that's ok, mine's at thurston's right now getting some warranty work done :laugh:

I'd love to see a picture of the boat some time. I'm looking to track down a similar 14' setup.

Here is view from east side of Smiths Point, taken 4/9 at 1:30 pm. This all opened up in the last 5 hours. Pic 1 is Sleepers, Pic 2 is Rattlesnake.

Ice out comith
 

Lots of ice movement on a number of the web cams. The Winnipesaukee.com cam shows large piece has broken off right in front of the Pavillion. Rattlesnake Cam shows that the ice is moving about and crashing into itself. Won't be long now.
The Paugus Bay Cam http://www.overlooker.tzo.com/ is the only one not showing any breakup or movement of the ice.

Ice is moving out of our cove.

Here's the view of Wolfeboro Bay about 1:00 PM today. The ice is darker than yesterday, and you can see pieces have broken off and are floating in the open waters. I'm guessing sometime this weekend...



Interestingly, Merrymeeting Lake is still fairly well locked in. It looks like the Paugus Bay cam picture.

Check today's (Tuesday) WeirsCAM time lapse. The ice visibly recedes and starts breaking up:

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/index.p...rscamtimelapse

Very cool
 

The time-lapse is very dramatic. What is often discouraging is seeing the whole lake liquid, but one of those icebergs blocking one of the Mount's ports.

Tomorrow should be even more exciting!!!!! I wonder how many people are clicking several times a day to see the cams and read this thread!!!!

Is anyone getting any work done this week? :laugh:

IG

I'll admit to multitasking

Afternoon Pic
 

Today's warm sun really did a lot of damage as the ice was breaking up and moving all over the place. More warmth, rain and wind predicted for the end of the week should make short order of what's left!

I really think the majority of the ice will be gone by the weekend!!

I have tried to fight the camp feeling but I am starting to get ready.... Any one have any information on what is left for ice, between Long Island and Moultonborough Neck?

multi-peeking
 

I have to admit that I sneak a look at the Forum and the cameras several times a day at this stage of Ice Out. Skis are put away and it is time for the boats.

Think I am going to plan on going to the lake on Sunday for lunch, if nothing else. Otherwise, I will go bonkers.

Who' da thunk I would be excited about ice melting?

That's me!
 

Guilty as charged. Multiple counts!

Great pics everybody. thank you !! yeah....guilty.....I check a few times a day. My Ice Out guess was April 15 and for a while I thought that was going to be way too early. But it doesn't look bad now ! Love watching the time lapse this time of year.....very dramatic.

a boat!!
 

Nobody mentioned the boat in one of the frames of the time lapse video. Lucky bas........

23,000 views......by contrast the ice in thread received over 40,000 views. We've got some work to do.....
BT

Left Florida early Friday and arrived at the lake Saturday night and found it pretty much totally iced in. Fast forward three days -- voila!!! What a transformation! Still lottsa and lottsa ice, but it's looking slushy and breaking up into huge ice floes. How very humbling it is to see the seasons change before our very eyes.

I headed up to Gilford today. A boat could easily make it out of Glendale at this point. A few paper thin strips were moving around which may need to be pushed aside, outside of the flasher it looked pretty open.

For those in Smith Cove, it is a bit more open than the Smith Cove camera shows. I will post pics in the morning. I think by the weekend I should be able to get to my slip. Good thing because I am launching Sunday, maybe even Friday if the boat is done.

Alton bay was out to the pavilion with long strips of open water heading down towards Sandy Point.

Ice check 4/9/13:

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Thanks to Emerson Aviation for posting these updates for all of us.

While becoming fragile, clearly there is still a lot of ice out there!

Should i go stir the water up on the jetski?

IMO the ice dosnt break up in Paugus till later because of the current, and the way the bay is shaped. we broke a few peices off the the jetski and it just merged back with the mass. it pretty much just melts in place. After being on the ice last weekend i can say that the ice is in a latent stage seeing how porous the ice is. It wont be long now.

The ice pack in Wolfeboro Bay appears to have shifted quite a bit. The Yacht Club cam shows the ice right next to their docks. It was much further out before.

Lincoln Park today
 

It is open half way out to Welch today however there is still a lot of ice moving around. A shift in wind could bring lot of ice back in to the LT 26 area.

The area from Ames Farm out toward Diamond and Rattlesnake was filled on with large sections of ice that the wind had moved in.

Can anyone give me an update on 19 mile bay?

Here are the pictures of Smith Cove and Glendale yesterday.

Took this this afternoon just off Elacoya beach. He was too far out for a real good shot. he was calling like crazy, looking for his friends I assume.

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Couple Pics
 

One pic from my camp deck and one pic from my dock.

You can really see open water forming now. With the heavy winds coming in hopefully this ice will mostly blow away for the weekend and allow some fishing and accessibility to our camps!!

Still keeping my fingers crossed!

Dan

Northeast corner is iced out
 

From Melvin Bay up through Moultonborough Bay, the ice is gone. It went out yesterday in the afternoon and by 5PM, my dock was in :)

Nice to see open water again, next Friday will be our opening day.

Any info on Harillas ? would love to know if the ramp is clear...

That is what I am talking about...

Winnipesaukeee Ice Outs
 

Thought you all might be interested in this graph of ice outs. Any trend?

http://i44.tinypic.com/1499wms.gif GBerg, I just noticed that you are fairly new to posting on the forum and glad you have joined us. Have fun and enjoy the Winni Forum while making many new friends.
Thanks for the input..:)

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Nineteen Mile Bay
 

Nineteen Bay has very dark ice. It is open in one section half way out to Chase Island. There is a chance that it will be open this weekend if we get some wind out of the NW. Between Farm Island and mainland it is wide open. Beyond Chase Island out to Whotleberry and by Dog's Ear there is still quite a bit of white ice. I would give it five more days to break up.

Weather Forcast
 

Just noticed the weather forecast for tomorrow. It appears we may get 3-5" of snow/sleet. That should slow things down a bit. :laugh:

ice check
 

Thanks for the fantastic views of the ice. There surely looks like there's an awful lot out there. I'm hearing birds singing all the time now in Boston. Spring and ice-out are coming.

What? Are you looking at the forecast for Northen Maine or something?

Thanks for posting the graph. Trends? Well I see from the years 1886 through 1946 the temps appear to be getting warmer. Than it reverses from 1946 to 1962 where the trends were getting cooler. From 1962 to 2012 the trends have been warmer. Looks to be like it may start another cooling cycle in 2013. Especially with the weather they're predicting for tomorrow.:confused:

Not that I believe it will happen, but nothing would surprise me when it comes to weather in New England. This is the current "winter weather advisory" for our area.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY.
* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE EXCLUDING ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW THEN MIXING WITH SLEET AND RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BECOME MIXED PRECIPITATION DURING THE DAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED.
* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S.

Awesome. Glad I took my snow tires off last weekend. I should know better...:rolleye1: