Ice-out Watch 2005

Island Time · 04-06-2005, 08:00 AM

won't be long now...can not wait for the first launch of the boat.

Rattlesnake Gal · 04-06-2005, 08:18 AM

Great photos Just Sold. Big smiles here seeing the ice melting away.

LongIslandfun · 04-07-2005, 11:50 AM

Ok, The pictures are looking promising.....the itch to get the boat in the water is getting more intense....Now where is the wind to really break things up.......

As an aside IG thanks for putting the iceout web page together....I don't get to the lake near enough this time of year.....and it nice to get a daily update from various points on the lake..........

ApS · 04-07-2005, 06:54 PM

My boat went in yesterday -- a sure sign of Spring -- and a beautiful sunny day to boot.

If only I'd thought ahead, I'd have put the kayak in. It would fit under the only dock that's iced in here -- and blocking me from a ¼ to ½-mile ice-free stretch of shoreline to explore.

Am I THE FIRST of www.winnipesaukee.com 's registered users to become a Winnipesaukee boater in 2005? (I have pictures).

Silver Duck · 04-07-2005, 07:07 PM

APS

Glad to hear it! You're certainly ahead of me.

Silver Duck

Just Sold · 04-07-2005, 08:07 PM

My boat is snug in its cradle awaiting the removal of the larger boats stored on the floor behind mine. They are working very fast to get those larger boats out so I hope to be ready when Ice Out occurs. I have the work order already in to de-winterize her.

I took this picture at the Gilford Docks today looking North. Ice is very black but not close to being out yet. The MP has not launched any of their boats either. All of the MP docks are clear of ice.

Island Girl · 04-07-2005, 11:07 PM

Here is Just Sold's picture of Alton Bay today. The next one was taken on February 19 at the same location. Amazing.... people find so many ways to have fun on the lake!

Rattlesnake Gal · 04-08-2005, 07:36 AM

Here are the water temps preceding and at the time of ice-out.
Not sure of they have any value to anyone, but it kept me busy for a few minutes.

April 20th 2004 - 42 degrees at ice-out.

Temperature hit 39 degrees on April 10th – 11 days to ice-out.

April 25th 2003 - 40 degrees at ice-out.

Temperature hit 39 degrees on April 19th – 7 days to ice-out.

April 5th 2002 - 41 degrees the day after ice-out.

Temperature hit 38 degrees (Doesn’t show 39) on March 28th – 8 days to ice-out.

May 2nd 2001 - 45 degrees at ice-out.

Temperature hit 39 degrees on April 24th – 9 days to ice-out.

No water temperatures for the preceding years.

Island Girl · 04-08-2005, 07:38 AM

...and it hit 38 degress yesterday. 8 Days to ice out and I win!

KTO · 04-08-2005, 03:46 PM

ME TOO! MY GUESS IS THE 16th TOO!

Merrymeeting · 04-08-2005, 05:58 PM

Given my guess is always one of my offsprings birthdays, I'm guessing I'll miss again this year, huh? Birthday - today...

Island Girl · 04-09-2005, 06:36 PM

The ice is variable and quite thin but just beautiful.

trfour · 04-09-2005, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Island Girl

The ice is variable and quite thin but just beautiful.

Thanks to your brilliant Photos, and adding DRH's and Upthesaukee's to your Ice Out Watch, you have all brought forward something very special.
Even the folks that live here year round don't always have the time to watch the Lake defrost!... My point?
Now everyone can. You all are the Best!

ApS · 04-09-2005, 06:42 PM

You're a-l-l-l-l-l dreaming.

It was already "Ice-Out" for me today.

I motored down my shoreline, checking the ice margins in my trusty aluminum "K-Mart" cartopper. (Sorry, FLL).

Before I started, I gathered oars, seat cushion and passed up the life jacket. Why? There's no MPs out there; however, the water temperature is even colder than I'd drink a beer at,

so on it went.

It was such a nice, quiet, sunny day, I motored upwind as far as the ice would permit (about ¼-mile), and "sailed" back with the wind -- all the time taking in the sun, critters, and bird songs. "Motored", I mean, with my trolling motor. (Rowing was out: I'd selected the oars without the oarlocks attached).

It's Saturday, and there's no construction -- or inhabitants.

Aside from a giant front-end loader scraping boulders a mile away, it was silent. Oops -- I forgot. Someone was shooting a gun as fast as you could pull the trigger

, and someone else (at a McMansion) set off fireworks -- at Noon.

I'm disappointed in one of my neighbors, who dumped tree cuttings down his steep embankment on the lake. (Photo to follow). One of the things that jams up an "Ice-Eater" is drifting branches. They will take chunks out of the little propeller, according to my Winnipesaukee AquaTherm guy.

The water was, once again, crystal clear, and you could peek under the ice into 15-20 feet of water and see the bottom clearly. I'll wager you could see a tiny fishhook in 15 feet of water. (But still not see far enough under the ice to see my "elusive" mooring).

In some places, it was 3", and was flaking off as I passed. In others, it was a foot thick, and solid as granite. We may be in for some real icebergs this season -- and Official "Ice-Out" will depend on which ports don't have icebergs in them!

The water level is 20" BMDS (below my dock's surface) -- which was one of the last to be submerged in the past "flood" (and Lakewide No Wake Zone).

ApS

Just Sold · 04-09-2005, 09:47 PM

Lucy, an acquaintances dog could not resist the water at Winnisquam today.

I also went over to Smith Cove at Fays Docks today for this shot

upthesaukee · 04-09-2005, 10:59 PM

Lucy gets my vote for "L Street Brownie" trophy winner...First in the water, with ice not yet out. Brrrrrrrr. Glad you didn't have to wade in to get her to come out!!!!! Great pictures.

Merrymeeting · 04-10-2005, 07:23 AM

The current view on the Weirscam shows that a significant area of "open" water has skimmed over with a thin layer of ice and the temp is showing as 29 degrees.

While I know the sun will melt it in no time, the ice out should be slowed by below freezing nighttime temps this week. Glad I resisted turning on the water at the camp.

Paugus Bay Resident · 04-10-2005, 08:34 AM

Lily pond should be totally open today. In the past Winni's been a 1 - 2 weeks behind

Bear Lover · 04-10-2005, 02:06 PM

I noticed that the ice on the Bear Cam is almost black. I know people talk about the ice turning black but does it really get this dark? Is an an optical thing? Am I looking at water puddles on the top of the ice?

DRH · 04-10-2005, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bear Lover

I noticed that the ice on the Bear Cam is almost black. I know people talk about the ice turning black but does it really get this dark? Is an an optical thing? Am I looking at water puddles on the top of the ice?

Bear Lover -

Today's picture of the dark ice on the Bear Cam is pretty accurate. The ice is similarly dark in the Snake Eyes and WeirsCam shots.

You can see another view of the darkening ice at: www.rattlesnakecam.com/westalton.htm, which shows the hi-res picture I took of the ice in West Alton earlier this afternoon.

Island Girl · 04-10-2005, 02:45 PM

The broads is completely gray right now. Out here on Rattlesnake Island we have watched the ice turn from white at air temp of 28 degrees this morning to gray gray gray at an 58 degrees at 2:45 pm.

I hope to post pictures tonight. It is just remarkable to watch the changes. Where there is melting there is a foot of water on top of a layer of ice. The main body of the lake is very very soft. the birds are singing and the turkeys and a deer have stopped by.

Stay tuned... spring is here!

Island Girl · 04-10-2005, 09:17 PM

In the shadow of the Ossipees, the lake continues to melt. The ice is very porous and breaks into little shards, like glass when hit.

LongIslandfun · 04-11-2005, 09:49 AM

Well this weekend I took a ride by the lake and it is all looking promising. Lots of open water.....Ice out is just around the corner. I am jealous though. Some people already having the ability to get there boat in the water. (even if it was a car topper), and a dog with the courage to venture into the water...I am feeling like I am behind..... but when I stopped at my camp on the Northside of Long Island the ice was pushed up to the shore front ..... although I suppose I could have put the kayak on the ice and looked silly...........

I hope others are as impatient as I am......

ApS · 04-11-2005, 10:41 AM

"Only a cartopper?"

Hey...that cartopper is on the lake -- and we'll get another look at another sunny Lake Winnipesaukee today!

Over the square mile overlooked here, the ice DID NOT turn white last night -- as it had the previous night -- with comparable temperatures.

The open water along the shoreline re-froze, as my bubblers have been off for two weeks, but should be clear -- or fragile enough -- later today for another tour.

Wind opened the open-water gap to the ice by ten feet or more.

It's always The Wind -- the wild card in this "Ice-Out" game.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Island Girl

The ice is very porous and breaks into little shards like glass when hit.

Keep hitting! Keep hitting!

Quote:

Originally Posted by LongIslandfun

"...the ice was pushed up to the shore front ..... although I suppose I could have put the kayak on the ice and looked silly...........I hope others are as impatient as I am......

You know what? A photo of your kayak on the ice would speak volumes at PhotoPost!

Proline · 04-11-2005, 04:17 PM

Was up this weekend. The ice turns gray everyday and white again at night. The ice is still pretty thick up in the Tuftonboro/Moultonboro area. You can walk on it no prob right off twenty mile beach Sat. Mirror lake is Black and looks like it will go this week for sure. Winni will still take some time.

04-07-2005, 06:54 PM	#4
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,951 Thanks: 2,226 Thanked 781 Times in 557 Posts	First Boater? My boat went in yesterday -- a sure sign of Spring -- and a beautiful sunny day to boot. If only I'd thought ahead, I'd have put the kayak in. It would fit *under* the only dock that's iced in here -- and blocking me from a ¼ to ½-mile ice-free stretch of shoreline to explore. Am I THE FIRST of www.winnipesaukee.com 's registered users to become a Winnipesaukee boater in 2005? (I have pictures). __________________ Is it "Common Sense" isn't.

04-07-2005, 08:07 PM	#6
Just Sold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart Posts: 2,615 Thanks: 1,083 Thanked 434 Times in 210 Posts	Stiil In The Cradle! My boat is snug in its cradle awaiting the removal of the larger boats stored on the floor behind mine. They are working very fast to get those larger boats out so I hope to be ready when Ice Out occurs. I have the work order already in to de-winterize her. I took this picture at the Gilford Docks today looking North. Ice is very black but not close to being out yet. The MP has not launched any of their boats either. All of the MP docks are clear of ice. __________________ Just Sold At the lake the stress of daily life just melts away. Pro Re Nata

04-07-2005, 11:07 PM	#7
Island Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central MA Posts: 2,352 Thanks: 18 Thanked 535 Times in 179 Posts	Just a few weeks ago... Here is Just Sold's picture of Alton Bay today. The next one was taken on February 19 at the same location. Amazing.... people find so many ways to have fun on the lake! __________________ Island Girl ....... Make Lemonade

04-08-2005, 07:36 AM	#8
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Water Temps Preceeding Ice-out Here are the water temps preceding and at the time of ice-out. Not sure of they have any value to anyone, but it kept me busy for a few minutes. April 20th 2004 - 42 degrees at ice-out. Temperature hit 39 degrees on April 10th – 11 days to ice-out. April 25th 2003 - 40 degrees at ice-out. Temperature hit 39 degrees on April 19th – 7 days to ice-out. April 5th 2002 - 41 degrees the day after ice-out. Temperature hit 38 degrees (Doesn’t show 39) on March 28th – 8 days to ice-out. May 2nd 2001 - 45 degrees at ice-out. Temperature hit 39 degrees on April 24th – 9 days to ice-out. No water temperatures for the preceding years.

04-08-2005, 07:38 AM	#9
Island Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central MA Posts: 2,352 Thanks: 18 Thanked 535 Times in 179 Posts	38 degrees yesterday ...and it hit 38 degress yesterday. 8 Days to ice out and I win! __________________ Island Girl ....... Make Lemonade

04-06-2005, 08:00 AM	#1
Island Time Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	won't be long now...can not wait for the first launch of the boat.

04-06-2005, 08:18 AM	#2
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Great photos Just Sold. Big smiles here seeing the ice melting away.

04-07-2005, 11:50 AM	#3
LongIslandfun Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Champlain Islands, Vermont Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ok, The pictures are looking promising.....the itch to get the boat in the water is getting more intense....Now where is the wind to really break things up....... As an aside IG thanks for putting the iceout web page together....I don't get to the lake near enough this time of year.....and it nice to get a daily update from various points on the lake..........

04-07-2005, 07:07 PM	#5
Silver Duck Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Billerica, MA Posts: 364 Thanks: 40 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	APS Glad to hear it! You're certainly ahead of me. Silver Duck

04-08-2005, 03:46 PM	#10
KTO Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Meredith, NH Posts: 391 Thanks: 30 Thanked 117 Times in 26 Posts	ME TOO! MY GUESS IS THE 16th TOO!

04-08-2005, 05:58 PM	#11
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,226 Thanks: 302 Thanked 800 Times in 368 Posts	Given my guess is always one of my offsprings birthdays, I'm guessing I'll miss again this year, huh? Birthday - today...

04-09-2005, 06:36 PM	#12
Island Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central MA Posts: 2,352 Thanks: 18 Thanked 535 Times in 179 Posts	Saturday's Ice conditions The ice is variable and quite thin but just beautiful. __________________ Island Girl ....... Make Lemonade

04-09-2005, 06:42 PM	#14
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,951 Thanks: 2,226 Thanked 781 Times in 557 Posts	You're a-l-l-l-l-l dreaming. It was already "Ice-Out" for me today. I motored down my shoreline, checking the ice margins in my trusty aluminum "K-Mart" cartopper. (Sorry, FLL). Before I started, I gathered oars, seat cushion and passed up the life jacket. Why? There's no MPs out there; however, the water temperature is even colder than I'd drink a beer at, so on it went. It was such a nice, quiet, sunny day, I motored upwind as far as the ice would permit (about ¼-mile), and "sailed" back with the wind -- all the time taking in the sun, critters, and bird songs. "Motored", I mean, with my trolling motor. (Rowing was out: I'd selected the oars without the oarlocks attached). It's Saturday, and there's no construction -- or inhabitants. Aside from a giant front-end loader scraping boulders a mile away, it was silent. Oops -- I forgot. Someone was shooting a gun as fast as you could pull the trigger , and someone else (at a McMansion) set off fireworks -- at Noon. I'm disappointed in one of my neighbors, who dumped tree cuttings down his steep embankment on the lake. (Photo to follow). One of the things that jams up an "Ice-Eater" is drifting branches. They will take chunks out of the little propeller, according to my Winnipesaukee AquaTherm guy. The water was, once again, crystal clear, and you could peek under the ice into 15-20 feet of water and see the bottom clearly. I'll wager you could see a tiny fishhook in 15 feet of water. (But still not see far enough under the ice to see my "elusive" mooring). In some places, it was 3", and was flaking off as I passed. In others, it was a foot thick, and solid as granite. We may be in for some real icebergs this season -- and Official "Ice-Out" will depend on which ports don't have icebergs in them! The water level is 20" BMDS (below my dock's surface) -- which was one of the last to be submerged in the past "flood" (and Lakewide No Wake Zone). ApS

04-09-2005, 09:47 PM	#15
Just Sold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart Posts: 2,615 Thanks: 1,083 Thanked 434 Times in 210 Posts	1st Swim of the Season! Lucy, an acquaintances dog could not resist the water at Winnisquam today. I also went over to Smith Cove at Fays Docks today for this shot __________________ Just Sold At the lake the stress of daily life just melts away. Pro Re Nata

04-09-2005, 10:59 PM	#16
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,604 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,470 Thanked 1,983 Times in 1,083 Posts	Lucy gets my vote for "L Street Brownie" trophy winner...First in the water, with ice not yet out. Brrrrrrrr. Glad you didn't have to wade in to get her to come out!!!!! Great pictures. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

04-10-2005, 07:23 AM	#17
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,226 Thanks: 302 Thanked 800 Times in 368 Posts	Nights like this past one will slow it down The current view on the Weirscam shows that a significant area of "open" water has skimmed over with a thin layer of ice and the temp is showing as 29 degrees. While I know the sun will melt it in no time, the ice out should be slowed by below freezing nighttime temps this week. Glad I resisted turning on the water at the camp.

04-10-2005, 08:34 AM	#18
Paugus Bay Resident Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Gilmanton, NH Posts: 754 Thanks: 136 Thanked 93 Times in 51 Posts	Lily pond should be totally open today. In the past Winni's been a 1 - 2 weeks behind

04-10-2005, 02:06 PM	#19
Bear Lover Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 96 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Black Ice? I noticed that the ice on the Bear Cam is almost black. I know people talk about the ice turning black but does it really get this dark? Is an an optical thing? Am I looking at water puddles on the top of the ice? Last edited by Bear Lover; 04-10-2005 at 02:10 PM.

04-10-2005, 02:45 PM	#21
Island Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central MA Posts: 2,352 Thanks: 18 Thanked 535 Times in 179 Posts	Oh, yes it is! The broads is completely gray right now. Out here on Rattlesnake Island we have watched the ice turn from white at air temp of 28 degrees this morning to gray gray gray at an 58 degrees at 2:45 pm. I hope to post pictures tonight. It is just remarkable to watch the changes. Where there is melting there is a foot of water on top of a layer of ice. The main body of the lake is very very soft. the birds are singing and the turkeys and a deer have stopped by. Stay tuned... spring is here! __________________ Island Girl ....... Make Lemonade

04-10-2005, 09:17 PM	#22
Island Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central MA Posts: 2,352 Thanks: 18 Thanked 535 Times in 179 Posts	The Broads today - 4-10-2005 In the shadow of the Ossipees, the lake continues to melt. The ice is very porous and breaks into little shards, like glass when hit. __________________ Island Girl ....... Make Lemonade

04-11-2005, 09:49 AM	#23
LongIslandfun Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Champlain Islands, Vermont Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Driving by this weekend. Well this weekend I took a ride by the lake and it is all looking promising. Lots of open water.....Ice out is just around the corner. I am jealous though. Some people already having the ability to get there boat in the water. (even if it was a car topper), and a dog with the courage to venture into the water...I am feeling like I am behind..... but when I stopped at my camp on the Northside of Long Island the ice was pushed up to the shore front ..... although I suppose I could have put the kayak on the ice and looked silly........... I hope others are as impatient as I am......

04-11-2005, 04:17 PM	#25
Proline Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Gray/White/Gray Was up this weekend. The ice turns gray everyday and white again at night. The ice is still pretty thick up in the Tuftonboro/Moultonboro area. You can walk on it no prob right off twenty mile beach Sat. Mirror lake is Black and looks like it will go this week for sure. Winni will still take some time.

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