Hats off to Brookfield... 900 release with frigid temps in end of January... multiple days straight of sub zero temps for about 3 weeks.yet they're still playing catch up from the 3 brief thaws we've had. A friend was telling me how raging the black river was about a week ago even during the -37 actual temps watertown had... so yeah, there was a lot of water thats still coming off the hill...
But, You'd almost think they hired a meteorologist and hydrologist based on their performance in the past few months. I guess them almost losing their shirt with last April's flood stage with no rain events leading to it knocked some sense in to them.

Maybe I'm wrong though with the science end of it. Looking out the window every now and then can work just as well :)

-24 on my mercury... absolutely frigid!!!

What was the car reading clint? Even to the north in Watertown it didn't get below zero. Just to the south was above zero temps. Small little half halo of frigid air off the south eastern coast well below zero though. Truck barely started. 30 degrees is gonna feel like a heat wave. But long term is still showing below freezing temps for a few weeks. I've noticed in the past, valentines weekend was always the "true" late January thaw. Something tells me its gonna happen like that this year. I hope to free some time up and hit the water just above the ice line for some pink cheeked bucks down low... that would be a dream come true.

pafisher
I imagine there is a lot of ice shelves on the river now.I remember seeing a picture way back of someone standing on shelf ice in the town pool ,I believe, and thought what if that shelf gives way.....could be a bad experience!

Jack, shelf ice has not been what you think it would be so far. The 3 seperate thaws we've had have left us with high water during our cold snaps...

Jack drove through town and yes theres some shelves stretching towards the center. Can't imagine what the river would look like if it was an average flow winter at 285... it would be frozen over up to 2a at this point...

Clint, guys at work were making comments about my thermometer being broken... it was no joke for sure based on your readings. Your just a hop skip and a jump from me :)

Just missed the big 30 mark today... 6 above felt like a spring morning... most folks seemed to be of jollier spirits today. Warmer temps but mostly still below freezing mark. 8 out of next 10 days are chances for snow. Luckily the wind yesterday and the day before blew 1/2 of the mess away besides the plow piles. I'd suppose the fishing should be good this weekend

Clint S
So from 900 to 285???????    With the warmer weather and possible rain on Saturday?????   I know it will be colder on the hill and we are not supposed to get much rain  but why run at 900 for 2 days and then turn the tap right off. 

My thoughts exactly.  ! Heading up next week  hope they turn it back on 

I would love a camera at the dam.
Has anybody seen it lately?
All I can guess is that it is not full (because they have been round the clock generating because of the extended cold) and they are taking a breath letting a bit drip back in as the heaters won't be firing up for a couple of days. 
They may well now understand the possibility of a lawsuit if they keep letting it flood but its still all about the money when it comes to the bottom line.

I doubt we'll see any runoff... snow in Altmar is completely packed and solid... the hill must be packed even more so. That 900 was probably just a relief of excess water from the last thaw event. When the sub zero temps first hit the river was still at 1200 for quite a few days after. Even smaller streams had flow until just recently.

OK I wrote too soon.
Wishful writing so to speak.
I just looked at my trickle and althougfh it has gone from 65 cfs to 85 cfs it still is not running over the ice and melting has been sloooooow.
Doubtful anything comes of this 2 day respite.
And the big river is projected to go to an unfishable for me level today.
 

L13,stay by the fire and watch the BIG game,the fish are not worth a fall on the ice.

Don't know about rachacha, but no run off of any sort around these parts. Snow definitely packed down pretty hard but I don't see anything rising in the near future. Especially with a two week bout of seasonable weather coming at us. They're saying something about potential for a major winter storm on wednesday

Well it's snowing heavily right now with that heavy wet type of snow,6 to 9 predicted here.Looking at the weather map it appears all of you in Salmon country are in the clear....for now!
Have I ever mentioned my feeling towards winter?

CHICKEN SOUP Andy,lots of rest you'll be better in no time.
Snow finally ended here about 4 PM so out I went to blow it off again.Went about 20 ft and the blower starts clogging and pushing the snow,first I thought the **** stuff was too wet and heavy but then I remember other times when that was no problem.So I start inspecting the thing and there it was,a broken shear pin.Luckily I had ONE on hand,got it in and two hrs later the drive is clear again.Had about 8 inches of heavy snow and now we have a winter storm watch for Wed!

Calling for 5 to 10 in Onondaga county and 2 to 5 in Oswego county.   I have tomorrow off........  What to do?