??Is this now a start of consecutive days with century losses of JAXA sea ice extent??
If the weather forecast charts posted in the melting season thread are anything like correct, the answer must be surely be a big YES. (but... so many times, sigh.)
JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: 8,918,818 KM2 as at 30-Jun-2020
- Extent loss on this day 131k, 51 k more than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 80k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 5,529 k, 442 k, 8.7% more than the 10 year average of 5,087 k.
- Extent is at position #2 in the satellite record
- Extent is 118 k LESS than 2019,
- Extent is 55 k LESS than 2016,
- Extent is 121 k LESS than 2012
- Extent is 551 k LESS than 2007
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On average 51.1% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 76 days to minimum
Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 4.05 million km2, 0.88 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
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A good chance that Jaxa extent data will be writing a line on an unused part of the Graph paper this first week of July.._______________________________________
I also attach the June monthly average extent graph. The average turned out at 9.96 million km2, just 52k (almost exactly one year) below the linear trend value of 10.01 million km2. This is 2nd lowest i the satellite record - 2016's early melt in May to early June made it the record breaker.