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boat_guy64 · 02-23-2020, 08:43 PM

It has been a mild winter but the ice formed differently than other years from my viewpoint on Meredith Bay. That said, we had a lock up across Meredith Bay (about 3000 feet of ice from my shore to the shore across the bay) earlier than any years in the past 15 I've lived here. I've seen it lock up as late as Jan 15 and this year it locked up on December 21. I anticipated it was just skim ice but it held together and never went away. Even the frigid year of two years ago with record below 0 temps in mid December did not lock up until December 28. However, I'm sure that sustained cold is a much larger influencer on the ice.

02-23-2020, 08:43 PM	#6
boat_guy64 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Windham and Meredith Posts: 225 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 33 Thanked 89 Times in 42 Posts	I'm not sure It has been a mild winter but the ice formed differently than other years from my viewpoint on Meredith Bay. That said, we had a lock up across Meredith Bay (about 3000 feet of ice from my shore to the shore across the bay) earlier than any years in the past 15 I've lived here. I've seen it lock up as late as Jan 15 and this year it locked up on December 21. I anticipated it was just skim ice but it held together and never went away. Even the frigid year of two years ago with record below 0 temps in mid December did not lock up until December 28. However, I'm sure that sustained cold is a much larger influencer on the ice.