Aug 19 2014 MASIE Update – Steady Melting of 50-90,000 per day… Central Arctic is melting about 10,000 sq km a day.
Barents Sea and Hudson Bay gained a little. The others melted.
Data here. Click for bigger.
| Region | 143 days ago | End | Last 142 | Last 28 | Last 14 | Last 7 | Last 3 | Last 1 |
| Chukchi Sea | 966,006 | 451,054 | -514,952 | -196,322 | -132,562 | -60,477 | -38,712 | -25,174 |
| Kara Sea | 933,859 | 176,941 | -756,918 | -325,620 | -105,927 | -41,654 | -24,720 | -23,662 |
| East Siberian Sea | 1,087,137 | 614,618 | -472,519 | -393,816 | -271,650 | -114,642 | -36,467 | -18,278 |
| Beaufort Sea | 1,070,445 | 740,617 | -329,828 | -85,801 | -110,392 | -49,325 | -31,369 | -12,317 |
| Central Arctic | 3,221,921 | 3,048,063 | -173,859 | -148,166 | -150,667 | -82,382 | -32,976 | -10,189 |
| Laptev Sea | 897,845 | 38,226 | -859,618 | -339,295 | -160,087 | -88,108 | -13,869 | -4,904 |
| Canadian Archipelago | 853,214 | 520,280 | -332,934 | -188,066 | -139,484 | -54,230 | -18,578 | -3,264 |
| Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1,688,530 | 9,776 | -1,678,754 | -113,716 | -49,006 | -15,600 | -4,171 | -2,031 |
| Greenland Sea | 603,416 | 251,200 | -352,215 | -145,190 | -94,814 | -33,511 | -29,644 | -1,374 |
| Bering Sea | 697,324 | 0 | -697,324 | -1,339 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baltic Sea | 15,337 | 0 | -15,337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sea of Okhotsk | 853,240 | 0 | -853,240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Sea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barents Sea | 645,917 | 113,727 | -532,190 | 23,174 | 23,436 | 6,082 | 2,118 | 3,782 |
| Hudson Bay | 1,260,903 | 75,979 | -1,184,924 | -194,952 | -70,293 | -31,215 | -12,886 | 6,714 |
| Northern Hemisphere (Total) | 14,805,115 | 6,041,625 | -8,763,490 | -2,109,108 | -1,261,447 | -565,062 | -241,273 | -90,697 |
| NH (Average Loss per Day) | -61,283 | -75,325 | -90,103 | -80,723 | -80,424 | -90,697 |
sunshine hours 
Is it “Melting”, or as Steve Goddard predicted and suggests “Compacting” under strong winds?
Could be both.
As per http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php , when the atmosphere becomes less than ~270K, the Arctic Ice should start expanding at the ice sheet edges in a consistent manner. This is because the sea water must reach 2.5 to 3 degrees C below freezing [due to the salt content] for the ice to form.
NSIDC Arctic data shows first rise in over 2 weeks.