According to historical charts, the sea ice has more or less conformed to a consistent pattern thru the course of seasons in a year.
This year the ice area and/or extent are off by a month from recorded history...
I know there are a lot of factors that influence sea level, but this unprecedented low sea ice may have an unprecedented effect on February's sea level... Since February-March is typically the low global ice area/extents, it seems reasonable to anticipate they will reach the lowest recorded in history.
Argh... I'm not a scientist, but following (what seems to me) simple logic, this would be the case. I expect the sea levels to be a centimeter or two above average gain. Is that a reasonable?