Ice-in Watch 2006

[Mee-n-Mac]

Originally Posted by Grant

I can only hope so. I found MAJOR dock damage last week when I was up there. It's going to be expensive to repair. Time for a bigger bubbler.

Yup, I think QL is correct. I noticed a few docks up and down the shore from ours had already sustained ice damage this year. With all the freezing and unfreezing and resultant shifting ice, I predict buying stock in dock repair companies might be a wise investment. With the way the weather has been this year I can only hope the ice melts before we see winds like we had recently. No bubbler is going to prevent damage from a big floe on the move.

[Merrymeeting]

If the 10-day forecasts are to be believed, looks like we will be seeing ice formation just about the time all the school vacations end and everyone begins to shift into Spring mentality.

Temps looking to stay in the low 20's and teens during most of a 24 hour day, with few days going above freezing, if that.

With no snow to insulate things, the ice should grow and thicken over the next few weeks rather than the other way around. Looks like those ice-out guesses are still safe.