terça-feira, setembro 23, 2008

O Árctico em 2007 e em 2008 (7)

De acordo com notícias do dia 22 de Setembro de 2008, provenientes do Alasca, anuncia-se que ao longo das suas costas do Mar de Chukchi e do Mar de Beaufort, a temperatura da banquisa está 2 ºC a 8 ºC mais fria do que em igual data do ano passado.

Prevê-se que dentro de 10 a 14 dias o gelo comece a desenvolver-se na costa norte do Alasca. Esta e outra informação pode ser recolhida no sítio web da National Weather Service Forecast Office, Anchorage, Alasca.

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SEA ICE ADVISORY FOR WESTERN AND ARCTIC ALASKAN COASTAL WATERS

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA
230 PM AKDT MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22 2008

FORECAST VALID...SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27 2008

ANALYSIS CONFIDENCE...HIGH.

FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA AFTER WEDNESDAY. NEW ICE WILL DEVELOP IN MUCH OF THE ICE FREE WATERS BETWEEN 140W AND 155W WHERE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE 1C OR LESS. ICE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE ALASKA BARRIER ISLANDS ALONG THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH COASTS NORTH OF 70N.

A NOTE ON THE ICE FORECAST...SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES ALONG THE ALASKA CHUKCHI AND BEAUFORT SEA COASTS ARE 2 TO 8 DEGREES CELSIUS COLDER THIS YEAR THAN AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. SEA ICE IN THESE AREAS IS AT OR VERY NEAR THE SEASONAL MINIMUM. SIGNIFICANT ICE WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING ALONG THE ALASKA COAST NORTH OF 70N WITHIN THE NEXT 10 TO 14 DAYS.