5 days ago · Lake Erie ice coverage has increased by 35-40% since mid January when the lake was only partially frozen over. Now with recent freezing temperatures and more snowy conditions, Lake Erie is roughly ...

Jan 23, 2025 · While most of Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Ontario remain ice-free outside the bays and shallow areas, 85% of Lake Erie was covered in ice as of Thursday afternoon. There’s still a little open ...

Jan 27, 2025 · 5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Visible images (above) showed ice across much of Lake Erie on 27th January 2025.The far western and far eastern parts of the lake were covered in fast ice — while the motion of drift ice within the central portion of the lake was being influenced by strong SW winds gusting to 30-40 kts (near the east end of Lake Erie, there was a peak wind gust of 51 ...

2 days ago · Lake Erie ice cover, which topped out around 85% last week, fell to 75% late this week. With a shallow depth averaging just 62 feet, Lake Erie freezes over much more quickly than the other Great ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Lake St. Clair: 99.77% Great Lakes Consolidated Ice Coverage: 12.37% Stay tuned for daily updates on Great Lakes ice cover as we monitor changing conditions throughout the season.

4 days ago · Here's a look at the current ice concentration, notice most of the Great Lakes are blue or unfrozen. Only Lake Erie is completely frozen over, however this only happened over the past 10 days ...

Ice coverage on the Great Lakes is up to almost 25 percent with the greatest coverage of ice on Lake Erie. Recent southerly winds and warmer temperatures have allowed the ice field to break away from much of the south shore of Lake Erie.

How does blue ice form? Sometimes blue ice develops on the Great Lakes. This is an unusual phenomenon in the Great Lakes that is usually short-lived. What causes blue ice? Selective absorption by water/ice in the yellow/red part of the spectrum, so the reflected light is blue.

Jan 9, 2025 · Much of the western basin is currently covered but, Lake Erie as a whole is still below normal for Jan. 9. Temperatures have been below freezing in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan since...

Jan 18, 2025 · Lake Erie is already partially frozen over, but the National Weather Service office in Cleveland says it will be at least 50% to 90% frozen over by next week. Why is this good news? Once the lake...