record * 300 year snow record in Hokkaido, Japan * 2015 snow fall record
broke in Nova Scota * Hallifax snow 18X higher than
normal * 2015 Boston 270 snow record
broke * Buffalo New York ALLTIME snow record * Snow in Huntington Beach ca RARE * 2015 great lake USA
ice cover lasting until June, months longer than
normal * 2015 Heavy Snows in Syria & Libya + many other ME countries, very RARE especially so widespread
As evident from contributions for the regional outlook, above
normal cloudiness resulted in delayed
ice break - up and sluggish melt in the Western and Central Arctic.