Posted on 02/17/2015 8:42:22 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine
It's possible it will get close to last year, and even possible the cold will increase, hold and bring us a new record.
If I were a betting man, I'd say we won't even get to last years level, but we shall see.
It looks like the ice coverage is now 82.3% and tomorrow it is forecasted to be 85.4%. If it does make it to 85.4% tomorrow that will make it only a 6.8% difference between it and second place.
You forgot ice boating across!
CHICAGO WEATHER: CPS CLOSES THURSDAY AS RECORD-BREAKING COLD EXPECTED
18FEB2015
http://abc7chicago.com/weather/subzero-wind-chills-for-chicago-area/523072/
This is certainly going to help increase the ice coverage.
Lake Erie Covered in Ice
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/02/18/lake-erie-covered-in-ice
The Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory says ice has formed across close to 94 percent of the lake. That’s the highest percentage out of all of the Great Lakes.
Just two years ago at this time of the year, only about half of the lake had ice cover.
I was giving information about Lake Michigan, I see it every day. It’s definitely freezing up here, but the 85% figure is for the entire great lakes system. Lake Michigan itself is somewhere around 60% and it’s rising (it’s rare for the lake to go above 70%), it’s really cold here and supposedly will be for a couple of more weeks. If it stays at this temperature, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a new record. Here is the current Lake Michigan info: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glcfs-ice.php?lake=m&type=F&hr=01
Date of last ice analysis: 02/18/2015
Great Lakes Total Ice Cover: 85.4%
2014 GL Maximum Ice Cover: 92.2%
I'm going to help out the Warmistas, because they might not have all their bases covered.
They have the "Summer Heat Is Global Warming", and "Global Warming May Trigger Winter Cooling", and certain other eventualities covered, but what about THESE?:
Was 1908 Tunguska Event In Siberia Caused By Global Warming?
19th Century Global Cooling From Mount Tambora And Krakatoa Eruptions Caused By Global Warming
There! I fixed it for them!
Great Lakes Total Ice Cover: 84.0%
2014 GL Maximum Ice Cover: 92.2%
Gruber Warming alert!
"Climate Grubering" = Climate Change
"Extreme Gruber" = Extreme Weather
WarmGrubers = Warmistas
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