Things look good today.
William Fraser
The ice on the river continues to melt and weaken. The jam near the Dog River has moved out and there is just open flowing water there now. The "leads" of open water continue to lengthen and widen.
There is still a lot of ice from the Main St bridge up to the Stevens Branch that needs to flow out. We don't have depth measurements on it this week but it appears to be weakening substantially.
The river is rising at a slow and expected pace due to the melt and run off. We expect a peak in mid afternoon when the release from the GMP Hydro dam in Marshfield comes through. If all does well, that rise will break up this weakened ice and flow it out of here. Of course it is still possible that it could break up and jam but that scenario is looking less likely.
Im not ready to declare this over yet but I will say that all indicators are very positive right now. Keep your eye on things from about 3 to 5 this afternoon, that could potentially give us a real good idea of which way things are heading.