Lake Erie Almost Frozen Over
The Great Lakes ice cover continues to grow as cold weather slams the country. Lake Erie had 98% ice cover on Wednesday, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.
Lake Erie usually gets an extensive ice coverage because of how shallow the lake is, notes George Leshkevich with the Great Lakes Coastwatch. He says Erie isn't the only lake experiencing the deep freeze .
"The Great Lakes as a whole experienced 85.4% ice cover as of yesterday," Leshkevich says.
Leshkevich says 2012 and 2013 were mild years for ice cover, but 2014 was one of the worst and this year could be shaping up to be similar.
"Nobody expected 2014 to be as bad as it was, almost record breaking for ice cover and this year it's the same thing with these very cold temperatures," Leshkevich says.
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This is what winter looks like in NE Ohio, and sometimes it's the same in late fall and early spring
The lake is not all that many residents think is beginning to freeze over
Lake Erie on Feb. 17. The lake is 98% covered in ice, according to Great Lakes Coastwatch. (Photo: NOAA, Great Lakes Coast Watch
I was noticing on my way home from Owensboro that all the little ponds that are groundwater fed have frozen over. Usually they don't.
What a mess! That will likely put a huge crimp in the shipping industry up there... Sorry to hear it!
Dowser
Thanks I also hope you are staying warm
This happens to varying degrees every winter throughout the Great Lakes, it just seems to have brought lingering bitter cold this year, more than in years past
I think they're hibernating.
Not a bad idea, that...
RIO, it is miserably cold here-- 4o at noon. I'm not leaving the house today-- it's too hard on me to get out and move around. Not to mention that it is slicker than greased lightning!
Hope you are staying warm and safe-- don't get out and do too much! This cold is brutal! Please take care!
bf
We have rabbits living under the garden shed that trek across the snow to the look around for food most days, haven't seen them today though maybe they have since enough to stay where it is warmer.
It is not unusual to have pretty hard and thick ice on the shore side of the lake during the coldest parts of winter a lot of the inlets and small bays freeze fairly solid as well
Thanks for the feedback
That must be fun!
It has been in my younger days, in recent times it just makes me wonder why I didn't retire in Florida
Yeah... Of late, I've been wondering the same thing...