FICN16 CWIS 161445 ICE FORECASTS FOR THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN ARCTIC ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:00 A.M. EDT WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL 2025 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. THURSDAY. ICE EDGE ESTIMATED FROM NEAR 6200N 5834W TO 6232N 5735W THEN NORTHEASTWARD. SEA ICE NORTHWEST OF THE ICE EDGE. WEST BREVOORT - NORTHERN HALF. 9 PLUS TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE EXCEPT 9 PLUS TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING 1 TENTH OLD ICE IN THE EASTERN SECTION. WEST BREVOORT - SOUTHERN HALF. ICE PRESSURE WARNING IN EFFECT. 9 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE. STRONG ICE PRESSURE IN THE PACK ICE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTION DEVELOPING IN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CENTRAL BREVOORT. 6 TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING A TRACE OF OLD ICE EXCEPT 9 PLUS TENTHS FIRST-YEAR ICE INCLUDING 1 TENTH OLD ICE IN THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SECTION. MCCLURE MELVILLE RAE BYAM QUEENS MACLEAN BARROW JONES NORWEGIAN EUREKA CLARENCE KANE ROBESON ADMIRALTY LANCASTER WEST BAFFIN EAST BAFFIN WEST CLYDE EAST CLYDE WEST DAVIS EAST DAVIS CUMBERLAND EAST BREVOORT FROBISHER BAY NAVY BOARD POND FITZWILLIAM LIDDON GRIPER BALLANTYNE HAZEN WILKINS GUSTAF HASSEL MASSEY PEARY SOUTH SVERDRUP NORTH SVERDRUP NANSEN GREELY ALERT. FORECASTS AVAILABLE TO MARINERS UPON REQUEST. CONTACT NORDREG CANADA FOR ROUTING ADVICE AND FOR COPIES OF ARCTIC ICE ANALYSIS CHARTS. END