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<\/a>Suomi-NPP VIIRS Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images, 26-29 May [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Suomi-NPP VIIRS Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images over the 4-day period from 26-29 May 2023 (above)<\/strong><\/em> displayed the anomalously low ice concentration<\/strong><\/a> (source<\/strong><\/a>) within a portion of Canada’s Amundsen Gulf<\/strong><\/a> — along with the formation of multiple ice leads, followed by the separation of large areas of fast ice<\/strong><\/a> within the eastern third of the satellite scene.<\/p>\n Much of this fast ice separation was the result of wind stress, shown by the easterly\/northeasterly winds that prevailed during the period at Cape Perry CZCP<\/strong><\/a> — which included gusts in excess of 30 knots on 27 May<\/strong><\/a> as an anomalously deep<\/strong><\/a> low pressure moved eastward across the Northwest Territories into Nunavut (not surprisingly, the most significant areal extent of fast ice separation also occurred on 27 May).<\/p>\n A comparison of Suomi-NPP VIIRS Sea Ice Concentration<\/strong><\/a>, Sea Ice Thickness<\/strong><\/a> and Sea Ice Temperature<\/strong><\/a> derived products viewed using RealEarth<\/strong><\/a> (below)<\/em><\/strong> showed ice conditions on Day 1 of this 4-day period, before the stronger easterly winds on Day 2 led to more widespread development of ice leads and a separation of fast ice.<\/p>\n