Greetings and welcome!
We have a very nice day outside today.. maybe a little too nice. As of 3pm Iron Mountain and Crivitz have 35, Athelstane has 37, and Wabeno has 34. There has been some minor melting and treated roads are melting off. The snow from earlier in the week is down to about 2″ after the continued settling.
My travels last night took me to Crooked Lake via the forest roads. Both the roads and trails looked great. The trails around the upstream end of Caldron Falls looked great this afternoon too.
The storm for Sunday is still on the path, but the models are not in good agreement on the exact timing or path of the storm. We are still on track to see meaningful snow and it is very likely that some of the precip will be rain too. The path of the low in all models is a little northwest of ideal.
Of more immediate concern is the warm weather in advance of the storm. I am seeing upper air temperatures even warmer than today for Friday and Saturday. The NWS is predicting 38 Friday and 41 Saturday. That will probably not go well for marginal snow areas and could lead to changing conditions everywhere.
I have been working on a spot for winter events. Today I published a page at http://bigsnowpage.com/index.php/area-events with the latest events and event posters that I have. Some are posters that I shot with my phone, some are from Iron Snowshoe. Take a look.
Here are some events for the next couple of weeks
January 20, 2018 White Potato Lake Fishing Derby 8am-3pm Food, refreshments, raffles & prizes for largest fish. Sponsored by the White Potato Lake Sportsman’s Club
January 20, 2018 Red Arrow Snowmobile ATV Club Bonfire in the Woods Saturday 1-20-18 , trail intersection #641, FREE hot dogs and hot cocoa. Everyone is welcome!
January 27, 2018 Paul Bunyan Riders Sno Fun Days at Waubee Lake Lodge- Fish-o-Ree on any area lake, meat raffle, prize raffle, cash raffle, Poker Run. See the poster.
January 27, 2018 High Falls Radar Run Radar Run track is 800′ track. Trophies in all classes. Sponsored by the Twin Bridge Water Ski Team. 12miles NW of Crivitz on Boat Landing 3 Road 715-757-3511
January 27, 2018 Vintage Sled Ride at Thunder Lake Lodge. All Sleds Welcome. Raffles 715-757-2301
There is still some daylight and it is warm out, time to go back outside. Have a good Thursday and thank you for visiting!
RJB