Drove down to Lowes via Paugus Bay way. The ice was extremely dark gray. At first I thought it was open water. But the Channel is open down to in front of the Four Seasons Resort now.:D

:) Lakesrider, thanks for taking the time to take and send those pictures of 19 Mile Bay; wonderful to see.

The ice in Meredith Bay is retreating. It seems as though we gained another 20' overnight alone. We have open water to about 160' from shore.:

Lily Pond
 

Lily Pond is almost out... just several feet of ice on one edge....

IG

The Ice on the Broads is moving
 

We are listening to a tinkling as one iceberg rubs against another! The NorthWest_View shows a river that has opened up around the center of the picture. The North_View shows the ice cubes rolling up on the icebers when they rub shoulders. It won't be long now!
DBA

Dark Gray Ice
 

The ice in the Weirs/Meredith Bay area was as dark gray as it gets. I did not see any movement this morning, but it looks like it only has a few days left, at the most.

R2B

The ice really moved today in Meredith Bay. There appears to be alot of standing puddles on the bay which are really holes in the ice. With the high wind gusts tonight, the ice wil be moving alot more.

reading the weather forcasts for the next few days ,it would not surprise me if the ice went out one day this week. I don't see it happening before wednesday ,but I'll be surprised if its still covered on the week end!
Of course I have only been watching the ice out for 58 years now so I might be off a little bit!
Ice on Paugus,Weirs Meredith bay and center harbor is BLACK...you can almost count the hours now ...just pray for a good strong wind mid week and it will be gone .......
If I was younger [a lot younger ] I would be water skiing right now from the 1/3 of paugus that is open ,through the channel and over to the dock for the mount ..used to do that back in the late 50's and 60's

Soon ,very soon .Might not be for another week but SOON !

I was up at the lake yesterday and saw a good sized crack going all the way across paugus bay. It is breaking up!!

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Am I seeing things or is that open water I see in the Broads

This morning, there is open water between Ames Farm, west end of Diamond Island and Welch Island. Wind is blowing hard, which will chew up more ice. If this keeps up, ice out won't be much longer.

Large section of open water in broads
 

From my vantage point up here in gunstock acres, a large hole has opened in the ice at least a mile + across. Can't see it on anyones cams its going!

At this rate it will be gone by next weekend.

When I guessed by the 15th I was being optomistic at best. Now I think my guess will be late by a few days. If you guessed after the 15th I think you'll lose, Like me! :emb:

As I drove through 19 mile bay, the inlet and the open water by the docks have connected and it looks really thin. But the wind comes into the docks from the west so the ice will most likely pile up in there for a while longer. I'll take another pic on my way home today. I brought a good camera this time....:rolleye2:

Agreed. The wind of yesterday and today will do some damage to the ice...
I just hope no big flows come strolling into town and wreck my docks.:eek:

Preferably Wed at 11:38! :D But with the wind, rain, and temps in the forecast for the next several days, I'm not sure it's going to last that long.

Bigger hole than I thought.
 

Just got ack from walking the dog, the hole is miles across. Big slabs of ice moving accross the opening, this wind is going to help. Heading out for brunch, when I get back I'll post some pics.

Ice Out
 

Hmm...April 9th is looking pretty good to me.
I forget what the prize is??

BIG HOLE open in the broads.
 

Picture off the deck, Rattlesnake is off to the right

Another one off the deck looking out at center harbor
 

Welch is in the center of photo. BIG WATER opening up.. Pretty cool watching large areas open up every 30 mins..

DRH,

Your chronological pictures today are really cool!!

Blue Thunder

great lake shots
 

hey bab1234; those are really terrific shots of the lake, what a great viewpoint you have!!! any future pictures over the next few days would be awesome, i'm in new york and itching to get up to put dock and boat in. thanks

ICe moving
 

Thanks on the view and pictures, I do have a million dollar view. to bad I had to raise the foundation a bit to get a little better view.

Fascinating to See!
 

Thanks, BT - Glad you are enjoying them. It's really fascinating to watch the changes take place right in front of us.

Picture of the house
 

Thanks on the comments, thought I'd post a picture of the house, raised the foundation a bit to open up the view. Million dollar view, has all the comforts one could need.

View from Belknap Point
 

Photos taken 12:30 today at Belknap Point, not a perfect stitch of the photos but you get the idea. No ice out to Welch except the wind blown white ice on shore.

There is windblown white ice visible to the south east heading for Wolfeboro Bay.

More pictures of the ice GOING
 

Another of welch in the center you can see large ice flows moving, second is the backside of rattlesnake. Don't think I can post more during the week up before the sun get home after its gone.

I'd hookup one of them dar fancy picture taking things except we gots no internet up here on the mountain.

Enjoy..

ops back side of rattlesnake
 

Man the wind's rippin opened the door almost tore poor old toto the dog outta the trailer.

This was all covered with ice @ 6:30am.

To everyone on the southern part of the lake...Thank you for sending us your ice in Meredith/Center Harbor... :P

I took a few pictures yesterday of the ice at the Meredith/Center Harbor line looking out.

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/454...0107700415.jpg
(Not visible, but Center Harbor would be on the left and Black Cat Island would be on the right of the frame)

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1...0119453595.jpg
(Not visible, but Patrician Shores/Sands of Brookhurst would be on the right)

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4...0121223220.jpg

ICE OUT...PLEASE!

19 mile bay 040509
 

Should be in a boat next weekend.

Well, I was going to post pics of 19 mile bay, but ya beat me to it. so here is Wolfeboro. It was clear in the docks yesterday but ice has blown in a bit.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...g?t=1238964163


19 mile just for the heck of it.....

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...g?t=1238964223

Last view of the lake till mid week.
 

Pictures welch island in the middle over looking the broads then looking over dimond. WON"T BE LONG, get your boats ready.

ICE Out 2009
 

This is exciting. I don't remember an Ice-Out with so many pictures from the non-traditional cams being contributed. Hope it is really happening, and it won't re-freeze.

Not a chance
 

Outside temp is 44 lake temp @ 38 looks like we'll be boating next weekend. :):):):):):):)

Within a few months.. CAM will be online
 

I should have 2 cams online one looking twards gunstock, the other over the broads very high vantage point. According to the gps 945 ft above the lake, OH add another 50 feet since I raised the house..

Pics and Cams
 

It has been a great ice-out watch with all the contributions... several new webcams this year, DRH's daily and today hourly pictures and commentary, and all the others ... it has been an exciting day!

I will get the usual funny looks when someone asks me what I did this weekend and the answer is, "I watched the ice melt".

Only you people know that it is not insane... it is what we do!!! How nice to be boating early this year... woo hoo!!!!!!

Thanks again to all you cam operators and picture takers!

IG

You took the words right out of my mouth! What a fun weekend for ice-out watchers! :D

Work Week
 

How will we ever get any work done this week with all the ice melting we have to watch?

IG

Taken About 2:30 Today
 

Here is a shot of The Broads From Roberts Cove today around 2:30pm.

Alton Bay Today
 

Alton Bay was open from the bridge to the bandstand. There were several small boats out fishing.
This shot was taken from Route 11D today at about 2:50

Thanks for all the great pics today, I pulled the boat out of storage today and gave a tune up and got her running, we are planning on heading up Friday to open up.

More Photos
 

Woodman's Cove was pretty much open.
Minge Cove and Glidden Cove around 3:00 pm today.