4/28/13 – Today’s ice report: 8″ of snow, slush and water on top of 26″ of ice. But… the slush is much more watery today and the ice is visibly more degraded.
The last two days have been quite warm. Two days ago we topped 50 degrees for the first time since October 24th and yesterday we topped 60 degrees for the first time since October 3rd. It didn’t freeze last night, which helps the melting enormously.
We have lost approximately half of our snow depth in the last few days. The deck where I measure snow depth stands at 19″ this morning and still melting fast. In the woods, the snow depth is highly variable, depending on how much sun exposure it receives. This might be one of those years when you can find small patches of snow back in the dark swamps on the 4th of July. – Bill