Forecast Antarctica puts the ice on one map

Field notes

Forecast Antarctica organizes AMPS output into seven nested grids, retaining the selected valid time as readers move from continent-scale views to a 0.9 km Ross Island grid. Station labels cover bases and camps including McMurdo, South Pole, Vostok, Concordia, and Casey, while the page explains why some pressure fields disappear over the high ice sheet. The map uses polar stereographic geometry and relief derived from NOAA NCEI ETOPO 2022; the page cautions that it is not an operational flight or field-briefing source.