Was it so long ago? Ice out on March 23rd!

Legionnaire70 · 03-23-2014, 03:12 PM

Just pulled my shack off of Alton Bay today, yesterday when I drilled holes the ice was still 27" thick.. Ice out? Well... It will be a while!!

jetlag100 · 03-23-2014, 04:05 PM

It really doesn't matter to me. The weather will change and the ice will melt. We will all enjoy our summer, and, life will carry on. The lake is beautiful to me all times of the year, and whenshe wakes up, she wakes up..(the anticipation is killing me and my boat is behind a 6 foot snow bank

Lakesrider · 03-24-2014, 11:43 AM

They are saying there will be a drop of 46 millibars to under 950 millibars just off the coast on Tuesday and into Wednesday. They usually think a 24 Millibar drop ( called a bomb) is big. The "Perfect Storm" was at around 924 millibars.
Near hurricane force winds are expected just off shore. Not a good day to be out fishing I guess. Can't wait to see it's track or if we get much snow out of this one.....

VitaBene · 03-24-2014, 12:38 PM

I remember riding my motorcycle to the Lobster Pound that weekend 2 years ago- hard to believe today!!

meredith weekender · 03-26-2014, 10:25 AM

Even with these cold temperatures, the ice is melting. Our dock camera has shown some great progress over the last week.

Merrymeeting · 03-26-2014, 10:46 AM

I was amazed to see rivers of water running down our private road on Monday afternoon, despite the thermometer stating 15 degrees at the time.

The rays of the sun are very strong.

pontoonbarge · 03-26-2014, 09:41 PM

Maybe the US Coast Guard will lend us an ice breaker. That'd be fun!

http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg9/icebreake...icebreaker.pdf

03-23-2014, 03:12 PM	#1
Legionnaire70 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 119 Thanks: 25 Thanked 31 Times in 21 Posts	Just pulled my shack off of Alton Bay today, yesterday when I drilled holes the ice was still 27" thick.. Ice out? Well... It will be a while!!

03-23-2014, 04:05 PM	#2
jetlag100 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Revere, Massachusetts and Moultonborough, N.H. Posts: 311 Thanks: 228 Thanked 79 Times in 50 Posts	It really doesn't matter to me. The weather will change and the ice will melt. We will all enjoy our summer, and, life will carry on. The lake is beautiful to me all times of the year, and whenshe wakes up, she wakes up..(the anticipation is killing me and my boat is behind a 6 foot snow bank

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03-24-2014, 11:43 AM	#3
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	They are saying there will be a drop of 46 millibars to under 950 millibars just off the coast on Tuesday and into Wednesday. They usually think a 24 Millibar drop ( called a bomb) is big. The "Perfect Storm" was at around 924 millibars. Near hurricane force winds are expected just off shore. Not a good day to be out fishing I guess. Can't wait to see it's track or if we get much snow out of this one.....

03-24-2014, 12:38 PM	#4
VitaBene Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 3,613 Thanks: 1,663 Thanked 1,650 Times in 853 Posts	I remember riding my motorcycle to the Lobster Pound that weekend 2 years ago- hard to believe today!!

03-26-2014, 10:25 AM	#5
meredith weekender Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Meredith / Manchester Posts: 373 Thanks: 87 Thanked 84 Times in 57 Posts	Even with these cold temperatures, the ice is melting. Our dock camera has shown some great progress over the last week.

03-26-2014, 10:46 AM	#6
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,228 Thanks: 305 Thanked 802 Times in 369 Posts	I was amazed to see rivers of water running down our private road on Monday afternoon, despite the thermometer stating 15 degrees at the time. The rays of the sun are very strong.

03-26-2014, 09:41 PM	#7
pontoonbarge Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Windham, NH Posts: 42 Thanks: 89 Thanked 18 Times in 9 Posts	Maybe the US Coast Guard will lend us an ice breaker. That'd be fun! http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg9/icebreake...icebreaker.pdf