I can't predict how often I will update this animation as it is very cloudy over the Siberian coast when sea level pressure is low (more clouds), but this is an important point in the Northern Sea Route and the fast ice around the New Siberian Islands has started to break up.
Update July 1st: Added yesterday's image (day 181). Things are breaking up pretty fast.
Update July 2nd: Added today's image (day 183). Things are breaking up very fast.
Update July 4th: Added today's image (day 185). The ice is visibly moving westwards, which has everything to with the large high-pressure area dominating the Arctic (See SIE update 10) causing clockwise winds over a large area.
Update July 13th: Added today's image (day 193). What a difference 9 days make.
Here is a link that shows Siberian sea ice concentration for selected time periods.
http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/cgi-bin/seaice-monitor.cgi?lang=e
On the preview I see that the dates have been lost so you will have to put some dates in to watch an animation.
Posted by: r w Langford | June 30, 2011 at 02:40