GFS Forecast: analysis time: 12Z 2019-09-09 :: valid time: 00Z 2019-09-13 ( Alaska LT: Tue. 2019-09-12 16:00PM)
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- Fight Information (from 10 km resolution WRF runs forced by GFS data)
- Pan-Arctic maps (GFS)
- Beaufort and Chukchi seasonal ice zone (GFS)
- Transects along 150 °W (GFS)
- Flight conditions at different altitudes along 150°W (GFS)
Sea ice contours: 15% (blue), 50% (black), 90% (red)
2-m temperature contour: -1.8 °C
U/V transect contour: 0 m/s
Update [14:30AM, Mon. Sep. 09, 2019 PST]:
Sea ice edge at slightly north of 78 °N. The surface temperature over ice is slightly below 0 °C north of ice edge. High surface visibility south of 73 °N and below 1 mile north of 73.3 °N. Ceiling height is increasing from below 1000 ft near the coast to 3000 ft at 73.5 °N, corresponding to the deepening boundary layer. North of 74.5 the ceiling height is low, around 1000 ft. There is a surface high centered at 74.2 °N, 150 °W. With easterly wind along the coast and westerly wind to the north.
2019-09-12 16PM Alaska LT | 2019-09-12 16PM Alaska LT |
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