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Iced Lightning - Lightning Strikes at 80 North July 16, 2016 9:03 am ER

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“In the Arctic, the harbinger of climate change, anthropogenic global warming is causing another natural phenomenon to occur more frequently (besides coastal erosion, permafrost degradation, wild fires, etc), especially along the northern coasts. In the past, sea water would keep air temperatures too cool for thunderstorms to develop, but this is obviously changing.

Below are excerpts from a blog post by blogger/commenter Apocalypse4Real (who keeps a close eye on methane readings in the Arctic):”

On July 8 and 9, 2016 the National Weather Service published special weather statements regarding the potential for thunderstorms in Barrow, Alaska and on the North Slope. There was not a thunderstorm reported in the media, although on July 10, 2016 there was a cloud to ground strike 15 miles from Barrow.

Curious, I decided to research the background of Arctic Coast or Arctic Ocean thunderstorms, starting with Barrow and Wainwright, Alaska.

Here’s what I found, and what came at the end made my jaw drop in regard to lightning strikes and thunderstorms over the Arctic Sea Ice – and the massive changes in the last 16 years of increasing thunderstorm activity over the Arctic Ocean.

http://neven1.typepad.com/.a/6a0133f03a1e37970b01b7c87c0af2970b-800wi

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  • The next few centuries look pretty grim... by RL 2016-07-18 15:17:48
    • The permafrost is melting, and the tundra is on fire. by ER 2016-07-18 17:59:49
      • Looking at clouds from both sides now... by RL 2016-07-18 18:46:12
        • LeChatelier's Principle by ER 2016-07-19 07:55:44

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