Busier locations because the ice is thicker here. There are about a dozen bob houses and the people who are using them know that they are to take extra precautions this weekend. For diehard fishermen, this winter hasnt been the same. Its tough, this year is very tough to find some ice. Reporter mark gear drilled the holes for this weekends ice fishing derby. Several others have found safe spots on the lake, but down the road in meredith bay its a different story. This was the scene last year with dozens of bob houses on the ice. Today, its completely different. People need to be safe. Use your head. Reporter rain and warmer temperatures have weakened the ice. This week the Meredith Rotary Club met with fish and game and considered the weather forecast, ultimately choosing to hold the annual event. We made the decision that we would go forward based on the fact that there still is plenty of ice in other locations that long as you know where youre going. Certainly this year we have great
Like we do, now, wmur news 9 this morning. Amy good morning, New Hampshire. Its 6 00 on this saturday, february 27th, im amy coveno. Well get to the top stories in just a minute. First, josh judge is in the Weather Center with a look at the weekend forecast. Hi, josh. Josh hi there, its a bit of a colder start in colebrook, 6 degrees and Single Digits in northern New Hampshire and teens pretty much everywhere else. As you can see. Nashua not showing up this morning, but were chilly out there for sure, right around where were supposed to be this time of year, but we havent seen a whole lot of it so were not quite used to it. Skies have cleared out and were starting off with clear skies and well see that for a good portion of the day with just a few clouds drifting through at times. Here is what to expect for the day. Bright and breezy. It will be seasonably chilly and temperatures right around where youd expect this time of year, 30 for the north and as hh as 40 in southern New Hampshir
Tom cole in the winter like temperatures are not going to stick around tom the winter like stick around for long. Yesterday. Northwesterly flow, providing us weekend. Great news for those who are going to be out and about. Yes, it starts off chilly. It is colder. The cold air builds in. As for highs, they will top off in the upper 20 s. Right at the average for this time of year. The average high, 39. Close to those numbers by the afternoon. We will warmup by next week. We will take a look at that, tom despite lots of open water on lake winnipesaukee, organizers say there s plenty of safe ice in other spots. The great meredith rotary ice fishing derby is a statewide event going on until sunday. Rain and warmer temperatures have weakened the ice and earlier this week the Meredith Rotary Club met with state officials to figure out whether the derby should go on. But it says people need to know where they re going, test the ice and take extra precautions this year. This year, it s a littl
Stick around for long. Mike certainly much colder than yesterday. Northwesterly flow, providing us a tranquil pattern for the weekend. Great news for those who are going to be out and about. Yes, it starts off chilly. It is colder. The cold air builds in. As for highs, they will top off in the upper 20 s. Time of year. The average high, 39. Afternoon. We will warmup by next week. Straight ahead. Tom despite lots of open water organizers say there s plenty of safe ice in other spots. The great meredith rotary ice fishing derby is a statewide event going on until sunday. Rain and warmer temperatures earlier this week the Meredith Rotary Club met with state officials to figure out whether the derby should go on. But it says people need to know where they re going, test the ice and take extra precautions this year. This year, it s a little disappointing because we re not going to have the same activity right here close to derby headquarters, but nobody catches a fish out here anyway, but t
Tom new tonight the Meredith Rotary Club has postponed its annual ice fishing derby. The derby will be delayed two weeks to the last weekend in february. Good evening, i m tom griffith. Shelley i m shelley walcott. Mild temperatures and ice conditions were the top concerns. The derby chairman says that while there are coves and bays on many lakes that are fairly solid, safety is a top priority. Tom the stretch of mild temperatures will resume this weekend, after parts of the state saw snow showers tonight. Let s go right now to meteorologist Hayley Lapoint. Hayley we had showers that caused problems, mainly north of the notches but things are improving. The snow is winding down. Maybe you had lens to head out for skiing or boarding. Both weekend today s look great for that. We that sunday, back. Nothing compared to close to 50 degrees for the work week. In the meantime, you can see on the satellite and radar, lots of clouds and radars clouds overhead. Because of the threat of refreezin