The water has risen one foot in the last hour and a lot of ice is now passing Napaimute at 11:30 AM.
Only slush moving through now after a beautiful full moon last night. I just killed the first mosquito of the season in the Community Center five minutes ago! Saw several yesterday.
It’s just my best guess, but I’ve got a hunch it’s going to be a bad mosquito year.
The water level has risen maybe a few inches in the last 12 hours.
Much of the day very little ice was passing Napaimute, then about 8:00 some started going by, then more than I’ve seen the past few days is now passing at 10:00. However, the water level hasn’t been rising much if any.
After days of now ice going by, something upriver let loose. As of 8:30 this evening small intermittent chunks began passing, then they got more common and larger. Now some 300 feet long are passing.
The water level has dropped a few inches…for now.
I talked to Eric Morgan in Chuathbaluk and he said their ice is now moving. Word is that the ice in Aniak is also moving down the slough and piling up on the dike.