Weather Blog
Getting Worse Before It Gets Better: Update 1/21/2018
Since the January 11-12 thaw and heavy rain event, we’ve been engaged in an up-and-down weather pattern which likely will continue into early February. Over the next 7-10 days, there appears to be little hope for significant snow. Not that I trust model-ology to accurately pinpoint snow events a week or more away, but the […]
Deep Freeze: Done! What’s Next?
The first 7 days of January have been amazingly cold here in ilsnow land! Average max: 3.4*F Average min: -16.6*F On three of those days, the temperature remained subzero all day. The lowest temperature at Indian Lake (official) was -24*F on the morning of January 7th. With the bitter cold, snow has been hard to […]
Decem-brrr!! Update 12/31/17
The guests at Saturday Night’s Snowarriors Party told me that snowmobile riding was great on Saturday. That made sense because the groomers were out and the very cold temperatures kept trails firm and the weekend traffic relatively low. I was bent on getting there to ride Sunday morning, no matter how cold it was! So, here […]
Yes, Winter! Update 12/22/17
Christmas Update Saturday’s rain didn’t do much damage with temperatures getting barely above 32*F in the afternoon. Now we’ve got 7 inches of fresh snow in Indian Lake as of 6:30pm and the lake-effect guns were crushing Moose River Plains this evening. Lake-effect snows will continue in ilsnow land right through Tuesday. I hear the […]
Weekend Outlook: Update 12/15/17
Alright! Let’s kick off the first snowmobiling weekend of the season for ilsnow land! Indian Lake If you are riding in the Indian Lake area this weekend, just truck it over to the Brown’s Farm near the Cedar River Road and pay the old lady $5/sled to park. Then ride out to Moose River Plains […]
