Getting closer
 

Wolfeboro neck looking southwest towards rattlesnake/gunstock.

It’s working for me


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Just an FYI was not working earlier when "Grant" posted with the text "This camera is missing in action." so he was not imagining it, however it seems to be working now as "Joey" posted.

Probably just a small glitch in the connection.

Yep...working now. Cool view. Love the streaming video cams. Wish the Melvin Village Marina cam would come back online.

Glad to do it in your absence!! I was worried something was wrong....

Sure as heck looks like all the ice out there in the broads is about ready to break up soon as the wind kicks up.

Probably correct it’s out again this morning.


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Tick tock
 

Won’t be long now.

Lilly Pond
 

This morning Lilly Pond appeared to be ice free. Visibility was not 100% in the light rain so I could not really see the far corner. If there is any left tonight's wind will take care of it.

New NEST WEB CAM at WEIRS BEACH
 

Hi folks;

Thanks for the comments re: my new "NEST" web cam at the Weirs Beach. Looks like, today 4/15/19, the ice is black and mushy, It is breaking up and moving around pretty good. It is clogging up the channel at Thurston's Marine, but a stiff wind should push it through.
Then hold on and watch the docks on the southern shore-line get hammered.....as usual.

WINNI BOB

The Broads is on the move
 

This clip (will take a bit of time to download) is from this morning starting around 7:30 am until about 11:30. If you looked at my clip above from 4-23-18 you will see a bit more movement today. Last year's clip was three days before ice out.


http://www.rattlesnakecam.com/video/4-15-19.mp4


BT, nothing wrong, just a bit overwhelmed (in a good way).


IG

Oh that poor dock!!

Winnisquam
 

From my camera it looks like Winnisquam is opening up just south of Pot Island.

seeing cracks on the ice off Rattlesnakecam and large chunks floating on other cams. Ice is beginning to move and its pretty windy out there now. I expect much progress this week.

Alton Bay up past Sandy Point shows the ice divided into large sections just waiting for the wind.

Looking from Belknap point at 5:30 pm there is a wide section of open water spanning from Ellacoya to SW Welch. By morning the wind will have probably closed that in but up opening other sections. The annual ice migration toward Wolfeboro bay has begun. I can hear the wind and the beat of the drums now:D

Bet there won't be much ice on the cameras in the morning. Lots of open water from different vantage points. Be awesome to have the boat out this weekend.

Ice Moving in Broads
 

Ice appears largely out to the WNW of Steamboat, and South towards Gilford.

Slowly moving towards Alton
 

This clip is the actual speed of the ice moving down Rattlesnake Island around 6 this evening. It is piling up somewhere!

http://rattlesnakecam.com/video/4-15-19-622.mov

Broads clear at Rattlesnake
 

Attachment 14686 this is photo I hope

Broads is out
 

The ice is out as far as mtpy cams can see in front of Rattlesnake Island. Big rollers today.

Almost there....
 

Still a bit of ice on the north side of Mink Island. Today’s wind is going to move that along, I suspect.

Wow, just a few days and the broads are open. Attachment 14689

WJT2.... I work on the lake and I cover a lot of territory out there. The day I cut that block by Ganzy we were prepping a site for a new dock and from there I went ice fishing off Steamboat latter in the day.

Belknap Point
 

View today from Belknap Point. Clear to Welch and to the Broads. Looks like ice around 40 Islands, Round, Timber and Saunders Bay. Glendale is open.

Prediction
 

Bet we see a nice sunset pic from Welch Island soon, thanks to Slickcraft. 🐻

Lots of breakage piling up between Mark and Bear coming in from Meredith Neck. Should blow through in the next day or two.

Long as it stays away from my docks!

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Iceberg season
 

Icebergs making their way past the north side of Mink Island

.... large surprise to me that so far today, the ice coverage out front my mega-million dollar, mongrel little dilapidated cottage ...... looking from Gov Isl to Timber to Mark to south Bear and to Penny to Dolly to Horse to Meredith Neck .... has gone from about 98.6% old ice to about 18.6% old ice ..... the wind done beat it to pieces, so far today ..... and it done sank .... or something .... is mostly now open water ..... and time to get some aluminum and go fix my vintage-1952 aluminum dock ....... again!

.... and, I had been think'n it was a couple weeks away or something?

2 pics taken from Mt. Klem in the Belknaps today, the Broads is pretty clear. Over in Alton Bay most ice is gone as of this morning.

seeking ice out wisdom!
 

I'm sure I'm not the only one... I'm just dying to get up to our cottage (on Little Bear) this long weekend. Can someone with a historical and knowledgeable opinion provide a forecast as to the percentage-possibility that ice out will be called by Friday afternoon? Or that there will be clear open water from Melvin Village to the north side of Little Bear? Otherwise, next week may be the longest week of the year! I might not survive the excruciating wait.

There's still a lot of stuff moving around at Weirs Beach but that could change quickly (nice shots from the webcams too!):

Second photo is incredible


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Today
 

I was in Alton and Gilford this afternoon. There was no ice visible from Ames Farm to the “southern” tip of Rattlwsnake. I will try to attach pics. No ice at Rattlesnake Landing, either. West Alton Marina still has ice but it is breaking upAttachment 14701

from doe point
 

does anyone have any updates on Paugus Bay?

Here's the view of Paugus Bay this morning from the Anchor Marine CAM:

view from salmon meadow cove this morning


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With the vast historical knowledge base that only a person who was in Melvin Village last Thursday could possibly possess--sorry, it seems almost unimaginable that this Friday would be clear for that route.

Going Going....
 

Unfortunately without some wind to stir things up, I doubt Winnie will be clear of all the floating slush by the weekend. This is from Mink Island looking north. Bear Island (Camp Lawrence) on the left. Jolly Island on the right.