Official 2010 Ice-Out Thread
 

This is the Official 2010 Ice-Out thread. It is hard to believe that were are watching the ice melt so soon. We should be still snowmobiling!

Put your comments, observations, warnings, experiences, PhotoPost images, etc here for all to follow our annual quest to go boating again on Winnipesaukee and the other lakes in the region. The Ice-Out Page is up on Snake Eyes at www.rattlesnakecam.com/iceout.htm where you will find views of all the Lake Winnipesaukee webcams, courtesy of their owners. Other lakes can be viewed on the Lake Cams Page at http://www.rattlesnakecam.com/lakecams.htm.

Happy Boating!
IG

The bad links on this note have been fixed.

Bring it. I'm ready for some kayaking.

Ice-Out Time
 

Maybe it's just my computer, but the links to your ice-out page aren't working. I assume Snake Eyes is down due to power failure?

I cannot wait to see what is going on in DRH's neck of the woods!

Thanks IG. I look forward to your Ice-Out page every year.

Try This
 

RG, there appear to be typos in both links. This one works: http://www.rattlesnakecam.com/iceout.htm And yes, power is out on Rattlesnake. According to DBA, it could be out for a number of days until NH Elec. Coop can free up a crew to go out to the island with Airboat Guy and repair the damage. I'll be posting my daily ice-out photos very soon!

Yay!
 

I am SOOOOOOO ready for spring! :D:D:D

Ready for Spring
 

DRH can't wait for your pics. They are my Ice Out yardstick. After the last few summers, I have some serious boating to do!

Say It Ain't So...
 

It's way too early for ice out. Us snowmobile rs would like to wring out a few more rides around here!
This winter started off in good shape with the snow and lots of hard work from the Clubs to get the trails ready. Then the cold got the Lake to kick, and we were styl'in.
The winter of 2009-2010 was well on it's way to help put the pain of the economy behind us.
The ice boater's had their best year since years, a new organised tradition of Ice Hockey got under way in Meredith, the Ice Airport was in very good hands with Paul & Crew.
The Alton Bay International Winter Fest got a HUGE BOOST, when the "Forum Flyer" was taken out of mothballs, only to go forward and win the bed race in that event!

Now, I can find my way around the dance floor. I would invite any of you to check me out.

When the Lake kicked, I started my snow dance, only to find that being in Texas, at the time, I forgot all about my being a transplant. I was wanting any of my effort at the time to be forwarded to my beloved Lakes Region.

Well, as it has turned out, and ask Janet if you don't believe me, we have been snowed in here in Texas ever since!
And by the way, after many phone calls to the Al Gore Camp, I have yet to recieve a return call back!! :laugh: I think that he is trying to reinvent himself. ;)... ... ... "Noth'in New, or Fancy

The good news is that I have signed up with Google Maps, not too sure that that will work for this or next season, but let it be known that I am pull'in for Y'ALL!!
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Ice out???
 

I can't believe ice-out is starting already up there. It's colder here in SC than in the Lakes Region neck of the woods. I'm anxious to get back to Sleepers, tho. That is certainly where this heart of mine is.... See all of you soon.

trfour
 

So you're the one who did this to Texas?! Time to stop dancing!

Ellacoya, Friday, Feb. 26.
 

Lots of water:

Hi Janet...
 

Yup!... I guess I'm busted...
My sister and brother in law have lived here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for close to forty years and said that they have never seen a winter like this one while here in Texas. :rolleye1:

Doña is looking out for you're best interests however, as she hid my dancing shoes and replaced them with those spiked ice clip ons, so that kind'a put a hitch in my get'along out there on the dance floor. :(

Now, all this being said I would like to see lots more snowfall ( UP NORTH IN NH GOOGLE ), so as the sled dog races can happen as scheduled in March, and maybe resurrect some snowmobiling for the rest of us. :liplick:

You have to understand, Once a snowmobiler, Always a snowmobiler! :emb:

After all, Spring and summer get here soon enough, and we are seeing the deer on the move here in the back yard.

iceberg
 

a sure sign of things to come, there is a stray iceberg floating at the weirs cam:coolsm:

Ice-out
 

I can't wait to starting boating this summer. I'll be living up there starting May. Ice-out next month.......

I am hoping this month

These work !!!!
 

Not sure where you are looking but the Snake Eyes Lake Cams pages work, with a couple of seasonal exceptions.. refreshing the page helps if they all do not appear at once.

http://www.rattlesnakecam.com/lakecams.htm
http://www.rattlesnakecam.com/iceout.htm

... and the power is back on Rattlesnake and Snake Eyes is back!!!!

Thanks to NHEC and Russell and his airboat for getting the power guys ouht there!!!!

IG

Ice out Page
 

I haven't been able to view the ice out page all day.

Even the links above don't work

ice out Page
 

Oops, Blackcat works!

Ice out page
 

Most of the images appear to be current on the lakecams page, but some of the links do not work. If you go to the iceout page at www.rattlesnakecam.com/iceout.htm the images are much larger and you don't need to open the images to see the conditions. I do need to update some of the links.

The lakecams page has other lakes, the iceout page is only Winnipesaukee. I will try to get to it this weekend.

Do refresh your screen often! I find some of the cams do not refresh as quickly as others.
IG

I also noticed the other day that hovering over some of the images shows one link address, whereas the link below the picture is to a different hyperlink.

This might explain why some don't work sometimes

Can't View Rattlesnakecam.com
 

Can anyone explain why I can no longer view the Rattlesnakecam.com pages? Everything was fine until last week sometime. I have a Mac which has never had a problem before. I can view the sight on PC's running explorer. I'm stumped and am missing the melting ice on the Iceout page.

Thanks.:confused:

Hi Chaos...
 

My hope is that you are keeping you're Mac updated and didn't catch any of these critters; http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4...g=content;col1

Now, just take two aspirin and get on back to us Y'hear!


Terry
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Mac Attack?
 

Trfour,
I keep it updated, but I will check tonight to make sure. I have no other issues.

Thanks and y'all stay warm down south.

Mike

There is still 14" in alton bay in front of my house..... bob house is still out and still riding the sleds.... I give it two to three weeks before its out...

So how is Lily Pond looking
 

One indicator of of when Winni goes Ice-Out is Lilly Pond. Once it goes the main lake follows in about 2 weeks. Any reports on Lilly Pond

upcoming rain and warm temps
 

Anyone have any thoughts on how and if the upcoming showers and warm temps (50's) will affect ice out? The lake temp has been at 38 degrees for 5 days or so. It didn't hit 38 til the 1st week in April last year.

Anyone else thinking record early ice out?

I certainly am! What normally slows ice-out is the freezing temps at night. Any gains during the day are lost again at night. But if you look at the extended forecast, most nights for many days will stay above freezing.

If we get a very windy day...

The lake hit 39 degrees today and we still have ice. Boating season has to be right around the corner. I'm actually thinking about putting the kids 14' aluminum boat in the water this weekend just so I can say I went out on the water. :):cool::D

I saw in the citizen today that Dave Emerson says Ice Out is another month away in spite of the high temps. I don't see how this would be since the water temp is higher than this time last year.

This morning we saw three ice fishermen on the ice off Ellacoya. They had to have stepped across some open water to get out there. Maybe they have been eating the fish. We did see a crazy mink hopping along the ice but we did not see the hatter out there.

Walking on water? Maybe they were fishing for men? :D

The View from here right now
 

The rain is channeling along the surface, and with this wind is eating away even though temps are cooler. Check it out. Sorry about the quality.

Most of Moultonboro bay is open water with whitecaps today. There is an ice patch, about 200 yards thick, blocking the exit from the bay to the north (around Elkins point) and then open again till about Ambrose Cove (formerly Aries Marina). All it will take for full ice-out here is a few days of winds from the north.

He would certainly be one of the best ones to make a prediction. But forgive me if I'm skeptical. In the last 24 hours, many areas are showing signs of weakening/opening up, including on the smaller lakes. Open areas showing on Winnisquam, Ossipee, Merrymeeting, and Wentworth that were not there 24 hours ago.

When you factor in the forecast for the next 10 days, I find it hard to believe it will last more than 2 weeks at the most.

I for one agree,looking at all the open water this morning and the upcoming forecast I see it not taking anywhere near a month. But since I'll be in southern CA. for a month starting tomorrow I guess now for me it won't matter but still can't wait.

Going, goimg, gone
 

Our house is near the entrance to Buzzel Cove. The Bay in front of us froze over on December 19th. Yesterday (3/13) the ice was half gone. Today, it's amazingly ALL gone!

Rapid start to melting
 

I'm over by Suissevale in Moultonboro and the melting is much further along than average. There is 60+ feet of open water along the shore. Mid March normally is still fairly safe to be out on the ice, wet/slushy but doable. Not this year. Can't even get on the ice unless you want to paddle first. There were a couple bob houses left on Meredith Bay and one fell through the ice this week. We didn't have a very cold winter so the ice isn't particularly thick to begin with. Further the next 10 days are going to be above freezing except for one or two nights. Up to near 60 a couple days. Now we could get a bitter cold snap after that and it would slow things up but I still see an early ice out (Average time is around April 20th?) I would guess around April 10th unless it continues to be abnormally warm.

Ice is moving
 

look at the Bear Cam its start to eat away at the dock

Has anyone seen first hand what the rain is doing to the ice conditions???????

It had to do something, as Massebesic lake in Manchester was still completely ice covered on Friday and this morning when I drove by it was wide open water!!

With the temperatures expected to hit well into the 60's by Saturday I can't imagine ice out is more than two weeks away at best...

Dan

The most notable change over the past few days seems to have been on Lake Wentworth. Three days ago it was still completely ice-covered, with no open water showing on the cam at all. Now it is almost completely open, with the ice barely showing!

FWIW, the small lake near my workplace here in central MA should be out within a few days. It's usually 2 weeks ahead of the big lake. But this year, it froze more solid and had more, longer snow cover than the big lake. It's going to be interesting...