Will the Great Lakes Freeze Over Before They Begin to Thaw?

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Will ice cover exceed the 95% record?

Yes.
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#21 Postby Hurricaneman » Sun Mar 09, 2014 5:31 pm

looks like close but no cigar, 92.2% seems to be the peak
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#22 Postby WeatherGuesser » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:36 am

Up again slightly to 91%
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Re: Will the Great Lakes Freeze Over Before They Begin to Thaw?

#23 Postby cycloneye » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:53 am

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#24 Postby tolakram » Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:19 am



Interesting.

So lower water levels of the lakes had impacts on shipping. I wonder if the frozen lakes had any impacts on shipping? It will also be interesting to see what this years average water temperature will be, since a great deal has been made about the warming of the lakes. Will this be a temperature reset, or just a blip?
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#25 Postby WeatherGuesser » Mon Mar 10, 2014 11:19 am

^ I've read a few articles that say Spring and Summer around the lakes may be cooler in part due to the low water temperatures.
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#26 Postby WeatherGuesser » Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:11 am

Big drop to 83.9%.


Lots of open water showing along the western shoreline of Lake Michigan. I'd say the fat lady's done sung.

Time to wave the white flag.
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#27 Postby WeatherGuesser » Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:48 pm

Lake Michigan's ice cover has set a record.

The federal government's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor reports that ice spread across 93.29 percent of the lake's surface area on Saturday. That eclipsed the previous high of 93.1 percent in 1977.


http://www.freep.com/article/20140311/N ... ver-record

The overall 5-lake total of 92.2% stands in second place though.
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#28 Postby RL3AO » Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:46 pm

The warm up just couldn't stay away any longer. Was a good run.
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#29 Postby WeatherGuesser » Sat Feb 21, 2015 2:34 am

As of 2/19, 80.9% compared to 80.3% at this time last year.


http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/compare_years/


As of 2/20, 84%


http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/glsea/ ... ea_cur.png
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#30 Postby WeatherGuesser » Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:01 am

2/23/15; 85.6%

Forecast is for very cold air the next few days.

Comparison:

2/23/14; 61.9%
2/23/13; 78.6%
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#31 Postby WeatherGuesser » Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:11 am

Last Years Poll Results:

Yes; 56%, 9 votes
Tie; 6%, 1 vote
No; 37%, 6 votes

Poll has been reset.
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#32 Postby Cyclenall » Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:58 pm

WeatherGuesser wrote:2/23/15; 85.6%

Forecast is for very cold air the next few days.

Comparison:

2/23/14; 61.9%
2/23/13; 78.6%

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This is INSANE. Lake Ontario "the lake that never freezes" for the first time on record has no area of measurable water temperatures but its not exactly uniform. Lake Michigan closing in fast too. If it was at the medium % that counts as general %, we would be over 95% ice coverage by now. Hoping for some massive jumps in that if the ice coverage increases and winds don't screw it up again.
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#33 Postby WeatherGuesser » Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:04 am

Down to 84.5%

Maybe due to winds breaking up ice packs?
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#34 Postby WeatherGuesser » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:16 am

Back up to 85.5% with a new cold surge coming.

2/25/2014: 77.3%

2/25/2013: 81.6%
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#35 Postby WeatherGuesser » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:59 am

Down to 84.1% again.

Winds must be playing games.
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#36 Postby WeatherGuesser » Sat Feb 28, 2015 4:12 am

2/27: 86.8%

2/27/2014: 80.9%
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#37 Postby WeatherGuesser » Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:24 am

2/28: 88.8%

2/28/14: 85.4%

Lots of low temperature records falling in the area, so who knows.
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#38 Postby Cyclenall » Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:16 pm

WeatherGuesser wrote:Down to 84.1% again.

Winds must be playing games.

The winds aren't even that high and we have this. Why I hate winter or ice coverage tracking, because of stupid stuff like that. Nothing is straightforward and exciting until something unexpected shows up.

On a bright note, last one shows 88.8% which is the highest of the winter so far.
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#39 Postby WeatherGuesser » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:54 am

Closing the gap

3/1: 88.3%

3/1/2014: 85.9%
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#40 Postby WeatherGuesser » Tue Mar 03, 2015 6:00 am

3/2: 78.6%

3/2/2014: 90.5%

Not sure what's happening here.
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