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Drift ice: Ice in an area containing several small pieces of floating ice, but with total water area exceeding total area of ice. Pack ice: Numbers of large pieces of floating ice that have come together and lie more or less in contact.
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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
WGN-TV meteorologists Steve Kahn, Richard Koeneman and Paul Dailey plus weather producer Bill Snyder contribute to this page.




