Ice-Out Declared!
 

I was just notified that Dave Emerson declared Ice-Out on Lake Winnipesaukee last night, April 23rd at 8 PM.

I am awaiting further confirmation.

WOOOO HOOOOOO! Fire up the boats and the Barby-Q

Man it has been a LONG winter.

Amen!
 

Time to head out and inspect the damages.......and toast to the new season of course!

Should be a busy weekend.....everyone go slow!

Ice out declared?
 

Interesting you say Ice out declared. I see an article in teh laconia citizen dated this morning saying Dave Emerson thinks it will be today. No mention of 8pm last night

Why I am so interested?? I have 10:22am today as my time.

Island Times post
 

:confused:Maybe he had to sleep on it:confused:

The Lakes Region Association just confirmed!

wrong date on article?
 

ok GEOFF CUNNINGHAM Jr. of the Citizen, explain.... Island Time wants an answer :eek:

Now that is real good news!!!!!

WMUR is reporting that Ice-Out occurred at 8:00 AM this morning. That could be an error.

My information came directly from Dave Emerson's wife and was confirmed by the Lakes Region Association. They were in the process of distributing the official announcement and when I spoke to them it was last night at 8:00 PM!

UPDATE: I just spoke to the Lakes Region Association again. They confirmed again that the official announcement has been distributed to the media and that the date and time are April 23rd at 8:00 PM. I have contacted WMUR about their report.

UPDATE: WMUR has corrected their report.

and the answer is?
 

This is like watching the Democratic Primaries. :D
Someone give us the definitive here...bragging rights are involved. :D

Jetskier:cool:

My thoughts EXACTLY!!!!......:)

New Contest
 

Should we now start a guessing game as to when the water temp will go high enough for us to be able to swim without freezing our "buns"?! My guess would be mid-August!:D

I haven't lived in the immediate area for too long, but I didn't realize there was a Center Harbor and a Center Harbor Bay?

Congrats to the winner of the contest!

Ice-Out Yay!!
 

So exciting....I'll be jetskiing up there in about 6 weeks. Can't wait for summer!!

Yup. We have the "Town of Center Harbor" with its board of selectmen, bylaws, population, and all the other things that make a town. Within view of the Center Harbor Town Hall there is the part of Lake Winnipesaukee called Center Harbor Bay. If the town was, say, Center Sandwich instead, we could call the water "Center Sandwich Harbor" but alas, someone in the Colonial era put "Harbor" in the town name.

Re: the media during iceout, they plan for stories like this. It's not a fire, storm, crime, or major political upset. All other stories get planned for a certain day, and an editor puts it on a reporter's calendar for that day. So, probably earlier in the week they talked to their contacts who said it would go out by the weekend, and they planned the iceout stories for the weekend. The ice went out yesterday, and the reporters didn't have it on their calendars until today or tomorrow, so they weren't ready. That's just my guess.

For those wondering when the lake will warm up enough to swim, a lot of that depends on humidity. Humid weather helps the lake temp to climb quickly toward whatever the air temp is. When the air is dry, there is always water evaporating off the surface in the same way it evaporates off your skin. It has the same cooling effect on both. Typically we don't start getting a few humid days until late May or early June. I've found that Memorial Day weekend can be an enjoyable swim (usually the water is around 60) if I've been out doing heavy yard work, getting hot and sweaty. You've got to be ready to get in the water within a couple minutes after you stop working or else your heart rate will slow and you'll cool off too much before you get in the water. :)

Ice out
 

according to Bill, He did not have ice out with that women.

New Season, same ole boat, But we will have fun fun fun, at aleast till November.:eek:

I have uploaded an ice out video to my YouTube page. It is made from the webcam images from Pine Island over several days.

Thank You Pine Island Guy for letting me use the images.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hUC2tbOjfyM

ONE MUST realize press time deadlines to go to print!!!

Well done. At one point it looks as though Pine Island Guy gets out in the nick of time with the time lapse as the ice flows head right for the area where his boat was. :)

Canis,

I've found it's also a function of age! :laugh: In my teens and twenties, 1-May was good enough if it was ice out, in my thirties, Memorial Day was great!

I'm now at 4-July! :D

Great Video Bear Islander (and PineIslandGuy for the footage!)
I LOVE the "Ice Waltz" music, goes great with it.

well Island time we were both close but no cigar. i was hoping for today at 11:05

Don,
Your "Ice Out Declared" page needs a tweak. It has the wrong time. 3:17 was last year, I think.

BT

Doh'!
 

TWO YEARS in a row I've had the right DATE but been off by hours, two years in a row, blast! There HAS to be a prize for that right?! :D

Either way, hooray for Ice out!

so who won?

40 Degrees the Key
 

Quote:
Originally Posted by Grady223 on 4/16/2008 in “Ice Out 2008”
Seems to me the main culprit in the deicification of the Lake is the temperature of the water. The warmer water eats at the ice from below. Wind plays a part as the ice gets thin enough to break up and be more actively mixed with the water (like stirring a drink). 40 degrees seems to be the key water temperature - very shortly after the water temp gets to 40 ice is out. Here is the history since 2002.

Year Ice Out Temp Reached 40 deg
2002 4/4 4/3
2003 4/25 4/20
2004 4/20 4/14
2005 4/20 4/17
2006 4/3 4/1
2007 4/23 4/23
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Well, I guess a water temperature of 40 degree is once again the key - reached 40 on Tuesday, Ice Out Wednesday.

This forum has a lot of readers.

Yesterday I put an Ice Out video up on YouTube, I only mentioned it in this thread. Twelve hours later it had more than 200 views.

There must be large numbers that read but don't post.

According to the members list, there are 2633 members here. I would venture to guess that less than 200 people post regularly.

i've sent the link to all my friends and family!
 

Bear Islander - thanks for making the video and posting it on youtube (and anyone that wants to capture and use frames from the PI webcams you are more than welcome to as well). i'm sure a percentage of the 200 hits were my friends and family that i sent the link out to :)

this weekend we won't have to dodge the ice getting out there!!

PIG

Where is the link?

Here is the link to the Ice Out Video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hUC2tbOjfyM

Outstanding video
 

Really great, BI.. thanks for doing that. It is so fascinating to watch the lake on the move.

IG

Great Video!
 

Details, details, details
 

Cut and pasted from the "Ice Out Declared" page of Winnipesaukee.com:

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/iceout.htm

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 8:00 pm

"Ice-Out" on Lake Winnipesaukee was officially declared on
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 3:17 pm.



Wouldn't we want to fix that error? It might seem minor and trivial but some take their ice out guesses very seriously!!

BT

It's fixed.