Arctic Sea Ice Forecasts: NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory

These 0-10 day, experimental, sea ice forecasts are produced by the NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory from a fully coupled ice-ocean-atmosphere model called CAFS. CAFS is run daily and posted online at 2 UTC. The model is initialized with the NOAA Global Forecast System (GFS) analyses and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) sea ice concentrations. The model is forced at the lateral boundaries by 3-hourly GFS forecasts of winds, temperature, and water vapor. Learn More

Meteograms
- Arctic Ocean
- Alert
- Barrow
- Bering Strait
- Eureka
- Oliktok Pt.
- Tiksi
- Beaufort
- SODA
Time/Height XSections
- Alert
- Barrow
- Bering Strait
- Eureka
- Oliktok Pt.
- Tiksi
- Beaufort
- SODA
Alaska Region
ARCSIX

NW Passage

5-day Forecast of Sea Ice and Snow

Please contact Amy Solomon and Janet Intrieri with questions and comments. We are particularly interested if you find this information useful.

Note, the forecasts are experimental. NOAA ESRL is not responsible for any losses due to their use.

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