12-14-2003, 03:44 PM
that is a hard formula to predict.
every lake has its own special conditions that mey keep the lake open or allow it to freeze.
smaller ponds will freeze first. mind you that if there is a high silt level in the pond it certainly my apear forzen but can be mearly crusted over by an inch in mid january when main lakes have 2 feet of ice.
but typicaly once the first inch is over the lake, it prety much goes that every day the temps are in the teens you will gain 1/2 inch every 24 hours.
if temps drop down to single digets then the ice can grow up to 3/4 inch every 24 hours.
mind you that this will be the case up to about the first 2 feet of water. after that it takes below 0* degrees to make ice grow deaper. you have a thermal temprate zone in the water where the constant 42* temps radiates upward.
[signature]
every lake has its own special conditions that mey keep the lake open or allow it to freeze.
smaller ponds will freeze first. mind you that if there is a high silt level in the pond it certainly my apear forzen but can be mearly crusted over by an inch in mid january when main lakes have 2 feet of ice.
but typicaly once the first inch is over the lake, it prety much goes that every day the temps are in the teens you will gain 1/2 inch every 24 hours.
if temps drop down to single digets then the ice can grow up to 3/4 inch every 24 hours.
mind you that this will be the case up to about the first 2 feet of water. after that it takes below 0* degrees to make ice grow deaper. you have a thermal temprate zone in the water where the constant 42* temps radiates upward.
[signature]