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Post by hilbert on Dec 29, 2009 17:14:25 GMT
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Post by hilbert on Jan 3, 2010 4:41:35 GMT
 Lake Superior has a zone of ice all around it, now. |
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 3, 2010 5:14:59 GMT
Once the shoreline has completed the ring of ice, normally the lake freezes quit rapidly. Being there is another 2 months of quit cold weather normally in that area, it looks like it may freeze over this year.
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Post by shm6666 on Jan 3, 2010 22:31:22 GMT
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Post by hilbert on Jan 5, 2010 4:08:24 GMT
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Post by hilbert on Jan 5, 2010 4:12:16 GMT
 Interestingly, Lake Superior (upper left) seems somewhat below normal, but the others have a negative anomaly. It should be an interesting week, as cold temperatures are predicted for these areas. |
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Post by richdo on Jan 5, 2010 22:27:21 GMT
It has been down right cold around here this last week and near term forecast is for more of the same. Yes it will be interesting to see how the ice develops.
It's noteable that the lakes reached 10% coverage ~12/31/09 (Interpolated from 12/25/09 - 1/1/10 data) this is the 5th earliest time to reach the 10% level in the last 20 years. It is also the second year in a row that 10% was reached before Jan. You have to go back to '84-'85 to find the last time that happened in consecutive years.
Sharpen the skates ;D
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Post by hairball on Jan 10, 2010 14:08:55 GMT
From Kiwi's chart in reply 6 it looks like there's been a big thaw on the lakes, here's what they looked like on the 7th for comparison: tinypic.com/r/28cqbdx/6 |
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Post by twalkowski on Jan 10, 2010 16:15:06 GMT
I don't know about a thaw. It may be that shore ice can break off due to wind and drift into the warmer open waters. I live near the west shore of Lake Michigan and it hasn't approcahed freezing since mid-December. The forecast shows we may get there next week, though.
Tim
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Post by hilbert on Jan 18, 2010 20:04:07 GMT
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Post by hilbert on Jan 18, 2010 20:05:47 GMT
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Post by hilbert on Jan 20, 2010 23:55:35 GMT
 This is behind last year, I believe. Unless there's another cold snap or two, I'm guessing that Superior won't freeze over this year. |
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Post by hilbert on Feb 1, 2010 0:05:23 GMT
 Not a lot of change; it's supposed to have been cold this week (Magellan?), so maybe we'll get more ice. |
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Post by jimcripwell on Feb 1, 2010 1:37:45 GMT
hilbert writes "it's supposed to have been cold this week"
I live in Ottawa, Canada, and it is not really cold at all. You may notice the Gulf of St. Lawrence is almost ice free as well. There is no sign of any, what we call, cold weather in our forecast for the next week at least.
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Post by richdo on Feb 8, 2010 23:38:50 GMT
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