No more spitballing; it's March and time for BP to give his official ice-out prediction for Platte Lake. Right now, we have a lot of snow to melt and seem to be heading into a slightly cooler-than-normal weather pattern. The average temp right now in this area is 33℉ and raises 1℉ every couple of days. On the 19th of the month, two weeks from today, the average high temp reaches 40℉. With the forecast being what it is, we are looking like a slow thaw this year. It would take a major warm-up to reach my February Spitball of April 8th. I don't think that is going to happen. There is open water at the Grumpy Old Man Hole, which wasn't the case last year until after March 20th.
I predict the ice will be off Platte Lake on April 17th, 2023
2022 Prediction April 17th, Ice Off April 24th
2021 PredictionApril 13th, Ice Off on March 29th
2020 Prediction April 8th, Nailed it!
2019 Prediction May 9th Ice Off Date April 20th
2018 Prediciton April 22nd Ice Off Date May 2nd
2017 Prediction March 29th Ice Off Date April 1st
2016 No Prediction Ice was off on March 23rd
2015 Prediction April 20th Ice Out Date April 3rd
The extended forecast (Updated below)
I wonder why they now say 30's instead of 20's next weekend.
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