JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT :- 9,349,965 km2(November 19, 2019)
- Extent gain on this day 94 k, 48 k more than the average gain of 46 k,
- Extent gain in this freezing season to date is 5,386 k, 275 k (5.4%) MORE than the average gain to date of 5,110 k.
- Extent is 2nd lowest in the satellite record, below 2016 (1,047 k lower extent), 2012 ( 55 k higher extent), and 2017 ( 15 k higher extent),
- Extent is 518 k less than 2018
- Extent is 129 k (1.4%) less than the 2010's average,
- on average 51.9 % of extent gain for the the season done, 113 days on average to go.
Projections.
Average remaining extent gain in the last 10 years from this date produces a maximum of 14.08 million km2, above the lowest in the satellite record by 0.20 million km2.
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Ice Gain Outlook??
Diminishing +ve SST anomalies.
GFS says Arctic temperature anomalies in the range +4.6 to +2.7 celsius over the next 5 days, - generally strong +ve anomaly over most of the Arctic Ocean, but gradually getting colder.
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