The weather station at the MTU Keweenaw Research Center (KRC) recorded 1.75" of rain in a one minute period. If the measurement is accurate, that is likely a US record and potentially a world record...
Went for a little bike ride in the woods between South Range and Painesdale yesterday morning. The temperature dropped down into the mid 20's on Saturday night, so the snow set up like concrete. My buddy and I were on "fat bikes" with 4" wide tires. We were able to go anywhere through the woods...
Extremely minor detail, but I think the heading for your woods cam image should read "Live from Dee's Woods". The pun might make some people smile, or maybe just me :)
Can't wait to see some snow on there!
This was the view from Brockway on Sunday afternoon. Not a great pic, but you get the idea. Some color out there, but not peak yet.
Near Houghton has more color than the northern Keweenaw. John's journal description seemed pretty accurate. It may not be quite peak color this coming weekend...
John started forecasting a Sunday-Monday snowstorm for the Keweenaw early last week. The national weather service didn't start "forecasting" snow until after it had started. We got 10"+ in Hancock, probably more to the north.
Thanks John!
Keweenaw county has passed legislation to allow construction of a 220ft cell phone tower on Brockway Mountain. The proposed site is towards the east end of Brockway. It would be very visible from Copper Harbor, from the summit of Brockway, from US41 as you're driving into Copper Harbor, and from...