Official 2015 Ice-Out Thread

[Pine Island Guy]

much more exciting than watching grass grow or paint dry

[AmericanBoatClub]

Melt!
Over looking Akwa Marina Yacht Club towards Meredith

[jazzman]

Not much melting on the Broads side of Big Barndoor Island...

[PaugusBayFireFighter]

This is Lily Pond about 1/2 an hour ago. Gusty wind out of the NE is ripping it apart. This morning it was all ice, now two thirds of Lily is water!

Winni_Bay. The ice along Weirs Blvd. is starting to break up. The winds are in your favor today although the ice is very close to your posts. The slab that's close is not huge and probably thin, the wind is helping. I'll take another look later.

[fatlazyless]

Looks like the ice sheet is getting mushy ..... changing from white to grey to black.....watched an eagle land on the ice sheet earlier this morning, about 10' from open shoreline water .... only to see it break through the slushy ice and fall into the water.....weighing maybe five pounds .....did not seem to bother the eagle one little bit....it took it all in stride....it happened again in another nearby spot and this eagle was totally nonchalant about it ..... the eagle was stepping along......slowly walking across the ice and seemed to be scanning the water depths......when all of a sudden it broke through the slushy ice......must have been stalking a fish or something to eat....at the time?


And no, it was not wearing a pfd!

[Slickcraft]

My wife was kind enough to stop by Lincoln Park today and snap some photos (while I am stuck at home with a cold). Not too long before the 1st trip out to Welch.

[Winni_Bay]

thanks for the update Paugusbayfirefighter
hope to get through this week without damage

on another note where is Lincoln Park how do you get there looks like great view from that park thanks for any info

[pjard]

Originally Posted by Winni_Bay

thanks for the update Paugusbayfirefighter
hope to get through this week without damage

on another note where is Lincoln Park how do you get there looks like great view from that park thanks for any info

It's in Gilford, Belknap Point Road.

[ishoot308]

Lily pond was 90% open when I went by just a little while ago. Should be clear by morning.

So is Lily pond a one or two week indicator of ice out?? Hopefully one!

Dan

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

Lily pond was 90% open when I went by just a little while ago. Should be clear by morning.

So is Lily pond a one or two week indicator of ice out?? Hopefully one!

Dan

Week to 10 days.

[Mink Islander]

View from Mink looking north this A.M.

[depasseg]

Almost open in front of Trexler's by the Long Island Bridge.

[AmericanBoatClub]

Lots of melt even over night

[Old Sarge]

According to the lakeport line the lake has reached 39 Degrees---Won't be long now!

[smith point boater]

View from Smith Point a little after 7am. Still plenty of ice between here and Rattlesnake and Sleepers and Wolfeboro. Lots of ice moved late yesterday and last nite in the Ames Farm area

[Mink Islander]

Won't be long now.

[Merrymeeting]

Let's hope there is a LOT of melting today. This from the National Weather Service..

* From Monday evening through Wednesday morning

* low pressure will develop off the mid Atlantic coast on Monday
and move northeastward into the Gulf of Maine Tuesday. At this
time it looks as though this low will produce anywhere between 1
to 2.5 inches of rain across much of the area... with locally
higher amounts possible. The heaviest rainfall should occur
Monday night into early Tuesday... but runoff and additional
snowmelt will keep the threat for flooding going through at
least Tuesday night. The heaviest rainfall is expected on the
coastal plain as well as the east slopes of the White Mountains
northeastward into the Maine foothills.

* Rivers are already gradually on the rise from snowmelt over the
past few weeks. 1 to 2.5 inches of rainfall will allow some
rivers to rise to bankfull and even overflow their banks.
Additional ice movement is likely as well. Urban and poor
drainage flooding is also expected... especially Monday night and
the morning hours on Tuesday.

Along with prediction for high winds tomorrow, there could be a lot of damage if large ice packs start moving around.

[JerseyGuy]

I checked our Skype cam this morning and Wentworth cove is ice free.

[ishoot308]

Lots and lots of open water!!

What a difference a day makes! I'll be on the island and fishing next weekend!!

[PaugusBayFireFighter]

What Merrymeeting said...East facing shorelines are in the crosshairs for ice damage. Hopefully today's sun and breeze helps.

[smith point boater]

At 5pm yesterday a light breeze picked up and the ice just opened up from Smith Point to Rattlesnake in a matter of minutes. More water than ice now!!

[Phantom]

Here's a few more from Mountain View Yacht Club ... looking out ( taken late Sunday afternoon)

Take note of Snowcapped Mt Washington in the first two picture (this iPhone camera didn't do it justice)


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[Billy Bob]

The recent photos are starting to have a late impact on wildlife here in Florida !
Until yesterday our population of Snow Birds had stayed in place and delayed the spring migration north to the summer nesting grounds. Yesterday there was talk around the Florida pools , where the birds gather , about starting the flight north ( lt was also about 90 and the birds are overheating )
They follow rt 95 and 93 north so be on the lookout for the overloaded flock
( they actually drive grand marqueis ) others will return soon but with a Southwest route

[Mink Islander]

Even the deer are monitoring the situation.

[Pineedles]

Originally Posted by Billy Bob

The recent photos are starting to have a late impact on wildlife here in Florida !
Until yesterday our population of Snow Birds had stayed in place and delayed the spring migration north to the summer nesting grounds. Yesterday there was talk around the Florida pools , where the birds gather , about starting the flight north ( lt was also about 90 and the birds are overheating )
They follow rt 95 and 93 north so be on the lookout for the overloaded flock
( they actually drive grand marqueis ) others will return soon but with a Southwest route

Two weeks ago we observed a huge migration on 95 N. in Virginia. They were as thick as molasses. Glad we were headed in the opposite direction, as we were headed for Myrtle Beach. There was a large concentration of the Winnebago species in the flock.

[Old Sarge]

The data phone at lakeport reports the lake temperature at 41 Degrees!

[MAXUM]

From yesterday....

From the top, BI post office Sunday morning, open water looking back to the mainland.

Ice flow that came in later on in the afternoon, and making may way very slowly out of the ice flow and into open water.

Final shot is from the N/E side of Bear looking across. While that may look pretty solid, by afternoon there was a major crack that opened up about 15 feet wide from Bear all the way to the mainland. Further more sitting along shore I could hear the ice grinding along with major cracking and buckling along the shore.

Fish finder was reporting a surface water temp of 39.1 degrees

[Tired of Waiting]

Originally Posted by Slickcraft

My wife was kind enough to stop by Lincoln Park today and snap some photos (while I am stuck at home with a cold). Not too long before the 1st trip out to Welch.

Not looking good at all. Come on ice hang in there!! I know you can make it!! Just a week and two days to go and I could win the contest. So hang in there for just a little longer.











ToW ducks and slinks out of the room hoping no one will notice.

[Pineedles]

Can someone tell me or post a link to the ice-out contest. I can't find it anywhere.

[Tired of Waiting]

Originally Posted by Pineedles

Can someone tell me or post a link to the ice-out contest. I can't find it anywhere.

Here you go Pins


http://www.winnipesaukee.com/contests/2015/


ToW

[webmaster]

Originally Posted by Pineedles

Can someone tell me or post a link to the ice-out contest. I can't find it anywhere.

On the homepage of the site there is a link to the Ice-Out page on the left side under "Articles - Information".

[AC2717]

well I'm out
my guess was April 15th 9:52am

[AmericanBoatClub]

Lily Pond is ice free. Start the one week clock

[Dad sold the C * C]

As noted there has been a big change since Sunday. I had to come up today as the Roofers were here (that's another post). We are on the west side, south of Pot island; the shoreline is almost free and the middle of the lake is very dark.

Inside the cabin was mid 40's, up 10 degrees from Sunday, can almost turn the water on. Most of the snow is gone. Guess I better go to Killington this weekend

[PaugusBayFireFighter]

This video was recorded April 12th. Lots of changes since then but a great video showing our frozen lake!

Credit Bill Hemmel for the great shots.

[Winni_Bay]

thanks paugusbay firefighter nice video

how's progress on Paugus bay think it will be ice free for Saturday

Thanks

[PaugusBayFireFighter]

Originally Posted by Winni_Bay

thanks paugusbay firefighter nice video

how's progress on Paugus bay think it will be ice free for Saturday

Thanks

Paugus is black. The coves are clear. There are open water cracks across the ice. It's now a few very large slabs that have not drifted too much. Some wind out of the SW tomorrow will have my attention. Not sure about ice free. 24 hours will tell a lot. I have 40 degree water temp @1.5'.

I sent you a PM with some info on your docks.

[Winni_Bay]

yeah southwest wind could do damage to
I sent you a PM reply
thanks for your help highly appreciated

[TiltonBB]

Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter

Paugus is black. The coves are clear. There are open water cracks across the ice. It's now a few very large slabs that have not drifted too much. Some wind out of the SW tomorrow will have my attention. Not sure about ice free. 24 hours will tell a lot. I have 40 degree water temp @1.5'.

I sent you a PM with some info on your docks.

My recollection from many years of watching the water temperature is this: It seemed like every year that I put my boat in within a few days of ice out the first temperature reading on the depth finder was 42 degrees and that was very consistent, year after year.

If you have 40 degrees now then it is very close! Bring on summer!