[NatureNS] pack ice in Halifax Harbour yesterday

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There are also some seriously strong tides going on last few daysthat I
think would contribute to breaking up the shore ice.


On 31 January 2014 11:44, Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Its a cycle Dusan
> A stretch of  relatively calm weather with cold temperatures
> cause ice to form in sheltered locations bays and so on.
> Then a Northeaster comes along with snow or rain.
> The waves that it kicks up breaks the new ice into pans
> and when the low passes the wind comes to the west usually
> fairly strong and blows the ice out to sea. The "tail end of the storm"
> my Grandfather called it. A good day to go out the harbour.
> This last storm there was a nice bit of snow 20+ cms and it stayed cold
> so the ice didn't break up as much as some times. It also froze together
> fair quickly as there was quite a bit of fresh water in the snow.
> The snow on the ice makes the ice look thicker than it is.
> Take my word for it!
> We are back to the ice making in the bays.
> Enjoy the winter
> Paul
>
>
>
>   On Friday, January 31, 2014 11:23:31 AM, Dusan Soudek <
> soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>       Yesterday there were large patches of pack (drift) sea ice in the
> outer Halifax Harbour. A nice photo of the ice floes, with the dartmouth
> ferry makeing its way through, appears in today's Metro Halifax newspaper
> (page). Any idea what triggered this phenomenon? Is it natural, or did a
> ship break some fast ice nearby? Where did the ice come from? Thoughts?
>   Today the ice gone...
>     Dusan Soudek
>
>
>


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Jamie Simpson
Hantsport, NS

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<div dir=3D"ltr">There are also some seriously strong tides going on last f=
ew daysthat I think would contribute to breaking up the shore ice.</div><di=
v class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 31 January 20=
14 11:44, Paul MacDonald <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:paulrita20=
01@yahoo.com" target=3D"_blank">paulrita2001@yahoo.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote=
:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-famil=
y:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><d=
iv>
<span>Its a cycle Dusan</span></div><div><span>A stretch of=A0 relatively c=
alm weather with cold temperatures</span></div><div><span>cause ice to form=
 in sheltered locations bays and so on.</span></div><div><span>Then a North=
easter comes along with snow or rain.</span></div>
<div><span>The waves that it kicks up breaks the new ice into pans</span></=
div><div><span>and when the low passes the wind comes to the west usually</=
span></div><div><span>fairly strong and blows the ice out to sea. The &quot=
;tail end of the storm&quot;</span></div>
<div><span>my Grandfather called it. A good day to go out the harbour.</spa=
n></div><div><span>This last storm there was a nice bit of snow 20+ cms and=
 it stayed cold</span></div><div><span>so the ice didn&#39;t break up as mu=
ch as some times. It also froze
 together</span></div><div><span>fair quickly as there was quite a bit of f=
resh water in the snow.</span></div><div><span>The snow on the ice makes th=
e ice look thicker than it is.</span></div><div><span>Take my word for it!<=
/span></div>
<div><span>We are back to the ice making in the bays.</span></div><div><spa=
n>Enjoy the winter</span></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#88888=
8"><div><span>Paul</span></div></font></span><div class=3D"im"><div><span><=
/span>=A0</div>
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Neue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:14pt=
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ucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
 <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial"> On Friday, January 31, 2014 11:23:=
31 AM, Dusan Soudek &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca" target=
=3D"_blank">soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&gt; wrote:<br> </font> </div>  <div=
><div>

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   =A0=A0 Yesterday there were large patches of pack (drift) sea ice in the=
 outer Halifax Harbour. A nice photo of the ice floes, with the dartmouth f=
erry=A0makeing its way through, appears in today&#39;s Metro Halifax newspa=
per (page). Any idea what triggered this phenomenon? Is it natural, or did =
a ship break some fast ice nearby? Where did the ice come from? Thoughts? =
=A0=A0Today the ice gone...
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   =A0=A0 Dusan Soudek
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</div><br><br></div>  </div> </div>  </div> </div></div></div></blockquote>=
</div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Jam=
ie Simpson<br></div>Hantsport, NS<br></div>
</div>

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