High Winni Water Level

fatlazyless · 07-12-2023, 07:30 AM

Today is Wednesday, July 12, and looking at the weather forecast for this weekend, July 14-15-16, Fri-Sat-Sun, it says rain 90%-60%-70% for these three days.

Having a rainy weekend what with the high Lake Winnipesaukee water level which is going up and up will definitely make for a lot fewer boats out there, making big boat wakes that hit the shoreline and shake, rattle and roll a submerged, or almost submerged dock a lot less likely to be happening.

A relatively light weight aluminum dock will pitch and roll like a slinky or something when an incoming two foot boat wake rolls underneath it and uplifts it with each water slap ....... slap-slap-slap ..... that 500-lb dock just done got moved one inch by an incoming wake ..... slap-slap-slap.

Is why some boats get stored on a boat lift ..... too many waves and wakes .... slap-slap-slap .... moving lake waves and wakes have power and energy ..... is called 'water power.'

LIforrelaxin · 07-13-2023, 09:27 AM

So the lake is actually now starting to go down some according to the DES page this morning. They are allow ~1750 cfs to flow out of the dam, so with no rain there should be another good improvement in the lake level today....

The question becomes how much rain will we see this weekend, and how will it effect the current situation..... As high as Winnipesaukee is right now, because it is being lowered, Winnisquam is going to be rising as its dam is only open to around ~1500 CFS, and sliver lake will remain in a no-wake situation for the foreseeable future....

The good news is NASCAR is in town, so there is somewhere beside the lakes being the focal point of the weekend....

07-12-2023, 07:30 AM	#1
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,846 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 303 Thanked 1,033 Times in 752 Posts	Today is Wednesday, July 12, and looking at the weather forecast for this weekend, July 14-15-16, Fri-Sat-Sun, it says rain 90%-60%-70% for these three days. Having a rainy weekend what with the high Lake Winnipesaukee water level which is going up and up will definitely make for a lot fewer boats out there, making big boat wakes that hit the shoreline and shake, rattle and roll a submerged, or almost submerged dock a lot less likely to be happening. A relatively light weight aluminum dock will pitch and roll like a slinky or something when an incoming two foot boat wake rolls underneath it and uplifts it with each water slap ....... slap-slap-slap ..... that 500-lb dock just done got moved one inch by an incoming wake ..... slap-slap-slap. Is why some boats get stored on a boat lift ..... too many waves and wakes .... slap-slap-slap .... moving lake waves and wakes have power and energy ..... is called 'water power.' __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

07-13-2023, 09:27 AM	#2
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas, Lake Ray Hubbard and NH, Long Island Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,897 Thanks: 1,043 Thanked 897 Times in 529 Posts	So the lake is actually now starting to go down some according to the DES page this morning. They are allow ~1750 cfs to flow out of the dam, so with no rain there should be another good improvement in the lake level today.... The question becomes how much rain will we see this weekend, and how will it effect the current situation..... As high as Winnipesaukee is right now, because it is being lowered, Winnisquam is going to be rising as its dam is only open to around ~1500 CFS, and sliver lake will remain in a no-wake situation for the foreseeable future.... The good news is NASCAR is in town, so there is somewhere beside the lakes being the focal point of the weekend.... __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....