Official 2017 Ice Out Thread

flyguy · 03-10-2017, 04:07 PM

WOW! That time lapse you posted on YouTube is awesome! Guess we'll have to do a flyover- don't see it refreezing soon.

Thanks again!

Loub52 · 03-10-2017, 05:51 PM

3/10/17 @5:10p. Ice as far as the eye can see.

DRH · 03-11-2017, 08:58 AM

It's only +1 deg. here this morning but we have very strong, gusty wind out of the northwest. We're beginning to see some small areas of open water between the mainland (between Minge Cove and Smalls Cove) and Sleepers Island. Even those small areas of open water have whitecaps today, which eat away at the ice. Today's wind is no doubt putting intense pressure on the ice in this area. If that results in some major stress cracks, the wind could push it all to the southeast as we saw in Island Girl's excellent video of the ice going out on the Broads a few days ago.

You can watch this area of the lake change on the Echo Shores Webcam: http://echoshorescam.com/

Mink Islander · 03-12-2017, 12:21 PM

My lake cam took an unplanned vacation at the end of the year. But yesterday it surprised me by waking up and sending pics again.

Looks a long way from ice out from this view....

chasedawg · 03-12-2017, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mink Islander

My lake cam took an unplanned vacation at the end of the year. But yesterday it surprised me by waking up and sending pics again.

Looks a long way from ice out from this view....

Agreed. Ice out is a long way off for the coves. Even the coves are not in Mt Washington's cruise there are important to those who would like to get to there properties in a early ice out.

For example, it was reported by local neighbors in 19 Mile Bay that there is still 18" of ice. And what happens with the ice when a major Northeaster dumps 2' of snow. I would expect it would be very difficult to snowmobile or even walk on the ice with water and slush below the snow. Our prediction for Ice out at 19 mile bay will be later than April 5th Reporting from Sarasota Florida.

ishoot308 · 03-13-2017, 09:00 AM

Broads and all around Welch are actually starting to refreeze over the past couple cold days. I think at this point a March ice out probably will not happen...

Dan

03-10-2017, 04:07 PM	#1
flyguy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 383 Thanks: 9 Thanked 101 Times in 20 Posts	WOW! That time lapse you posted on YouTube is awesome! Guess we'll have to do a flyover- don't see it refreezing soon. Thanks again! __________________ Bill Hemmel LakesRegionAerials.com "We have a slightly different point of view"

03-10-2017, 05:51 PM	#2
Loub52 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Meredith, NH Posts: 221 Thanks: 216 Thanked 53 Times in 43 Posts	3/10/17 @5:10p. Ice as far as the eye can see. Attached Images __________________ Thanks, Loub52

03-11-2017, 08:58 AM	#3
DRH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meredith, NH Posts: 1,687 Thanks: 1,203 Thanked 677 Times in 179 Posts	It's only +1 deg. here this morning but we have very strong, gusty wind out of the northwest. We're beginning to see some small areas of open water between the mainland (between Minge Cove and Smalls Cove) and Sleepers Island. Even those small areas of open water have whitecaps today, which eat away at the ice. Today's wind is no doubt putting intense pressure on the ice in this area. If that results in some major stress cracks, the wind could push it all to the southeast as we saw in Island Girl's excellent video of the ice going out on the Broads a few days ago. You can watch this area of the lake change on the Echo Shores Webcam: http://echoshorescam.com/ __________________ DRH Last edited by DRH; 03-11-2017 at 01:45 PM. Reason: Added link for webcam.

03-12-2017, 12:21 PM	#4
Mink Islander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 753 Thanks: 59 Thanked 271 Times in 129 Posts	Still looks like winter from Mink Island My lake cam took an unplanned vacation at the end of the year. But yesterday it surprised me by waking up and sending pics again. Looks a long way from ice out from this view.... Attached Images

03-13-2017, 09:00 AM	#6
ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 6,287 Thanks: 2,402 Thanked 5,300 Times in 2,064 Posts	Refreeze Broads and all around Welch are actually starting to refreeze over the past couple cold days. I think at this point a March ice out probably will not happen... Dan __________________ It's Always Sunny On Welch Island!!

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