Ice In 2025

[Slickcraft]

The water temp at Lakeport is 32.12 deg. In 3 days, when the wind goes calm, it will be as if some ice-9 was added. Snap.

Alan

[TheVoiceOfReason]

They have started to rope off Meredith Bay for the pond hockey tournament.

[Slickcraft]

Alton Bay is mostly ice with open sections mostly on the east side. Several bob houses in the bandstand area. Glendale Bay is open with slabs of ice filled in around the town docks. The view from Belknap Point is mostly blue.

Alan

[Blue Thunder]

The Alton Bay Ice Runway page on Facebook is up and running. Yesterday’s report was 8” of ice all the way out 3200’ of the runway. 12” inches is the minimum needed. Looks promising this year.

https://www.facebook.com/AltonBaySea...eandIceRunway?

[hilltopper]

Originally Posted by TheVoiceOfReason

They have started to rope off Meredith Bay for the pond hockey tournament.

They had roped a line out to around 50 feet of where the open water started. When I drove by this morning, with the light coating of snow we have, I couldn't see any evidence of open water. Amazing what happens when the winds stop blowing 40MPH... Unless we have a serious late January/early February thaw, I see no reason why the pond hockey won't be held on Meredith Bay this year.

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by hilltopper

They had roped a line out to around 50 feet of where the open water started. When I drove by this morning, with the light coating of snow we have, I couldn't see any evidence of open water. Amazing what happens when the winds stop blowing 40MPH... Unless we have a serious late January/early February thaw, I see no reason why the pond hockey won't be held on Meredith Bay this year.

That's a good sign because without snow it's pretty quiet.

[Grady223]

I have a view from my cameras on Barndoor Island in to Wolfeboro and a little bit up into the Broads. All is completely iced in!
Is there any open water at this point?

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by Grady223

I have a view from my cameras on Barndoor Island in to Wolfeboro and a little bit up into the Broads. All is completely iced in!
Is there any open water at this point?

Yes, there is a ton of open water between Welch and Belknap Point / mainland.

What has happened is the water and air is so cold the snow that has fallen is sitting on top of the water and look like ice…it is not…it will most likely be gone by the morning and back to visible open water.

Dan

[ishoot308]

Here’s a couple pics I took this morning from my mainland home. That’s Welch Island in the center of the top pic and left side in lower pic…

As you can see most of the snow has melted off the top skin of the water exposing the open water. If it stays calm I think this could freeze over in a few days hopefully….

There is no doubt in my mind that the hockey tournament will happen on Meredith Bay this year!

Dan

[chachee52]

From LSP looks like ice to me

[ishoot308]

It does look like it’s freezing over in place! It’s so calm and cold finally, by tomorrow morning, ice in could be declared unless there are other areas of open water I am unaware of!

Dan

[Blue Thunder]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

It does look like it’s freezing over in place! It’s so calm and cold finally, by tomorrow morning, ice in could be declared unless there are other areas of open water I am unaware of!

Dan

Emerson Aviation posted today that they will do a flyover tomorrow.

BT

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by Blue Thunder

Emerson Aviation posted today that they will do a flyover tomorrow.

BT

He will most likely declare ice in then…unless there is open water on the broads side of rattlesnake that I can’t see…

Dan

[ishoot308]

From my vantage point overlooking the broads, I see no open water at all!

If Emerson fly’s over I assume he will declare ice in!

Dan

[Lakegeezer]

It looks like the MFD was out training this morning.

[ishoot308]

Emerson just declared ICE IN!

Come on winter sports! Let’s have a great winter!

Dan

[NH.Solar]

I skied Gunstock on both Friday and today. Friday the Broads were still mostly open water, but today it looked like everything had totally iced over, even around Welch Island. I suspect that last week's wicked winds allowed the water to super cool and with no real snow in the immediate forecast the ice should thicken really quickly this week.

[chachee52]

Someone needs to tell the WMUR reporter that Ice-In DOES NOT mean that the 5 ports that the Mount goes to are frozen.

[hilltopper]

Originally Posted by chachee52

Someone needs to tell the WMUR reporter that Ice-In DOES NOT mean that the 5 ports that the Mount goes to are frozen.

No kidding, right? Every year it's the same thing. I'd love to see accurate reporting from local media regarding what Emerson's declaration REALLY means and how it differs from Ice Out. But, at the same time, always mention that "The declaration does not mean all the ice is safe. Ice depth on the big lake – and other bodies of water – can vary greatly." Not that people who spend any amount of time on the ice don't fully understand this...

[Descant]

Originally Posted by chachee52

Someone needs to tell the WMUR reporter that Ice-In DOES NOT mean that the 5 ports that the Mount goes to are frozen.

Be kind. Many of the folks on WMUR have difficulty speaking New Hampsha. They can't pronounce or spell Winnipesaukee which is why they so often say "Big Lake" and refer to the Mount as "The MS". Contoocook is a big stumbler; they pronounce Levesque as Lev S Q and "t'warn't" is totally unfamiliar, as is Kooze county. Ayuh.