2021 iceberg season forecast

The combined, three measure, forecast is for medium iceberg numbers in the 2021 ice season for the NW Atlantic.

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The headlines of the NW Atlantic 2021 iceberg season forecast are:

  • The WERR control systems model predicts a medium ice year, of 675±123 icebergs past 48°N by the end of July 2021.
  • All three machine learning models predict a medium year.
  • The machine learning tools also predict a low/medium rate of change and a single peak in iceberg numbers.
  • The combined 2021 iceberg forecast is therefore for a medium ice year.

Download the full seasonal iceberg forecast for the 2021 ice season (PDF, 167 KB).


Forecast archive

Here you can download seasonal iceberg forecasts from previous years:

Download the full seasonal iceberg forecast for the 2020 ice season (PDF, 368 KB).

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