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Mink Islander · 01-12-2010, 04:10 PM

Weather.com shows lows of 4 and 6 degrees in Meredith the next two days and then warming trends but only to the point where we have nightime lows in the mid-teens and daytime highs just below freezing. Using the nifty ice growth chart in the Ice-in thread, it would seem like we will still be adding maybe 1/3 to a 1/2 inch per day to the ice (guestimating using rough average temps) and assuming several inches of ice pack currently. Nominal snowpack is a good thing right now. That translates to roughly 5 to 7 inches of additional ice by the 29th given my assumptions above. I'd expect a foot or a little more of ice in front of my place on the North side of Mink by then. Roughly the same as last year.

Now if the weather patterns show a much warmer trend towards the end of the month, all bets are off.

01-12-2010, 04:10 PM	#31
Mink Islander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 753 Thanks: 59 Thanked 271 Times in 129 Posts	Weather forecast Weather.com shows lows of 4 and 6 degrees in Meredith the next two days and then warming trends but only to the point where we have nightime lows in the mid-teens and daytime highs just below freezing. Using the nifty ice growth chart in the Ice-in thread, it would seem like we will still be adding maybe 1/3 to a 1/2 inch per day to the ice (guestimating using rough average temps) and assuming several inches of ice pack currently. Nominal snowpack is a good thing right now. That translates to roughly 5 to 7 inches of additional ice by the 29th given my assumptions above. I'd expect a foot or a little more of ice in front of my place on the North side of Mink by then. Roughly the same as last year. Now if the weather patterns show a much warmer trend towards the end of the month, all bets are off.