JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: 11,304,770 KM2 as at 20-May-2020
- Extent loss on this day 69k, -8 k more than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 61k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 3,143 k, 560 k, 21.7% more than the 10 year average of 2,583 k.
- Extent is at position #3 in the satellite record
- Extent is 46 k MORE than 2019,
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On average 26.0% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 117 days to minimum
Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)
Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 3.94 million km2, 0.76 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
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Yet again, Arctic temperature anomalies are set at or above +3 degrees celsius, & set to persist with well above freezing temperatures over various parts of the Arctic at various times.
The cold patch over the CAA is the one place that an unseasonable chill just will not dissipate