Meanwhile, the June strongest ever (since 1851) recorded cat. 4 hurricane made landfall on Grenada in the Caribben Sea. ➡️ cnn.com/2024/07/01/wea…

This is June on the coastal Karst close to the town of Trieste, elevation 276 m asl. Same location in the continuous 58 years record. 2024 monthly temperature mean is in line with recent climatology but definitely warmer than the 1960s to 1990s period

The Borgo Grotta G. weather observatory, coastal Karst (276 m), reports the following daily AT extremes in [°C] July 8 19.5-31.6 July 9 20.2-33.9 July 10 21.1-35.3 July 11 21.2-34.4 Normal daily AT extremes between 11-20 July for the past are 16.2(±1.5) 27.7(±2.0)

Epic view of Coronation Island, the largest in the South Orkney (Antarctica), hit by powerful north wind in late January 2015. Orography and fluid dynamics explain everything 😉 View from Signy island.

Coastal Karst report: Summer 2024 is almost half way, and on July 14th is running 2.2°C above the 1971-2000 climatology, which is the last 30-years-normal of the 20th century. Still 20-30 days for the annual summer peak.

It is not the same point of view, but a very useful picture of Edoardo Tellini (SAF archive) from early Sep 1881 confirms our Canin East glacier reconstruction. Look at the nice right-lateral moraine we mapped on the field to build the old glacier geometry and thickness.

Indeed impressive

Very nice work from Patagonia

Even at full Summer the karstic landscape is able to create extreme microclimate conditions in frost hollows as here in the Julian Alps. -1.1°C detected last night in a large depression in the slovenian mountains.

A storm in effect is heading towards Svalbard now at about 74°North. I've rarely seen lightnings so far North in the Atlantic. In the afternoon heavy downpurs, and horizontal wind gusta due to a downburst have been reported in Tromsø.

Lowest global (Arctic + Antarctic) sea ice extent for late July since measures began in 1979.

Rather high temperatures reported yesterday from inland and high elevated weather stations in Greenland. Impressive +15 in Alert, Nunavut 82°N Highest AT reported at the Int. airport in Kangerlussuaq, Central-Western Greenland, 150 km from the Davis Strait

Summer continues much warmer than normal in the Karst, with only a few days below average while several periods above or well above 1 st.deviation has been recorded so far. Data from BGG observatory, 275 m asl

31.7°C reported from Deadhorse, Alaska ca.70° North vs normal values for the date around 10°C. Previous Max temperature of 29.5 annihilated.

A new threshold has been crossed. First T>20°C reported from Svalbard airport today, 78 degrees north

Spectacular icefall of one of the most scenic glaciers we have surveyed a couple of days ago in the Aqqutikitsoq mountains. Knowledge of glacier evolution and dynamics in this coastal area of West Greenland is still rather poor.

The last 11 days are still missing but on August 20th 2024, this Summer remains one of the hottest ever recorded since (at least) the early 1800s in the coastal Karst area. Temperature anomaly is +2.9, larger than one st. dev. from the 1971-2000 climatology.

2021... 2022... 2023... Looking forward to the 2024 geodetic mass balance of such a small glacier remnant in the Julian Alps... waiting for the very likely and close inevitability

Right lateral moraine of Aqqutikitsoq glacier, West Greenland during the Summer 2024 fieldwork of LOGS You can find more info here isaaffik.org/projects/view/…

y-2024 m-September d-1, 34.7°C d-2, 34.0°C These are respectively the highest and the 3rd highest temperature ever recorded for this month since measurements began in 1967 Borgo Grotta Gigante observatory, coastal Karst - Italy