Official 2015 Ice-Out Thread

[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.

[Greene's Basin Girl]

The ice went out in Green's Basin (the northwest tip of the lake) today and thus far we have seen one loon. It is almost time to call the marina for our boats.

[Slickcraft]

From Lincoln Park on Belknap Point today. A small amphibious plane landed and took a short ride on the water.

Still ice to the north and in the Broads. Clear from Glendale out past FL26, still some slush in the main boat launch ramp. Smith come mostly clear, some ice at the neck.

[boat_guy64]

Meredith Bay view from Grouse Point. Big changes since Saturday afternoon and some big mobile pieces of ice out there.

[MGWillia]

Ice is out of Alton Bay, all the way to Sandy Point!

[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

[Slickcraft]

Still a lot of ice out there. The wind shift to the NE brought ice in toward Belknap Point this morning spanning the width of the photo. An hour after this photo, the ice sheet was against Belknap Point extending north to Locke's blocking access to Glendale via FL26. Tomorrow afternoon's wind shift to W will bring who knows what.

[Island Girl]

Someone should move that little boat on the beach at Akwa Marina. If the wind continues to pile ice on the shore, it will get schmushed.

[Island Girl]

Originally Posted by Island Girl

Someone should move that little boat on the beach at Akwa Marina. If the wind continues to pile ice on the shore, it will get schmushed.

Either someone moved it or it is already schmushed. I hope someone moved it.

[Rattlesnake Gal]

It's pretty cool to see the ice move around on the WeirsCam time-lapse video!

Lake temperature is at 41°!

[AkwaMarina]

Originally Posted by Island Girl

Someone should move that little boat on the beach at Akwa Marina. If the wind continues to pile ice on the shore, it will get schmushed.

Some one must have moved it ☺

Here is a video of the ice shifting, and make a lot of noise, like a big wind chime

http://youtu.be/s-hb--Cr9HE

[Webbsatwinni]

And the northern side of Rattlesnake is clear in the broads.

[Island Girl]

Thanks for the images. I was getting discouraged looking at my dock which shows no progress for a few days. Now I know it is really happening. There should be some big changes overnight. (my dock is about a mile south east of webssatwinni's dock.

IG

[pontoonbarge]

I just followed the link from Rattlesnakecam.com for time lapse video, and the last few frames showed some motion!!

www.rattlesnakecam.com

[JerseyGuy]

It appears that the ice from Saunders Bay has been blown into Wentworth cove which was ice free on Saturday.