What a little...ok, a LOT of wind can do.

Admin

Admin

Administrator
Staff member
Forgot to post this yesterday.

Top image is from Thursday of last week. The bottom pic is from yesterday.
lscompare.jpg

-John
 
S

snocrazy

Active member
Thats nuts. I was talking to a couple the other night (over the weekend) and they were showing me pictures of their ride.
They rode lake superior from the bay in Munising to just past Miners castle. They said there was a set of tracks continuing to the East.
I thought this was extremely stupid. All of it is water in a matter of a day just like the pic you posted shows. It changes so fast.

Last couple of mornings have seen a dusting of LES. Maybe an inch on average each morn. Is this from that little gap of water showing?
 
Admin

Admin

Administrator
Staff member
I think your LES was a combination of some heat/moisture from the open water along the north shore, plus the open water to the SE of the Keweenaw. Karl talked about Tahquamenan Falls picking up a foot of LES over the weekend.

-John
 
P

Polarice

New member
A good NNW wind should bring some better LES showers south of Munising. That is until all the ice gets pushed along the shore.
 
I

ibendwire

Member
John,

It looks like the western half of the lake is open and the eastern half is still ice. From a LES standpoint, does it make a difference if the lake has ice on the eastern or the western half, or is it more the volume of open water?
 
Admin

Admin

Administrator
Staff member
ibendwire said:
John,

It looks like the western half of the lake is open and the eastern half is still ice. From a LES standpoint, does it make a difference if the lake has ice on the eastern or the western half, or is it more the volume of open water?
Click to expand...

Besides the state of the atmosphere, which will determine how well the air rises once the lake gets it going and how well the snowflakes form, the main factor for LES is how much time the air can spend over the water. So a slower wind speed is better than a fast one and the longer distance the air can travel over the water (fetch) the better. So the existence of ice (or not) on different parts of the lake will impact areas within the LES belts of the UP differently. Basically more open water on the west end would tend to favor the western UP and vise versa.

-John
 
D

Deleted member 10829

Guest
It's amazing what Mother Nature can do. What a winter this is turning out to be!
 
A

attack_06

New member
On the first pic looks like the south winds completely broke away the ice on the south shore all way to bayfield peninsula then on the second pic the north winds shoved it all to the south along with melting mixing
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top