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RIVER ICE FREEZE-UP OBSERVATIONS - HEALY, AK

Location: HEALY
      Date: 14 November 2008 (081114)
     Time: 12:15 pm
GENERAL FrzUp
ICE CONDITIONS
Upstream Border  
Ice Extent (%) 50
   
Border ice change  
None X
Fracture  
Flooding  
Movement  
   
Downstream Border  
Ice Extent (%) 40
   
Border ice extent  
None X
Fractured  
Flooding  
Movement  
   
Across Stream  
Channel Ice Type  
None  
Frazil X
Pancakes, small  
Pancakes, large  
   
Frost Smoke (Y/N) N
DAILY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE RIVER FREEZE UP CONDITIONS
1) ACROSS water body photo: Healy, 14 November 2008, across

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2) DOWNSTREAM water body photo: Healy, 14 November 2008, downstream

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3) UPSTREAM water body photo: Healy, 14 November 2008, upstream

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ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Select (X) one from each catagory:
Sky: (0%)
  (<10%)  
  (10-25%)  
  (25-50%)  
  (50-90%)  
  (>90%)  
     
Wind: calm
  light wind  
  windy  
     
Precipitation: none  X
  snow flurries  
  snowing  
  dizzle  
  rain  
  freezing rain  
     
Ice surfaces: smooth  
(may choose rough  X
more than blocky/broken/jumbled X
one) wet/flooded  
  holes/leads  
  bare (melting)  

ice jam  
     
Snow on ice: none (bare, cold)  
  new - patchy  
  new - continuous X
  stable with new snow layer  
  stable/no change  
  wind redistributed  X
  icy crust  
  melting/wet  
  none (bare, warm)  
     
Snow on none  
bank/shore: new, patchy  
  new, continuous
  stable with new snow layer  
  stable/no change  
  wind distributed  X
  icy crust  
  melting/wet  

OTHER COMMENTS

Yesterday we receive approximately 10 cm (4 inches) on new snow.  As the storm ended the winds picked up and redistributed the new snow.  It was -9.7 °C at time of observation.

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