The other thread we have temporarily hidden as we try and figure out the root cause of the slowdowns on the new software. The huge mega threads seem to cause some issues. Hopefully we figure it out soon.
In the meantime,
Both extent and area are currently 4th lowest. Though area is threatening to fall to the 6th over the next few days if the losses remain mundane.
We have the final June numbers in....here's the breakdown of what the minimum in 2020 would be if we followed the same path as every other year:
So if we followed the same path that 2019 followed after 6/30, we would finish at 3 million sq km of sea ice area. The post-2007 average path followed is 2.78 million sq km which is what I will use as my baseline.
However, there are two factors that will cause me to lower this baseline a bit. First, is that we had a 340k(!!)