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01-09-2020, 03:37 PM | #1 | |
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I would say 8 out of the last 10 years the area around Welch froze completely over to safely reach my camp. Some years there has been 20+ inches of ice. The last place to freeze on the entire lake is always the area known as the "alien hot tub". This is a large oblong area in the middle between Welch and Ellacoya State Park. Rumor has it that many years ago an unidentified flying object crashed there causing this delayed freeze effect to this day! I can see this area from my home on the mainland in Gilford so I monitor it well. One year Emerson declared ice in when there was still about 6 football fields of open water there!! Now to answer your question!...I think the freeze is definitely behind but I do think the lake will freeze over completely this year. The nights have been cold and more cold coming next week. We just need that initial skim of ice to keep the wind from affecting the freeze. Once that happens, ice will form quickly usually at a rate of 1" per day minimum. Calm and cold is the key! Here's a few clips from years past from the same camera as in my above post and within the same time frame + or - a couple days. This will give you an idea where we are at... January 11th 2019: https://video.nest.com/clip/e9247dc8...901859eec3.mp4 January 13th 2017: https://video.nest.com/clip/0254f547...2812f4ad36.mp4 January 7th 2016: https://video.nest.com/clip/5ae083a7...4622d47342.mp4 Take care! Dan
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Today’s view from MODIS
Progress in the coves and Alton Bay...
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No progress as of yet with ice in...
https://video.nest.com/clip/1f92878b...c271fa7a4f.mp4 Hopefully with the upcoming cold temps starting Friday night we will some progress! Dan
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I cannot believe there is no Cam in Meredith, that is crackers
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Windy!
These brutal winds with gusts over 30 mph will just not allow the lake to freeze no matter how cold it gets! The wind continues till Tuesday!
https://video.nest.com/clip/323e2f37...3b2c5a0cd2.mp4 Dan
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Crystal clear view today.
Today’s MODIS shot. Very few times during the year that it’s this crystal clear...
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There is some ice forming across the broads this morning! It’s calm right now and the slightest wind will certainly blow it all away bit if it would just ice over fully before the wind starts it would be in good shape!...We shall see!!
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Skimmed over, but will it hold??
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only issue with the ice for meredith bay is they need enough time to set up, flood and smooth, need at least a week. So at some point they will have to make the call
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read it again
The reference to algae and milfoil was a total non sequitur.
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Just saw two people walking on the ice near what appears to be open water on the Center Harbor web cam. Scary! 🐻
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looks like the ice is making a comeback!!!!
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Late this afternoon, the dog and I saw what appear to be two ice shacks out on the ice in the Long Island-Sandy Isl - Cow Isl triangle.
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Here’s a couple from 2016.... That’s Welch in the lower picture... Dan
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