As of Monday 12/21/08 There was 5 Inches on most bays and funnels. However, we had heavy snow(insulate) then warm spell, wind, rain, and now it's down to 15 degrees as of 0800 on 12/26/08...so hopefully that reduced the snow insulate, got rid of the crap ice, and hopefully we'll start fresh, but I would imagine you may have to wait awhile longer