Bob house
 

There is a Bob house on Meredith bay, 2 on Alton bay and some on other bays. Hope this helps anyway about ice information.

still open from south long island over to jolly island. unreal

Alton Bay
 

is starting to look like winter. A few other bob houses to the north, snowmobiles quite a ways up the bay maybe too far up.

A bob house went through the ice on Meredith Bay. They're try to pull it out now.

Today's view from space...
 

Winnipesaukee lower left.....Sebago upper right.

Game Wardens were out in force on the 8th posting thin ice markers all around Meredith Bay so this Ice Shack headed to the bottom doesnt surprise me. It's only been iced over for 3 days and we've only had 5 days of cold weather. I am not from around here, but in Maine it takes at least 2 weeks straight of 25 or below days to freeze a lake solid, not 3 days :) It might look safe, but it surely is not. I wouldnt be surprised to still see large air pockets or open water at his point.

I now live on Meredith Neck (moved here last sept) at the end of the peninsula and I wouldnt be caught dead out on the ice right now. When I drove into town yesterday I saw 3 shacks right in the bay as well as a 4-wheeler parked next to one of them. Not 90 or so feet away were the thin-ice signs. Ice isnt the same thickness everywhere and it moves under the ice with the water flow from wind down the lake where it's still open. As the wind kicks up, the ice thickness underneath changes with the currents. Open ice anywhere means ice thickness varies EVERYWHERE (although it varies everywhere even when no openspots exist, just not as drastically). Check it every 30-50 ft if you're going to be out and stay away from shallow/shoreline areas where ice is thinnest.

Anyway, I'm anxiously awaiting total ice-in as I've not yet had a chance to snowmobile the lake yet as this is the first winter for me here. I hope it remains cold for the next 2 weeks with NO snow. Snow slows down the ice making process as it acts as an insulator lol. Once it's frozen solid, then order me a nice blizzard with a side of no wind, and hold the cherry on top :)

From Lincoln Park in Gilford today. Still lots of open water.

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There was a pickup truck on the ice by Suissevale. I don't know how thick it is. It has been locked in since early December..

On a different website...
 

The airport manager for the Alton Ice airport reported that the ice on the bay ranged from 5-8 inches. They need 12 inches or more to open the runway.

http://i44.tinypic.com/1499wms.gif oceanadventura, I was just browsing through the forum and noticed that you are fairly new to posting on the forum and glad you have joined us. Have fun and enjoy the Winni Forum while making many new friends.

Glad to have you posting on the site.:)

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Getting There!
 

Woke up to this today. Looks like a skim of ice almost everywhere except between Welch and bellknap Point.

Calm winds and low temps forecast for all this week. Everything should lock up shortly.

Nearly done in Snake Eyes view
 

I have been watching the lake freeze today. Still a stream of open water in front if the dock, but beyond it appears to be all ice. Any pics from Gilford?..

View from Gunstock today
 

Not much open water

What A Difference A Day Makes
 

I took the first shot yesterday from Lincoln Park in Gilford and as you can see, still plenty of open water. Today I took another shot from the same spot and there is a skim coat of ice right across the lake.

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Thin slush Welch to Ellacoya
 

The Broads looked white indicating a skim of ice under today's snow dusting. The area between Belknap Point and Welch and down to Ellacoya was a dark grey. The snow dusting melting on contact.

Pond Hockey?
 

What's the early prognosis for the Pond Hockey event? What's the local chatter saying about the ice conditions and what it might be like?

Main Land to Bear Island Ice
 

Anyone know the ice conditions for this specific region of the lake?

http://i.imgur.com/KxcKwl2.jpg

Ice In?
 

My webcam shows no open water on the south west side of Welch. This usually means ice in should be declared VERY soon... My guess would be tomorrow.

Lake Winnisquam
 

As of this morning there is open water on Lake Winnisquam off of Shore Drive in Laconia.

I'm across the lake from lake Shore drive and from my camera I can see wet spots in the snow including a long crack going straight out from shore.

Today's satellite view. Excellent progress. As usual Sebago is the last to freeze if at all. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...02d1558772.jpg


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Interesting tidbits.
 

Sebago Lake does freeze over, usually after Winni and Sebago usually ice out before Winni. Not sure why.

Lake Tahoe never freeze. Some facts to ponder:

The average temperatures for the winter months at Lake Tahoe are
December: 14 degrees Fahrenheit,
January: 15 degrees,
and February 17 degrees.
These temperatures are not cold enough to freeze such a large expanse of water.

Some statistics about the Lake may help you to see why it doesn't freeze.
Though sitting at an elevation of over 6,200ft:
Lake Tahoe is 22miles wide by 12miles long
1645ft maximum with an average depth of 989ft
The lake's surface area is 122,200 acres
With a volume of 39 trillion gallons
And
The sun shines at Lake Tahoe during 75% of the year, or 274 days.

Broadhopper,

I've been on Sebago for over 40 years. It freezes completely only about 40 percent of the time.

BT

It has to be the depth of Sebago. Much deeper than Winni.

Certainly that must be a factor. Sebago is Ave depth 107' deepest 316' Winni ave depth is 43' deepest 212'

Yes, depth is a factor but the biggest factor is that Big Bay as it is called, is far larger an expanse of water than the broads is and is "almost" never calm. Wind of some kind is always a factor. Even on the coldest calmest night below zero it will not freeze and if it does, the wind comes up and blows it off to shore the next day. I have many pictures of my kids standing on ten to twelve foot high piles of ice on our shore front.

Picture from Mink Island looking past Bear Island on the left
 

Mink IP Cam pic from yesterday

Ice In
 

I'm expecting ice in to be declared today...

As of yesterday afternoon at 3-pm, there was an area of open water, maybe 25-acres, just north of Horse Island, plus I watched a lone fox walking along the ice close to Horse Island, and noticed this fox always walked on the white ice and avoided the black, wet looking ice .....so's how about that?

The I S S aluminum airboat, I S S is the name on the transom, that looks like either a very large jonboat or a small barge, powered by a large fan propeller in the back, was launched into the water yesterday and was used to go from Shep Brown's(?) to the north side of Mark Island, and return trip, and that boat can either go on top of the ice or it rumbles loudly though the ice like an ice breaker depending on the ice strength.

No open water in view
 

Drove down Scenic Drive in Gilford today, the arc from Welch down to Ellacoya was all ice. Also no open water visible north of Diamond nor out toward the Broads.

Ice In??
 

Yup I just did the same thing. If there is open water I have no idea where...

Dan

Ice
 

Ice as far as you can see from Smith Point (not including water at end of dock:D). Looking NNW towards Broads/Long Island and NE between Rattlesnake and Sleepers

When is Ice Out???:laugh:


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So the mystery hole off Welch is not there this year?

Apparently the fires of Mordor have subsided, looked like all ice to me.

For the first time in three years the ice in this area has froze normally and in unison with the rest of the area.

dan

April 8th, 11:38 AM...oh, wait...Don doesn't post the guess thread for another 2 weeks...never mind.

Bring on the pond hockey tournament!!!!

What he said! ^^^

Two weeks from today!!!

I believe you are quoting the nighttime lows. The winter highs for Tahoe are in the forties, making the overall temperature right about freezing. The average Winnipesaukee air temperature in the winter is in the low twenties, some eight-to-ten degrees cooler.

Water volume is not all that important as evidenced by Lake Baikal (150 times the water of Tahoe and frozen 4 months a year). Once the water temperature is lowered to 39F (4C), only the first foot of water needs to be cooled further. Even in the dead of winter, the lake's bottom is at 39F (4C).

However, I, too, have no idea why Sebago doesn't freeze each year.