Weather Blog
Snow Conditions: Update 1/4/16
Finally! We have gotten our first bona-fide arctic blast of the season with temperatures falling to zero at the ilsnow storm center this morning. Lakes are starting to crust over with ice. Temperatures will head well below zero tonight, which is another step in the right direction. At present, snow cover ranges from around 6 […]
Snow (and sleet) Day! Update 12/29/15
We ended up with nearly 4 inches of snow/sleet mash Monday night into Tuesday morning. Then we put a nice icy crust on it Tuesday afternoon. For once, some cold air was around to put up resistance to the warm side of a storm. This snow isn’t the sexy powder we love to ride. But […]
Winds of Change! Update 12/23/15
As of December 22, Indian Lake Dam has totaled just 4.4 inches for the present snow season. This is simply mind-blowing when the average October thru December snowfall for Indian Lake is nearly 3 feet! To be sure, any hint of a “pattern change” by the GFS models has been latched onto by the social […]
Brown Baggin’ it for Christmas: Update 12/14/15
Now that half of December is down the drain and we don’t have a stitch of snow on the ground, let’s tackle the big question: Is there ANY hope for a White Christmas? At this point, I would say that a Brown Christmas is looking more like a certainty for this year. That’s no small thing […]
Winter, Missing in Action! Update 12/11/15
It’s been another brown week here in ilsnow land. I don’t see any real change coming for a while. So, I will give you a thumbnail sketch of what is going to happen for the remainder of December and more important: What needs to happen for winter to FINALLY make a show of force around […]
