Great Lakes Products
Great Lakes products are created in cooperation with U.S. National Ice Center and Canadian Ice Service under the North American Ice Service (NAIS). Ice charts and support files are based off the daily ice analysis of the Great Lakes. NAIS also produces 30 day outlooks twice a month along with an annual outlook and end of season summary.
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Western Great Lakes
Daily ice chart that represents current ice conditions for western Great Lakes waters during their ice season. Ice coverage is detailed by total ice concentration, ice type with its concentration, and ice floe size, which are represented within the WMO egg code. Ice charts are presented in color and black / white GIFs.
Eastern Great Lakes
Daily ice chart that represents current ice conditons for eastern Great Lakes waters during their ice season. Ice coverage is detailed by total ice concentration, ice type with its concentration, and ice floe size, which are represented within the WMO egg code. Ice charts are presented in color and black / white GIFs
United States Coast Guard District 9 Ice Charts
Twice weekly (Tuesday and Thursday) ice charts that represents the current ice conditons for Great Lakes waters during their ice season. Ice coverage is detailed in 3 separate charts:
- Ice Concentration - color coded ice conditions based on concentration values in tenths.
- Ice Thickness - color coded ice conditions based on thickness values in inches.
- Ice Combination Chart - combined color and texture ice conditions based on both concentration and thickness.
- Four Panel Chart - all charts along with previous year Combination chart arranged in four panels.
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Combo Four Panel
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Concentration Thickness Combo Four Panel Archive