FECN15 CWIS 011800
THIRTY DAY ICE OUTLOOK FOR HUDSON AND FOXE FOR DECEMBER ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA ON 01 DECEMBER 2023. 
THIS IS THE LAST FORECAST BULLETIN FOR THE SEASON.

Summary for November 15 to November 29.
Average air temperatures have been below normal for Lake Melville and the Southern Labrador Coast. Elsewhere, average air temperatures have been above normal. Freeze up is currently 1-2 weeks late week late for Davis Strait and 2-3 weeks late for southern Foxe Basin and northern Hudson Bay. 

Weather forecast for December.
Air temperatures are forecast to be above normal for all regions.

Southern Labrador Coast.
December 1-24
-Bergy water except 1-3 tenths new ice along parts of the coast.
December 25-31
-Bergy water except 4-6 tenths new ice along parts of the coast.

Northern Labrador Coast.
December 1-24
-Bergy water except 1-3 tenths new ice along parts of the coast.
December 25-31
-Bergy water except 4-6 tenths new and grey ice along parts of the coast.

Lake Melville.
December 1-7
-Open water except 4-6 tenths new and grey ice in the extreme western section.
December 8-14
-1-3 tenths new ice except 9-9+ tenths new and grey ice in the extreme western section.
December 15-21
-7-8 tenths new and grey ice except consolidated grey-white ice along parts of the coast and in the extreme western section.
December 22-31
-7-8 tenths grey and grey-white ice except consolidated grey-white ice along parts of the coast and in the extreme western section.

Southern Davis Strait.
December 1-7
-Bergy water except 1-3 tenths new ice in the extreme northwestern section.
December 8-14
-Bergy water except 7-8 tenths new ice in the extreme western section.
December 15-21
-Bergy water except 9-9+ tenths grey and grey-white ice in the western section.
December 22-31
-Bergy water except 9-9+ tenths grey-white ice in the western section.
-9-9+ tenths grey-white and first-year ice including a trace of multi-year ice in the extreme northwestern section.

Northern Davis Strait
December 1-7
-Bergy water except 4-6 tenths grey and grey-white ice in the western section.
-9-9+ tenths grey and grey-white ice including a trace of multi-year ice in the extreme northwestern section.
December 8-14
-4-6 tenths new and grey ice.
-9-9+ tenths grey and grey-white ice including a trace of multi-year ice in the northwestern section.
December 15-21
-7-8 tenths grey and grey-white ice.
-9-9+ tenths grey-white and first-year ice including a trace of multi-year ice in the western section.
December 22-31
-7-8 tenths grey-white and first-year ice.
-9-9+ tenths first-year ice including a trace of multi-year ice in the western section.

Frobisher Bay.
December 1-14
-Bergy water except 1-3 tenths new and grey ice along parts of the coast.
December 15-21
-1-3 tenths new and grey ice.
December 22-31
-4-6 tenths new and grey ice. Consolidated grey-white ice along parts of the coast.

Cumberland Sound.
December 1-7
-Bergy water except 1-3 tenths new and grey ice along parts of the coast.
December 8-14
-Bergy water except 4-6 tenths new and grey ice along parts of the coast.
December 15-21
-7-8 tenths new and grey ice.
December 22-31
-9-9+ tenths grey and grey-white ice.

Hudson Strait.
December 1-14
-Bergy water except 1-3 tenths new and grey ice along parts of the coast.
December 14-21
-Bergy water except 1-3 tenths new and grey ice along parts of the coast and in the western section.
December 22-31
-1-3 tenths new and grey ice except 7-8 tenths new and grey ice in the western section.

Ungava Bay.
December 1-14
-Bergy water except 1-3 tenths new and grey ice along parts of the coast.
December 15-31
-Bergy water except 4-6 tenths grey and grey-white ice along parts of the coast.

Northwestern Hudson Bay.
December 1-7
-1-3 tenths new ice except 9-9+ tenths grey and grey-white ice near the coast in the western section.
December 8-14
-4-6 tenths new and grey ice except 9-9+ tenths grey-white ice in the western section
December 15-21
-7-8 tenths new and grey ice except 9-9+ tenths grey-white and first-year ice in the western section.
December 22-31
-9-9+ tenths grey and grey-white ice except 9-9+ tenths first-year ice in the northern and western section.

Eastern Hudson Bay – James Bay
December 1-7
-Open water except 1-3 tenths new ice along parts of the coasts.
-9-9+ tenths new, grey, and grey-white ice along the coast in southern and western James Bay.
December 8-14
-Open water except 1-3 tenths new and grey ice along parts of the coasts.
-9-9+ tenths grey and grey-white ice along the coast in southern and western James Bay.
December 15-21
-1-3 tenths new and grey ice except 4-6 tenths new and grey ice in the northern section. 
December 22-31
-7-8 tenths new and grey ice.
-7-8 tenths grey and grey-white ice in James Bay.

Southwestern Hudson Bay.
December 1-7
-Open water except 9-9+ tenths new and grey ice along the coast.
December 8-21
-Open water except 9-9+ tenths grey and grey-white ice along the coast.
December 22-31
-4-6 tenths new and grey ice except 9-9+ tenths grey-white ice along the coast.

Foxe Basin.
Forecasts have ended for the season.