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Mink Islander · 12-29-2011, 10:12 AM

Lakeport water temp is 38 degrees today. That's still about 2 weeks behind last year, but with the sustained overnight cold over the coming week, I'd expect that we'll see a lot of ice forming very soon. May be the 3rd or 4th week of January before we have "safe ice" -- for me that's at least 7 inches of black ice but sustained cold temps with no snow cover could catch us up to last year over a couple of weeks. Doesn't look like any material snow for a while either which is good for ice-making, not so good for snowmo's.

12-29-2011, 10:12 AM	#9
Mink Islander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 753 Thanks: 59 Thanked 271 Times in 129 Posts	The ice man cometh -- slowly.... Lakeport water temp is 38 degrees today. That's still about 2 weeks behind last year, but with the sustained overnight cold over the coming week, I'd expect that we'll see a lot of ice forming very soon. May be the 3rd or 4th week of January before we have "safe ice" -- for me that's at least 7 inches of black ice but sustained cold temps with no snow cover could catch us up to last year over a couple of weeks. Doesn't look like any material snow for a while either which is good for ice-making, not so good for snowmo's.