And here is an analysis of Global sea ice area from NSIDC data.
NSIDC 5 Day trailing Average - GLOBAL SEA ICE AREA: 17,555,496 KM2 as at 29-Apr-2022
- Extent gain on this day 27k, 21 k less than the average gain on this day (of the last 10 years) of 48k,
- Extent gain from minimum on this date is 3.56 million km2, 0.05 million km2, 1.3% less than the 10 year average gain of 3.61 million km2.
- Extent is 8th lowest in the satellite record
- Extent is -0.95 million km2 LESS than 1980's Average
- Extent is -0.56 million km2 LESS than 2010's Average
- Extent is -0.20 million km2 LESS than 2016
- Extent is 0.61 million km2 MORE than 2017
- Extent is 0.62 million km2 MORE than 2018
- Extent is 0.25 million km2 MORE than 2020
- Extent is -0.68 million km2 LESS than 2021
On average 61.6% of sea ice gain from minimum to maximum done, and 188 days to maximum
Projections of the Unknown Quantity.
Average remaining sea ice gain (of the last 10 years) would produce a maximum in November 2022 of 19.80 million km2, 0.73 million km2 above the 2016 record low maximum of 19.07 million km2.
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After passing the the false maximum in late June/ early July and the false minimum in early September, sea ice extent then makes the final run to the maximum in late October /early November .
N.B. In 2016 the maximum for the year was reached in mid June. i.e. the November maximum was less than the “false” maximum.
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