Lake Marmo Freeze up site

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Several students showed up on December 18th, 2011 at the Morton Arboretum to collect our GLOBE weekly atmospheric data. After examining the temperature data for the week, we went to Lake Marmo to check for freeze up. Lake Marmo had a thin sheet of ice that was covering 80% of the lake, one week later it was covered from shore to shore, but it started melting in January. We finally got back to 100% on January 25th, but we had a warm rain and started to lose it again. The lake never got ice thick enough to walk on On March 1st, it was 50% melted.

Lake Marmo is located a short distance from our Weather Station in the Morton Arboretum. We took 3 pictures of the lake from the site located at the red arrow and then we took 3 pictures of the lake from a bridge located at the yellow arrow.

You can click on the pictures below to see the full resolution.

December 18, 2011 Lake Marmo had a thin coat over 80% of the lake

This is view "A" looking Southeast on December 18, 2011	This is view "B" looking South on December 18, 2011	This is view "C" looking Southwest on December 18, 2011
This is view "D" looking West, Northwest on December 18, 2011	This is view "E" looking northwest on December 18, 2011	This is view "F" looking Northeast on December 18, 2011

December 29, 2011 Lake Marmo had a thin coat over 95% of the lake

This is view "A" looking Southeast on December 29, 2011	This is view "B" looking South on December 29, 2011	This is view "C" looking Southwest on December 29, 2011
This is view "D" looking West, Northwest on December 29, 2011	This is view "E" looking northwest on December 29, 2011	This is view "F" looking Northeast on December 29, 2011

January 3, 2012 after some warm weather, Lake Marmo had a thin coat over 80% of the lake.

This is view "A" looking Southeast on January 3, 2012	This is view "B" looking South on January 3, 2012	This is view "C" looking Southwest on January 3, 2012
This is view "D" looking West, Northwest on January 3, 2012	This is view "E" looking northwest on January 3, 2012	This is view "F" looking Northeast on January 3, 2012

January 25, 2012 Lake Marmo finally reached 100% ice

This is view "A" looking Southeast on January 25, 2012	This is view "B" looking South on January 25, 2012	This is view "C" looking Southwest on January 25, 2012
This is view "D" looking West, Northwest on January 25, 2012	This is view "E" looking northwest on January 25, 2012	This is view "F" looking Northeast on January 25, 2012

January 31, 2012 after a warm rain, Lake Marmo went back to 90% ice

This is view "A" looking Southeast on January 31, 2012	This is view "B" looking South on January 31, 2012	This is view "C" looking Southwest on January 31, 2012
This is view "D" looking West, Northwest on January 31, 2012	This is view "E" looking northwest on January 31, 2012	This is view "F" looking Northeast on January 31, 2012

February 2, 2012 after more warm weather, Lake Marmo went back to 70% ice.

February 8, 2012 after temperatures dropped below freezing for 4 days, Lake Marmo went back to 80%. The section near the inlet was not frozen.

This is view "A" looking Southeast on February 8, 2012	This is view "B" looking South on February 8, 2012	This is view "C" looking Southwest on February 8, 2012
This is view "D" looking West, Northwest on February 8, 2012	This is view "E" looking northwest on February 8, 2012	This is view "F" looking Northeast on February 8, 2012

The inlet and the outlet sections were the only parts of the lake that were not frozen on February 8, 2012.

February 15, 2012, Lake Marmo went back to 95%. The section near the inlet was not frozen. On the first day of March, the lake melted to 50%. No ice skating possible this winter.

This is view "A" looking Southeast on February 15, 2012	This is view "B" looking South on February 15, 2012	This is view "C" looking Southwest on February 15, 2012
This is view "D" looking West, Northwest on February 15, 2012	This is view "E" looking northwest on February 15, 2012	This is view "F" looking Northeast on February 15, 2012
This is view "A" looking Southeast on March 1, 2012	This is view "B" looking South on March 1, 2012	This is view "C" looking Southwest on March 1, 2012
This is view "D" looking West, Northwest on March 1, 2012	This is view "E" looking northwest on March 1, 2012	This is view "F" looking Northeast on March 1, 2012

On March 4, Lake Marmo only had 25% of the lake covered with ice.

This is view "A" looking Southeast on March 4, 2012	This is view "B" looking Southeast on March 4, 2012	This is view "C" looking Southeast on March 4, 2012
This is view "D" looking Southeast on March 4, 2012	This is view "E" looking Southeast on March 4, 2012	This is view "F" looking Southeast on March 4, 2012

We had a high temperature of 20.4 Celsius on March 6, 2012 that melted any remaining ice from Lake Marmo. The pictures below show that the Lake was free of all ice.

This is view "A" looking Southeast on March 7, 2012	This is view "B" looking Southeast on March 7, 2012	This is view "C" looking Southeast on March 7, 2012
This is view "D" looking Southeast on March 7, 2012	This is view "E" looking Southeast on March 7, 2012	This is view "F" looking Southeast on March 7, 2012

GLOBE Hydrology Study websites:

2010 Lake Marmo Freeze up

2009 Lake Marmo Freeze up

Lake Marmo Freeze up 2007-2008

Information about the GLOBE program

GLOBE is and acronym for Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment.

GLOBE is a global environmental program that uses the internet to share student’s observations and measurements with GLOBE scientist and students. My Randolph School students recorded over 8000 environmental measurements during my 6 years in the program.

I was trained for GLOBE at University of Illinois Urbana March 1995

I served as a GLOBE Teacher Trainer at the following places:

University of Illinois Urbana August 1995

Drexel University in Philadelphia August, 1996

New York University October 1996

Ohio Aerospace Institute November, 1996

University of Illinois Urbana March, 1997

New Hampshire April, 1997

University of Iowa October, 1997

University of Colorado January, 1998

Ohio Aerospace Institute November, 1998

GLOBE New Mexico Workshop May, 1999

Charleston GLOBE South Carolina Workshop October, 1999

West Chester PA October, 2000

In September of 2003, the Naperville School District 203 formed a partnership with the GLOBE Program. We have performed Teacher workshops in the following places:

Naperville IL September, 2003

Highland Park, Illinois July, 2005 Workshop

Park Ridge, Illinois September, 2005

Morton Arboretum, Lisle Illinois February 2010

GLOBE Stars

GLOBE Freeze Up Data at the DuPage River

GLOBE Surface Temperature at the Arboretum

GLOBE Surface Temperature at Highlands School

GLOBE Hydrology Study websites:

Bass release November 4, 2006

Bass Release November 3, 2007

Bass Release November 1, 2008

Bass Release November 7, 2009