NSIDC Total Area as at 14 November (5 day trailing average) = 7,938,785 km2
Area gain 101 k which is 17 k greater than the 2010's average on the day,
Area now
- 251 k > 2017 and
- 157 K > the 2010's average.
Peripheral Seas gain 29 k,
Central Seas gain 64 k,
Other Seas gain 8 k, (Okhotsk -2 k, St Lawrence +1 k, Hudson +10 k)
Peripheral Seas
Bering gain 0 k
Baffin gain 17 k
Greenland Sea loss 9 k
Barents loss 3 k
CAB Seas
Beaufort Sea gain 18 k,
Canadian Archipelago (CAA) gain 6 k,
East Siberian Sea (ESS) gain 11 k ,
Central Arctic Sea gain 14 k,
Kara gain 9 k (8 days of major gains)
Laptev loss 7 k (Nearly full up ice)
Chukchi gain 13 k (gains increasing rapidly in last 4 days)
Sea ice Area catch-up complete, above average gain on this day (Kara filling up), and also there and beyond on Area. Also, due to 5 day trailing average used for area, above average area gains must still be expected in the next few days BUT daily extent loss this day. Just a blip?
Other stuff
GFS all over he place, changes day by day. Arctic temperature anomaly at around +2 and staying there for a few days. Signs of big shifts in location of colder and warmer locations. We will see.