diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3b2294e22a0..1ade21dc7d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -429,6 +429,104 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: pytest -v --durations 0
 
+  test_netcdf_choc:
+    name: Test (gfortran 12)
+    needs:
+      - lint
+      - build
+      - smoke_test
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        #os: [ ubuntu-22.04, macos-12, windows-2022 ]
+        os: [ windows-2022 ]
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+    env:
+      FC: gfortran
+      GCC_V: 12
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout modflow6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: modflow6
+
+      - name: Checkout modflow6-testmodels
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: MODFLOW-USGS/modflow6-testmodels
+          path: modflow6-testmodels
+
+      - name: Checkout modflow6-examples
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: MODFLOW-USGS/modflow6-examples
+          path: modflow6-examples
+
+      - name: Setup GNU Fortran ${{ env.GCC_V }}
+        uses: awvwgk/setup-fortran@main
+        with:
+          compiler: gcc
+          version: ${{ env.GCC_V }}
+
+      - name: Setup Micromamba
+        uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
+        with:
+          environment-file: modflow6/environment.yml
+          init-shell: >-
+            bash
+            powershell
+          cache-environment: true
+          cache-downloads: true
+
+      - name: Setup netcdf build env
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        run: |
+          #pacman -Syu
+          #pacman -S --noconfirm --needed base-devel unzip mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-libtool mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake mingw-w64-x86_64-hdf5
+          #wget https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/archive/refs/tags/v4.9.2.zip
+          mkdir netcdf-c
+          unzip v4.9.2.zip -d netcdf-c
+          wget https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-fortran/archive/refs/tags/v4.6.1.zip
+          mkdir netcdf-fortran
+          unzip v4.6.1.zip -d netcdf-fortran
+
+      - name: Install netcdf-c
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        working-directory: netcdf-c/netcdf-c-4.9.2
+        run: |
+          ./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-dap --disable-examples --disable-v2 --disable-utilities --disable-testsets --disable-libxml2
+          make install
+          nc-config --all
+
+      - name: Install netcdf-fortran
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        working-directory: netcdf-fortran/netcdf-fortran-4.6.1
+        run: |
+          LIBS="$(nc-config --libs)" ./configure --enable-static --disable-shared
+          make install
+          nf-config --all
+
+      - name: Build modflow6
+        working-directory: modflow6
+        run: |
+          meson setup builddir -Ddebug=false --prefix=$(pwd) --libdir=bin
+          meson install -C builddir
+          meson test --verbose --no-rebuild -C builddir
+
+      - name: Update flopy
+        working-directory: modflow6/autotest
+        run: python update_flopy.py
+
+      - name: Get executables
+        working-directory: modflow6/autotest
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          pytest -v --durations 0 get_exes.py
+
   netcdf_test:
     name: netcdf testing
     needs: