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Conditions 1999-2000 (most recent on top)

Legend (wind-chill) The season started on   Sunday December 19, 1999 and ended on Monday March 20, 2000.
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Report Date Location(click for details/map) Ice Surface Snow/Ice Depth (inches) Edging (1-5, 1=excellent)/ Sunrise-Sunset/ Moonrise-Moonset Open Water Shoreline
Mon Mar 20, 2000 Ice no longer safe, closed for the season
*Sun Mar 19, 2000 Kempenfelt Bay (Lake Simcoe-Barrie), faces hard with soft wetting surface 0/8 1 / 6:22-18:28 / 16:51-5:54 Waxing  Gibbous one large opening, the rest of the by was well frozen softening but easy to get on to the ice down by the marina to the left of the lights when you come in off Essa Rd
*Sat Mar 18, 2000 Willow Beach (Lake Simcoe), faces hard ice, a few pressure cracks to watch out for 0/8 1 / 6:24-18:27 / 15:40-5:17 Waxing  Gibbous half a dozen or so car size holes mostly east toward the general store breaking up, you might just get a soaker
Keswick (Lake Simcoe) closed for the season, too much water on shoreline, can't get to the ice
*Sat Mar 11, 2000 Keswick (Lake Simcoe) very hard ice, rought near shore, but smoother past where the snowmobiles used to race 0/16 2 / 6:37-18:19 / 9:14-23:24 none starting to open so take care when crossing from the land to the ice
*Sun Mar 5, 2000 Ice Huts no longer on lake
Keswick (Lake Simcoe), faces solid with a half inch of warm slush  0/16 2 / 6:47-18:11 / 6:13-16:39 none soft from the last  weeks of  warm weather
*Sat Mar 4, 2000

Keswick (Lake Simcoe), faces

 solid with a 0-1 inch layer of wind blown freezing rain 0/24+ 2 / 6:49-18:10 / 4:38-15:37 none soft from the last  weeks of  warm weather
*Fri Mar 3, 2000 Willow Beach (Lake Simcoe), faces solid with a 0-1 inch layer of wind blown freezing rain, packed snow mounds 0/24+ 2 / 6:50-18:09 / 4:58-13:07 none soft from the last  weeks of  warm weather, sinkable
*Thu Mar 2, 2000 Willow Beach (Lake Simcoe) solid with a 0-1 inch layer of wind blown freezing rain, packed snow mounds 0/24+ 2 / / none soft from the last  weeks of  warm weather
*Sun Feb 20, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) soft deep snow 6/24+ 2 / 7:10-17:53 / 18:00-7:21 Full to Waning Gibbous none frozen solid, parking available at end of Glenwoods Ave
*Sat Feb 19, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) soft deep snow 8/24+ 2 / 7:11-17:52 / 16:47-6:40 Fullmoon none frozen solid, parking available at end of Glenwoods Ave
Fri Feb 11-13, 2000 SnowferFest 2000 Sailing Championship (details)
*Tue Feb 8, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) rolling hard packed snow, most of the top loose snow has been blown off 0-3/24+ / 7:26-17:37 none frozen solid, parking available at end of Glenwoods Ave
*Sun Feb 6, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) patchy packed snow 0-4/24+ 3 / 7:29-17:34 none frozen solid, parking available at end of Glenwoods Ave
*Sat Feb 5, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) patchy packed snow with bare ice 0-4/24+ 3 / 7:30-17:33 none frozen solid, parking available at end of Glenwoods Ave
Kempenfelt Bay (Lake Simcoe-Barrie) patchy packed snow with bare ice 0-4/24+ 3 / 7:30-17:33 none frozen solid, parking available at end of Glenwoods Ave
10th Line Alcona snow covered with bare spots 4/16+ 3 / 7:30-17:33 none, no big pressure cracks frozen solid
Sat Feb 5, 2000 3 Hour Fish Festival off Keswick, 4000 attended
Fri Feb 4-6, 2000 Barrie Winter Festival
Sun Jan 30, 2000 Keswick (Lake Simcoe)  snow packed /16-19 2 / 7:36-17:24 none frozen solid
*Sat Jan 29, 2000 Frenchmen's Bay smooth ice with snow patches 1/10+ 1 none frozen solid
Puslink Lake (Cambridge), info, pics snow packed 3-4/10+ 2 / 7:37-17:23 none frozen solid
Fri Jan 28, 2000 10th Line Alcona snow packed 3/10+ 3 / 7:38-17:22 none frozen solid
*Thu Jan 27, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) very hard packed snow, patchy with bare ice 0-2/16-19 2 / 7:39-17:20 none frozen solid
*Wed Jan 26, 2000 Lake Wilcox snow packed 2-3/10+ 2 / 7:40-17:19 none frozen solid
Tue Jan 25, 2000 Mueggelsee (Berlin), Regatta, Intro black, hard 0/3 1 none frozen solid
*Mon Jan 24, 2000 Lake Wilcox snow packed 2-3/10+ 2 / 7:41-17:18 none frozen solid
*Sun Jan 23, 2000 Keswick (Lake Simcoe) snow packed 2-3/16-18 2 none frozen solid
Sat Jan 22, 2000 Frenchmen's Bay black, hard 0/8+ 2 none frozen solid
Puslink Lake (Cambridge) snow packed 2-3/10+ 2 none frozen solid
Fri Jan 21, 2000 10th Line Alcona snow covered 2/5 3 none frozen solid, collecting snow
*Thu Jan 20, 2000 Keswick (Lake Simcoe) mixed light snow and snow packed, rougher west of   first set of ice huts, mars west of the second set of ice huts, the smoothest surface is the snow packed within the first 2kms of the shore 1-2/8+ 3 none frozen solid, collecting snow
Sun Jan 16, 2000 Puslink Lake (Cambridge)   ?/8+ 2 none frozen solid
*Sat Jan 15, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) crocodile skin snow covering 1/8+ 2 none frozen solid
Fri Jan 14, 2000 Lake Wilcox crocodile skin with patchy volcano refreeze 0/8+ 1.5 none frozen solid, collecting snow
*Thu Jan 13, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) crocodile skin 0/8+ 2 none (the previously reported holes have frozen over with 2-4 inches of ice) frozen solid
Wed Jan 12, 2000 Lake Wilcox crocodile skin 0/8+ 1.5 none frozen solid
*Wed Jan 12, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) crocodile skin 0/8+ 2 ALERT:Two Alerts as of Jan. 12, 2000. (1) As a result of warming and refreezing, some of the ice huts had to be moved. The were a few huts that left holes and are now refreezing. (2) There is a mine field of 6-15 ft holes in the south end of Cooks Bay, about 100-200 yards from shore. These holes are probably created by weeds that heat up from the sun and cause localized thawing. frozen solid
Mon Jan 10, 2000 Puslink Lake (Cambridge)   ?/8+ 2 2 spots near shore 2 spots
*Sun Jan 9, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) wet & smooth 0/8+ 2 none frozen solid
Sun Jan 9, 2000 Lake Wilcox wet & smooth 0/8+ 2 none frozen solid
Sat Jan 8, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) smooth 0/6-8 1 none frozen solid
*Sat Jan 8, 2000 Caesarea (Scugog) smooth to patchy crocodile skin 0/6-8 2 pressure crack on north west shore near Carnegie Beach frozen solid
Fri Jan 7, 2000 Frenchmen's Bay smooth but light sand 0/6+ 1 none frozen solid
Fri Jan 7, 2000 Lake Wilcox crocodile skin due to the freezing of water while windy 0/6+ 2 none frozen solid
Thu Jan 6, 2000 Frenchmen's Bay smooth but light sand 0/6+ 1 none frozen solid
Wed Jan 5, 2000 Lake Wilcox crocodile skin due to the freezing of water while windy 0/6+ 2 none frozen solid
*Sun Jan 2, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) wet surface, hard underneath with multiple re-frozen 0-6/4-8 (patchy snow and ice) 3 ALERT:As of Jan. 2, 2000, above freezing temperatures have caused a large opening in the south end of Lake Simcoe. frozen solid
Sun Jan 2, 2000 Port Perry (Scugog) wet, black, hard 0/6-8 1 none frozen solid
Sat Jan 1, 2000 Port Perry (Scugog) bite, black, hard 0/8 (light patchy snow and ice) 1 none frozen solid
Sat Jan 1, 2000 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) hard with multiple re-frozen 0-6/4-8 (patchy snow and ice) 3 west shore frozen solid
*Wed Dec 29, 1999 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) hard with multiple re-frozen 0-6/4-8 (patchy snow and ice) 3 west shore frozen solid
*Sun Dec 26, 1999 Lake Wilcox black, hard 0/6-8 (surface is dirty due to local construction site) 2 none frozen solid
Sun Dec 26, 1999 Port Perry (Scugog) black, hard 0/6-8 1 none  
Sat Dec 25, 1999 Parkwood Avenue (Lake Simcoe) mixed grainy & black, hard 0/3-6 2 Roaches Point The bottom part of the bay is frozen
Tue Dec 21, 1999 Winter Solstice - shortest day in the winter. The hours of daylight will increase from this day forward.
Tue Dec 21, 1999 Lake Wilcox black, hard 0/3-4 1 none  
Sun Dec 19, 1999 Port Perry (Scugog) black, hard 0/2-3 1 none  

Thanks to Don, Harry, Rob, Russ, Steve, Joe, & Charles for their on going updates. Keep 'em coming and sail safe & free!

To TopDefinition of terms

Crocodile Skin - crocodile skin occurs when a layer of water has refrozen under high winds

Patchy Volcano - patchy volcano occurs when a crack in the ice allows water to flow up through the crack and refreeze

Mars - when the ice breaks up and refreezes, it forms an unleveled surface that could only be described as Mars, you'll know it when you see it, it's not very surfable

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