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Old 05-09-2014, 10:09 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Lakegeezer View Post
This data is a bit old, but last Saturday (5/3), I did water quality sampling in the NE quadrant of the lake for UNH. Part of the job is measuring the temperature on the surface and at each half meter down. Across five sites, the temperature at 1/2 meter (or 1.5 feet) ranged from 47 to 52 degrees. Bottom temperatures ranged from 42 to 45 degrees. The thermocline varied from 8 to 11 feet.
Interesting. Why would the NOAA site have such a variance across the whole lake compared to these readings ? Do you know the depth the NOAA is measuring at ?

Even today they have the temps around 43-45 ?
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