Great Lakes ice cover on pace with 2014's almost-record year

The Chicago Tribune ^ | February 19, 2015 | Liam Ford

[SamAdams76]

The Siberian Express that’s imported northern Russia’s weather into North America is leading to a second year of fast-growing ice cover on the Great Lakes, setting up the Chicago area for the possibility of another cool spring.

By Wednesday, the Great Lakes were 85.4 percent ice-covered, just above the 85.2 percent on Feb. 18 last year, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. With below-average temperatures predicted for at least the next week, the lakes could approach last year’s levels of 92.5 percent ice cover, the second-highest level since records began in the early 1970s.

[SamAdams76]

This is how ice ages begin.

Last year, the last pieces of ice on the Great Lakes didn't melt until June 11 - just 10 days before summer. This year, we could see ice on the lakes into July.

When this much ice sits on the Great Lakes this late into the year, the waters in summer are cooler, which lends itself to faster freezing when winter returns.

If this trend keeps up, we will see ice on the Great Lakes year round and this will accelerate the cooling.

At various points during the Earth's life, most of the North American continent was covered by sheets of ice a mile thick. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as "Ice Ages".

Well, this is how an Ice Age begins.

[cripplecreek]

Twofer

Record freeze on Lake Ontario as 4,700 square miles of ice forms on Great Lakes IN ONE NIGHT



Michigan legislative action thread

[VanDeKoik]

More ice = less lake effect = less for me to shovel.

[Paul46360]

[cripplecreek]

I’m ready for another 2012 winter.

[Ken H]

See? The global warmers climate changers were right!

[BenLurkin]

Spotted on the banks of Lake Michigan...

[Jack Hydrazine]

Will Great Lakes Ice Coverage Beat or Tie Last Year’s Winter Or The Record? [VANITY]
17FEB2015
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3258661/posts

[Jack Hydrazine]

“Last year, the last pieces of ice on the Great Lakes didn’t melt until June 11 - just 10 days before summer.”

Ice on Lake Superior in July
http://iceagenow.info/2014/07/ice-lake-superior-july/
11JUL2014

The mainstream media tries to pretend that ice remained on Lake Superior “only” into June.

“How about July?”asks reader E Stephens.

“We should name icebergs still floating in Lake Superior in July after infamous AGW scientists. This one is Gavin,” says Tilly LaCampagne via Twitter.

See photo dated 11 July 2014:

https://twitter.com/TillyLaCampagne/status/484776177794441216/photo/1

Thanks to E Stephens for this link

[Jack Hydrazine]

4 of the 5 Great Lakes about to freeze over
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/02/19/4-of-the-5-great-lakes-about-to-freeze-over/

[hinckley buzzard]

Lake Erie is there, just a little open water at the western end where the river flows in. 99% frozen, more than last year's extreme. And still subfreezing forecast in the area for at least the next 10 days.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Great Lakes “likely to have the most ice since records began,” says meteorologist
http://iceagenow.info/2015/02/great-lakes-likely-ice-records-began-meteorologist/

[Ken H]

'Send us the biggest transport plane you have and drop it in the Arctic!'

[HOYA97]

Is that a scene from Dr. Zhivago?

[Paul46360]

Yes..but it could be anywhere in the UP I am thinking..

[HOYA97]

Agreed. I just love that movie. One of my favorites.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks cripplecreek, for both.