The ticking clock

Time for an update of the ice conditions in Vaasa. Here´s the situation at 29 march:

Still 40-60 cm. of ice. Mmm.....I guess the good news is that the ice cover didn't grow during the last week. But still no worries, because the averega ice cover for this time of year seems to be 48 cm.:

Also, temperatures in Vaasa for the next week will be around average for this time of year:

Still, for us Dutchmen it's quite hard to imagine that such an amount of ice can melt away that fast, especially when night temperatures remain below zero. Here we're happy with 6-10 cm. skating ice (which we had an awful lot of this winter).

Hopefully next week the update will show a nice decline in ice cover.