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 […]
Winter, finally here! Update 12/19/15
UPDATE 12/20 AM: Indian Lake ended up with 2-3 inches of snow. Get reports of about a foot in Old Forge. I suspect that Moose River Plains got amounts in between. But with lake effect fluff on no-base, it’s your call as to whether you want to try it. We have finally gotten our first true […]
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 […]
