Winni now over-full, and other damage
During the storm, the Lake rose 12 inches according to graphs of the Weirs gauge maintained by NH DES (which also operates Lakeport Dam.) It is now officially in "flood" but is still below where it was last May.
At 8:00 this morning the lake reached 504.69 feet elevation (above sea level.)
Full lake level is 504.32 feet.
In response, the Lakeport Dam is discharging 1,440 cubic feet per second. They do not operate the dam at more than 1,100 CFS except for flood control (according to what they posted on their web site.)
There is still significant ice on the lake but it is *finally* the rotten sort of ice typical of spring. From Black Cat the edge of the ice appears to run from near Hawks Nest Is. to just east of Hull Island, and the ice extends to somewhere near Steamboat/5-Mile. There is also another patch of ice resting against the Meredith Shoreline along Rt. 25.
During the storm, the ice showed that is wasn't ready to go on its own yet. When it piled up on Black Cat Shoals it produced solid chunks of blue ice instead of the usual "gray needles" that are typical of spring.
Winds came from the east, without shift. At times on Sunday night, the 2-minute wind average reached 41 mph with frequent gusts to 55 mph. The peak wind was 64 mph at 6:58 a.m.
Waves hit the edge of the ice releasing small chunks that became airborne for a few feet at a time.
I did see some debris floating by during the storm, and one piece remains in the weathercam view.
The hardest-hit shores would've been any east-facing shores. The wind and ice did scrape sideways on shores facing south and north. There is a large uprooted pine tree resting on the oak that you see in the Black Cat weathercam, but the pine is resting above the cam's view.
Weather forecast finally shows some 60+/sunny weather coming this way for late weekend! Storm data to follow on the Winni Weather thread later today or tomorrow.
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