Ice thickness increasing, D.O. decreasing, temperatures are remaining stable. This is exactly what is to be expected.
I managed to trudge over to the Barge and observed that the water depth tube is at 18 inches. This is the same level as before ice started forming. What does it mean? The "normal average" depth has been 12" inches for the last few years so the significant rainfall of last spring and summer has raised the ground water table 6 inches. That is a big gain in ground water level for a single season. Another 12" rise in the "normal average" would bring the ground water table back to the "historical normal average" of 24 inches.
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