Siberian snow cover
Looking into November: Update 10/28/18
The second week of October got rather warm, making us wonder if summer would ever truly leave. But, the past couple of weeks have been pretty cold (for mid-late October) with our first smatterings of snow, including the sleet-fest we had Saturday in Indian Lake: It never got cold enough on Saturday for much real […]
The fun begins! Update 10/21/2018
Now that we’ve had some true autumn cold with our first snow flakes of the season, let’s look into what may be ahead for the winter. Before I dive into the long-range, I want to reiterate that I don’t believe seasonal weather forecasts are accurate enough to be useful for planning your snowmobiling vacations in […]
Changes to end October 2017
October has been mild and dry. Not much is expected to change the next several days with warm temperature anomalies expected to stretch across much of Canada and the lower 48 states for the next week: By the middle of next week, the game starts to change as a strong storm begins to develop over […]
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 […]
Winter Outlook: Update 11/5/15
Siberian Snow Cover Throughout October, the spread of snow cover from Siberia into Eurasia was ahead of climatological schedule. The books have closed on October 2015 Eurasian snow cover and the numbers are impressive. This chart snows a very robust Eurasian snow cover at the end of October: The relative lack of snow cover in Alaska and […]
