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Hi John. I was reading about the Blizzard of 1977 that affected shoreline areas of Lake Erie (Buffalo, NY, for example). Very little new snow fell during the blizzard and, if I understand correctly, the blizzard was made up almost entirely of snow that had been picked up off of a frozen Lake...

http://www.freep.com/article/20120828/NEWS06/120828027/Farmers-Almanac-predicting-winter-wonderland-Michigan "In a forecast sure to delight Michigan's snowsport industries, the Almanac is predicting plenty of snow, with temperatures two to four degrees colder than average. It's predicting the...

I live near Duluth, MN. Any thoughts on how the hot summer might impact fall colors in my neck of the woods? Or is there not much of a correlation? For those of you in the U.P., have you heard about how your color show might turn out this year?

How's the Light been??

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/1000182462/news/winter-snow-outlook-for-2012-2013/ I know that I can't put much faith in these reports....just some fodder until the snow flies.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/240402/group/homepage/

L. Superior temps warmest in a century. "Horrendous lake effect snow" possible. Pure speculation in regard to the lake effect snow, I suspect. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/updraft/archive/2012/07/balmy_70s_2012_lake_superior_w.shtml

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/238140/group/homepage/ The wife and I are going to Marquette for vacation next week. Do you think this will have any bearing on what we pay for gas?

My wife and I are visiting Marquette for three days from July 29 through August 1. I've been to Marquette many times, but it's been several years since I've been there. We're both outdoor folks, so we like "outdoorsy" things. Any ideas on what to do? We want to tour the lighthouse and do a...

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/diver-from-wisconsin-dies-in-lake-superior-shipwreck-off-up-pf5ttnv-160477565.html About 16 miles off of Whitefish Point.

http://www.startribune.com/local/155203335.html I apologize if this was already posted, but I found it to be an interesting, short read.

http://1913massacre.com/about/ I'm sorry if this was discussed here before, but I just read about this. I think this could be interesting.

I know John mentioned in his journal that the UP could see some flakes this week. Looks like Accuweather agrees with him as well (brief story on UP snow): http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/54973/first-snowflakes-of-the-season.asp

I live in MN and I didn't realize parts of the UP were so dry this summer. How have you fared? http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=mqt&storyid=72287&source=0

I can't wait!

Now that we're in August, I really notice how much shorter the days are than they were in late June and early July. The evening shadows are getting long and yesterday and this morning there was a touch of fall in the air. I really get giddy once we get to fall. This morning: 36F in...

I thought this was an interesting article, talking more about how the warming climate may affect not only the lake, but the people that live near it. http://www.wbez.org/frontandcenter/2011-07-13/climate-change-hits-mightiest-great-lakes-89058#

Hi John. I see that NOAA released the new 1981-2010 climate normals this month. So, as I understand, the new normals will use a data period from 1981 to 2010, replacing the old period of 1971-2000. I understand that we want a large enough data set to give a realistic climate "normal," thus...

Be careful! http://www.wjfw.com/stories.html?sku=20110712115458

Hi John. I hope you're feeling better. I'm not sure you're up to answer questions at this point, but I thought I'd post it here in case you or anyone else has thoughts. This site shows that a reporting station in the Sierra Nevadas a bit south of Lake Tahoe has a current snow depth of 276"...