bob Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Wondering if anyone knows when the ice boom or whatever it is called is set to go off at the mouth of the river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 It is not a set date, but rather when a specific amount of ice mass has melted away. The same question gets asked every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplummer Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 When there is a certain amount of SQ miles of ice the boom comes out. This year it will be very late Being such a cold winter expect huge die offs of fish. My guess on the boom removal is end of April first of may Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splakin Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Why would there be huge die offs of fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captnn Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Wondering if anyone knows when the ice boom or whatever it is called is set to go off at the mouth of the river They usually try to remove it Apr 1 or when there ie 250 sq miles of ice left on the lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish4life82 Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I have heard rumors that the coast guards on both sides and hydro one have requested extra ice breakers make there way to the mouth and upper river as soon as the canal opens. This may indicate the ice is going to start deteriorating fairly quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 From the IJC site. Under the Commission’s current Order of Approval, installation may begin on December 16th or when the Lake Erie water temperature, as measured at the Buffalo water intake, reaches 4º Celsius © (39º Fahrenheit (F)) whichever occurs first. The Order requires that the boom be opened by April 1st of each year unless there is more than 650 square kilometres (250 square miles) of ice remaining in the eastern end of Lake Erie. Extenuating circumstances may require a delay in ice boom opening beyond April 1st. The Commission’s International Niagara Board of Control, established in 1953 to monitor activities concerning the levels and flows of the Niagara River, intensively monitors the ice situation each spring to determine when conditions are acceptable for boom removal. Boom opening is dependent on weather, ice conditions in Lake Erie and the Niagara River and other factors. The average date for ice boom opening, under the present Order of approval, is April 3rd with the earliest being March 5, 1998 and the latest being April 25, 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Andrews Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 I'm betting this will be a rare "May" year http://ijc.org/files/publications/Ice-Boom-2011.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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