Unsettled with changes happening.

Reduced air quality, snow & snow, cold then warming up.

Thanks to Dirk for the email heads-up of this Pollution Advisory issued by the Wisconsin DNR. Twelve counties are in the advisory (ten counties in west-central WI and two in east-central WI) until 20:00 tonight (Monday). The pink-ish hatching across the map indicates where higher pollution levels are expected.

Already at 9:00 monitoring stations across southern Wisconsin are showing elevated levels of pollution, with Green Bay edging into the Unhealthy category. Stations across the north are still in the green.

A Clipper today, cold arctic air to follow.

Cold air will begin to shift southward today behind the cold front, with more cold air tomorrow night. Temperatures tonight will range from 5 to 15 degrees across northern Wisconsin, while Tuesday night will see temperatures between -10 and 5.

Tuesday night will bring windchill values as low as -25 to the counties north and west of Duluth. This is above the criteria for a Windchill Advisory, but will be cold enough to be cautious with or without an advisory.


Snow and more snow.

Today's clipper will bring less than 2 inches of snow across the Northland today and tonight. It's moving fast enough and doesn't have too much moisture to work with, so it'll be a typical clipper.

The bigger story is the lake-effect snows from the strong and cold north winds behind the clipper tonight and tomorrow. A Lake Effect Snow Advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for Bayfield County (including Maple Hill) while Lake Effect Snow Warning has been issued for Ashland and Iron Counties.

Bayfield County could see up to 5 inches of lake-effect snow while Ashland and Iron Counties will see between 6 and 12 inches by Tuesday night.

The rest of the week.

The map (to the left) shows today's jet stream position and the forecast for the next three days.

The upper-level trough that has been plaguing the eastern US will begin lifting northeast, allowing a ridge of high pressure to build in across the western 2/3 of the country.

A ridge will bring southerly winds with warmer (and moister) temps, maybe hitting the 30's by the weekend!

Post Script.

Derek's area of northwest Wisconsin is also expecting some light snow from this clipper, in addition to the gusty winds and cold temperatures behind it. More information about that area at his blog: NW Wisconsin Weather.

Snow pics while driving & other stuff.

Yesterday's storm system stayed far enough south and east that I only received a dusting of snow.

However, as was expected, the area around Milwaukee felt the worst part of the storm -- up to 8" of snow fell in and west of Milwaukee city. As the system departed, it left a lot of low level moisture behind that is now trapped beneath an inversion (currently at about 1500ft). Twin Cities' Skew T plot here.

Overcast skies with light snowflakes or light freezing drizzle is likely throughout the weekend... another long stretch with no sun.

Who had a White Christmas? Me.

The NOHRSC has released a map (to the left) of the Lower 48 showing where there was a White Christmas this year. It's a fun map, at least for me to see how far the snow did extend. A White Christmas is defined as having at least one inch of snow on the ground during December 25th.


The picture (to the right) was taken as I was driving in to Ashland on US 2 Wednesday morning (the 26th). All four lanes were a snow-covered white mess with visibility below 1 mile.

The picture (below) was taken as I was driving south through Ashland on Hwy 13 on Wednesday morning. Ashland has an official city-limit population of 8,620 and is the county seat of Ashland Count. Ashland was first plated in 1856 and quickly developed into a port for ore and lumber.

Wikipedia: Ashland, WI

NW WI Weather Blog.

There is a new blog, that was just begun, and will continue to be developed, called NWWIWeather.

The blog's author is Derek from Clayton (Polk Co.), Wisconsin. He will write about weather news (with pics) concerning the area around Polk, Barron, Dunn, and St. Croix Counties.

When interesting or severe weather occurs across northwestern Wisconsin, Derek and I will work together to cover our entire region.

The picure (to the left) is of Hwy 13 as it continues south in Ashland County. This area used to be location of the Penokee Mountains, but after five glaciers nothing remains except a very large range of hills. This area is Wisconsin's Lake Superior snowbelt.

(Below) is a picture of a house on the side of the highway on the northern edge of the snowbelt, just north of Mellen. I believe that one of the granite quarries in Mellen is where the tombstone for JFK's grave came from.


Snow Tally and Snowdepth.

Today, Saturday the 29th, I have 17.2 inches of snow on the ground. It's slowly settling, compacting, and sublimating. The highest depth on the ground was 18.5 inches on December 27th, after the weekend snowstorm and the Monday/Tuesday stalled-clipper.

The right-hand green column has numbers for each month and precipitation event of the current month, but let me sum a few numbers up.

November snowfall total: 0.745"
December snowfall total: 31.4"

Winter 2007/08 snowfall: 36.645" (so far)
Average winter snowfall: between 60 and 80"

December liquid & liquid-equivalent: 3.725"
December liquid & liquid-equivalent normal: 1.38"
Percent of liquid & liquid-equivalent normal: 270%


Snow Angel???

And my last picture (to the left). This is my roommate making a snow angel on Friday at my house here on Maple Hill. An angel he is not.

This week's outlook.

The next five days look unsettled, with a low pressure moving across the region Sunday & Monday. An accompanying cold front will sweep through on Tuesday, bringing both colder air and some lake-effect snow (yippee! more snow... note sarcasm).

Our coldest day looks like Wednesday morning with a low temperature below zero, but temperatures may re-bound to near 32 by late next week.

Christmas snow recap and pics.

My recent snowfall amounts and some pictures.

As the Panhandle Low approached the region on December 22nd temperatures warmed to above freezing, allowing the initial precipitation to begin as rain. As I left Washburn on Saturday at 8:00 for the Holiday weekend, I measured 9" of snow still on the ground with moderate rain. By afternoon the temperature started to drop below freezing turning the precip over to snow. Moderate snow continued into Sunday with strong west winds creating whiteout conditions.

Pressure and winds.

The Panhandle Low strengthened as it moved north, both tapping into Gulf Moisture and phasing with a weak northern low pressure near Lake Superior. The lowest pressure I recorded was 29.207 "Hg (991.99 mb) at noon on Sunday the 23rd. The tight gradient behind the system created strong gusty winds. Some peaks:

West of Washburn: 29 mph
Ironwood: 31 mph
Duluth Airport: 35 mph
Duluth Harbor: 44 mph

How much snow fell at my place?

After I returned home from Christmas I poked around and shoveled, measured and melted and I finally have some snowfall measurements and liquid equivalents that I'm confident in.

Rain that fell on the 22nd: 0.35"
Snow from Dec 22-23: 10"
Water equivalent from 22-23: ??

Snow from Dec 25-26: 5"

Water equivalent from 22-26: 1.81" Total Liquid from 22-26: 2.16"

Pictures:

first: my parent's back yard in southern Ashland Co.

second: a township road very near my parent's house

third: driving north on Highway 13 on Christmas Day, just south of Glidden

fourth: driving north on Highway 13 on Christmas Day, just south of Mellen



And then a stalled Clipper.

After the Panhandle Low an Alberta Clipper slid southeast over the region on Monday and Tuesday. It was expected to have limited moisture to work with, to produce only an inch or two, it stalled over Wisconsin. Suddenly we were looking at the possibilities of up to 6" of snow, for which Snow Advisories were immediately issued. From this clipper I received 5" of snow here on Maple Hill. The weather between Tuesday and Friday has been dominated by weak high pressure, providing for a little quite weather.

Now, Friday the 28th, another Panhandle Low has developed, but much weaker and is tracking farther south and east -- over Chicago-land. We are only expecting light amounts, with up to 6" over Milwaukee.

Dec 23/24 storm totals.

A perfect Christmas Eve in southern Ashland County.

Growing up we always had fresh snow, a starry night, and Midnight Mass at Church. Tonight is just about the same... minus my attendance. Roads were mostly cleared by this morning, though still snow-covered.

The list (to the right) is some of the higher amounts of snowfall reports across northwestern Wisconsin. The Butternut and Park Falls reports I added... I took measurements at relatives' houses while doing Christmas rounds.

I haven't been up to Maple Hill yet so I've no idea how much is on my driveway... this will be tomorrow's project. The snowfall total map suggests that between 12 and 14 inches have fallen up there.

Winds were a factor, gusts up to 40 mph were common across the entire region, creating blowing and drifting. Highways around Spooner were labeled as IMPASSABLE by the State Patrol last night on WI DOT's Winter Road Condition site.

NWS Duluth has created a page containing a map of the snowfall totals (to the left).

Tomorrow I will take and post (hopefully) some pictures from my drive north, this will include the town of Glidden (the 18" report on the top of the tally list).

Another Clipper Coming

In the meantime, a clipper will cross the region tonight and tomorrow. The air in the upper levels is warming quickly, but we have a good cold air mass on the ground (9 degrees here at 22:30) so the precipitation will be snow. The atmosphere is pretty dry too, so only an inch or two is probable.

Sunday morning... moderate snow.

Blowing and drifting this morning is making it difficult for me to guesstimate how much new snow we have on the ground. As of now, 9:30, I think the best I can do is 8". The Winter Storm Warning has been extended from 18:00 tonight until 00:00 tonight. Also, snowfall amounts have been bumped up half-a-notch. Here in northern Price County 14-18" are expected. Up on Maple Hill and along the South Shore there could be up to 24" due to some lake-enhancement. 10 degrees in central Price County (visibility 1 mile), 19 degrees (visibility 0 miles) along Lake Superior in northern Ashland County.

Storm tonight & tomorrow.

Expected storm totals have been bumped up a notch or two.

I'm out of town for the holiday weekend, but still in northern Wisconsin, northern Price County/ southern Ashland. My connection is currently dial-up, so I won't be going too in-depth.

This morning I left Maple Hill in light rain 9" of snow still on the ground. It had rained lightly all night and the temps did not drop below freezing at my house. This is strange weather. The highways heading south this morning were very wet and about 34 degrees. Air temperature was around 35, so I missed any black ice.

The dry slot of the northern low pressure has passed over the area this afternoon, giving us a break in precip. Now at 19:40 light snow is starting to fall here and the air temp is falling below freezing. Visibilities have been only a mile or two all day, and now cloud levels are lowering to the tops of the radio/cell towers in town. Black ice will be forming shortly. Winds will be increasing to 40 miles per hour, highest near Lake Superior. Whiteout conditions are expected along US 2 and 51 and Wis 13.

As the map illustrates, most of northern Wisconsin is looking for 10-20", my location is expecting 15" and Maple Hill could see up to 20". I won't be home until Tuesday, so I hope the plows clear the driveways by then.

Snow Storm - 20 hours...

A new winter storm is forming, one low pressure coming out of WY, the other in the TX/OK panhandles.

The two low pressures will begin to phase into an elongated area over the Western Great Lakes by Saturday evening. The southern low will be able to bring up some Gulf moisture, adding some fuel to the fire. Precipitable water values (PWATs) over northern Wisconsin will reach 3/4", quite high for the time of year. Cold air behind the system (a high temp of 6 in Devil's Lake, ND on Saturday) will be butting up against warm air to the southeast (a high temp of 47 in Peoria, IL on Saturday), forming quite a temperature gradient.

Forecast computer models have taken an abrupt change in the last 24 hours, strengthening the system and bringing it a little farther west. Since the low pressures are only forming now (Friday morning), everyone across the region will be watching the system closely -- there is still time for more changes to occur.

Current Snow Forecast

The heaviest snow band is expected to run N/NE to the S/SW from the UP of Michigan to Iowa. In the northern part of that band there is potential for over 6 inches of snow (maybe up to 9" with some Lake enhancement), while towards the south 3-6" are more likely. On either side of that band amounts will be lower.

Winter Storm Watches

Winter Storm Watches are beginning to be posted from the Arrowhead of MN down through IA. More counties may be added to the current Watches, and fine tuning of the forecast will occur throughout the day. In the first map, all the blue counties are under a Winter Storm Watch.

Synopsis and Low Track

The northern low pressure is already emerging and organizing over western North Dakota. Within several hours it will have it's act together and consolidate. The southern low pressure will emerge from the Southern Rockies later today and organize over the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. Such a system is often called a Panhandle Low and makes a hook to the Great Lakes. The map (to the right) shows the expected tracks the lows will take. The southern low will be the dominate one with the most moisture and will deepen as it tracks north.

This is just our first look at the system.

All of this is preliminary, since this storm system is only organizing now. I'll update more later, especially when new data becomes available.

A warm Winter day.

A warmer day than expected, but the snow is melting off the blacktop roads and the warmth felt wonderful!

Some altocumulus clouds passed across the sky today, but in general the blue sky dominated. The moon will be full Dec 23rd at 19:15 CST, and is 86% full today.

Today's numbers here:

Temps: 23.2 / 38.8
Dpts: climbed from 20 to 28 degrees
Baro: falling to 29.86 "Hg
Winds: light and variable
Sky: mostly sunny

Synopsis

South winds ahead of a larger frontal system in the inter-mountain West have brought up warmer air from the South. Fog (yellow in the map) has formed as the warm/moist air has moved over colder (and snow-covered) ground.

Severe weather has been occurring across the Lower Mississippi valley. Hail and wind has been reported in MS and AL with one report of a possible tornado in Lincoln Co, MS.

Climatology - (since we all know I'm a fan!)

The normal high for the date should be around 24.7, I had 38.8 at 14:25. We would have to get above 47.0 to be a record... and that's really not happening any time soon.

This screenshot (below) shows recorded temperatures on this date since 1906. Six previous years have been warmer than we reached today, so today's warmth is not terribly unusual. I'll enjoy the warmth while it lasts! I wonder if 1923 is a result of Global Warming.

Quick Outlook

The next few days will remain above normal until a low pressure system and cold front will pass through the region on Saturday. Behind that front the winds will usher down some cooler air from Canada and we will see temperatures return to normal for this time of year. The weekend weather system will have to be watched, as it could bring 3-4" of snow to northern Wisconsin and ice further south.

Bones found in Bayfield.

News: Bones found in northern Wisconsin town.

All the television stations have this clip on their websites. I pulled this clip off of WSAW from Wausau. Another great article from the Ashland Daily Press.

Destination: 46.811 N 90.821 W

Bayfield is a town 9 miles due north of my location, also on Chequamegon Bay. In fact, see one of my previous blogs about Apple Fest for a little more information about Bayfield.

http://www.bayfield.org/

Archives

While the newspaper archives from that time period are all subscription... I managed to find a little info (to the left).

The Monthly Weather Review is part of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). An archive of their data can be found here. The information I found is located in Volume 70, Issue 7, Page 165, in the year 1942.

The background in the article...

It seems that a cold front was moving through the region but stalled out overnight. Storms continued firing along the front, possibly training.



Rainfall totals

Bayfield: 8.68"
Ashland: 3.01"
Vilas Co: 4.84" to 8.06"
Florence Co: 5.06"

Topography

The large hill two miles NW of the town has a maximum elevation of 1345 feet amsl. That is about 743 feet above Lake Superior.

Adjusted for Inflation

$500,000.00 in 1942 equals about 6.6 billion dollars ($6,614,825.58) in 2006. A simple inflation calculator is here.

Light mixed precip but calm.

A quiet & grey day along the south shore, calm winds creating some pollution problems.

Clouds hung around all day south of Lake Superior and then expanded southward towards central Wisconsin as a stationary front has begun dropping south. A weak impulse has been moving east, triggering light snow flakes or freezing drizzle across the area today, but nothing serious. Temperatures were a little subdued with the cloud cover and calm conditions. Yesterday's high was 29.5 while today was 24.7, still pleasant.

Some pollution advisories are in effect in MN

Watching CBS news from Duluth I found out that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an advisory for most of Minnesota.

"The MPCA has issued an Air Pollution Health Advisory through Friday due to elevated levels of fine airborne particulates for most of Minnesota, with the worst air quality occurring in the Twin Cities and Rochester."

Pollution advisories are rare for this region so today's news headline caught my attention. Even across Wisconsin there are elevated levels of particulate matter... I chalked the reduced visibility today up to the mixed precipitation, but it now seems that some of the haze was man-made. Advisories for Wisconsin are not in effect as our pollution levels are forecast to remain below problematic levels.

Ice Fishing

Today I saw many guys out on Chequamegon Bay ice fishing. Wow, I didn't realize that the ice was that thick already, but with the number of people I saw it must be. The guideline is 4 inches of ice is safe (though some people who know what they're doing walk out on 1 inch) for human weight, 5 inches for ATVs, and at least 8 inches for cars (heavy trucks might want over a foot). If I had my camera, I would have stopped for a picture. Inland lakes have been frozen for a month, but Chequamegon Bay is an extension of Lake Superior and takes a little more time to freeze. In some years Lake Superior freezes over completely, majority of them it doesn't freeze in the middle.

In lieu of one of my pictures, I found some pictures from northern Wisconsin on a guide's website. (Above) is one from near Cumberland last winter. It's a Northern Pike over 30 inches, it's a little skinny in my opinion. They don't seem to have any other fish pictured on their site, but you commonly see Walleye, Perch, Crappies, and once-in-awhile a Musky. I grew up doing this on Butternut Lake in Ashland/Price counties. None of that jigging crap, we had a tip-ups and a heated ice shack. Wonderful memories :)

Looking ahead

The storm system that is forecast to move across the midsection of the US over the weekend needs to be watched. Models are starting to agree, but the GFS seems to be an outlier. The system has potential to bring quite a bit of snow to Wisconsin, regardless of the exact path lake-effect snow will be guaranteed.

Temperatures will continue to hover in the mid to upper-20s, maybe even reaching 30 during the next seven days. The coldest air will continue to hover just north of the border... no complaints here, and some more snow wouldn't hurt either.

This & that.

What to write about? Maybe some general stuff...

Current snowpack

We haven't had any real snow since Dec 5th, that's almost two weeks ago. With some sunshine (finally!) and no new snow, the snow cover we do have has settled a bit. Currently I found 10" to be the average depth. The maximum so far this season here has been 15". The current snowfall total this season here is 21.645" of snow, shown by my precipitation tallies in the green right-hand column.


Climatologically

Temperatures will finally rebound to normal this week, after two weeks of being a little chilly. Normal high and low for today is 25.17 & 8.947 degrees. Highs should reach into the upper 20s across NW WI, a pleasant change from teens.

The chart (to the left) is a screenshot I just took of highs and lows of the last three days. This shows the return of normalcy :)

The climatological range of temperatures for today's date is a bit extreme:

High temperatures of -3 in 1919 to 48 in 1939.
Low temperatures of -26 in 1919 to 35 in 1977.

1939 seems quite warm, and 1977 isn't bad either. Of course, with temps like that, there couldn't be much snow on the ground in those years.

Wisconsin's lowest overnight temperature

The lowest temperature in the state this morning was at Land O'Lakes, north of Eagle River on the UP border. A very pleasant place, at least in the summer, there's a little food stand that has excellent deep-fried cheese curds. After 2:00 this morning they reached 3.2, that implies the UP had a cold night too!

Weekend recap

Saturday brought some clear skies across the region, comfortable temperatures in the upper 10's and light winds. An impulse crossed the region on Sunday heralding the approach of some milder modified-Pacific air. This triggered some flurries from an overcast sky. I spent most of the day in Duluth where the clouds cleared in the afternoon, while calls to Ashland and Price counties reported the flurried continued through the day. However, there was no real accumulation.

Chance of a white Christmas?

No question here. I've always had a white Christmas for the last 27 years, except the two years I spent in Africa, so I've seen 25 white Christmases... not that I remember the first few. Up here, we don't wonder if we will have snow for Christmas. Actually, it wasn't until I had a college roommate from down-south that I realized people don't have snow for the holidays. Wow! I know, naïve of me.

This is a map from the National Climate Data Center (NCDC) that shows the probability of a white Christmas. White areas are above 90% chance. I'll explore temperatures on Christmas in the past years in a future blog.

Wind Chill recap & Ode to Olga.

Wind chills didn't get quite as low as forecast (that's okay!), and have been followed by a very nice day.

In a Public Information Statement released by NWS Duluth, the lowest temperatures across the region occured in Koochiching and northern Saint Louis counties: Littlefork had -27, Embarrass reported -25, and an automated observing station in Cook recorded -26. The map (to the right) is a screenshot from MesoWest displaying overnight low temperatures from automated reporting stations. Co-op observers are no included in this map.

Winds were not as strong as forecast, and died down a little earlier than thought, allowing wind chill values to stay above the previous predictions of -50. However, breezy conditions across northern Minnesota were still creating dangerous wind chill temperatures; the lowest was Grand Marais with -32 at 8:30, the lowest in Minnesota.

Tropical Storm Olga -- 2007 Atlantic #17

Olga was the 17th named storm of the 2007 season, something no one expected. She formed on Dec 11th and moved west over Puerto Rico and Hispaniola before dissipating on the 13th. Rainfall of 6-8 inches pummeled the deforested slopes of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The death toll has risen to 28 people, one in Puerto Rico was in a mudslide, several in Haiti were flash floods, the rest occurred in the Dominican Republic where a dam above the capital city Santiago had to be opened to prevent bursting. Questions are now being asked about the evacuation procedure. A BBC News story is here.

Olga is only the fourth tropical storm to make landfall in December since records began. Dr. Jeff Master's tropical blog is a great source for current events concerning tropical and marine storms.

Another clipper, dangerous windchills.

Clipper passing now, wind chills a factor tonight.

I should have been keeping track of the clippers with a numbering system. Oops. Anyway, another one is going through today. A light band of flurries this morning with another shot of light snow in the early afternoon. The afternoon has also brought gusty west winds, creating blowing snow and wind chills (at my house) 6 degrees below the outside ambient temperature. Surface map source here.

Yesterday was pleasant, out ahead of today's clipper. However, this clipper has begun deepening (despite a lack of moisture) and the pressure gradient has begun cranking up surface winds. Map (to the left) shows the pressure gradient, from Weather @ Unisys.com.

Snowfall amounts this morning were only a trace, this afternoon was less than 0.5", but I've no idea where all the snow blew to.

Winds have been gusting today with the clipper moving by. The Twin Ports (Duluth/Superior) have even seen a gust up near 50 mph. With very cold air being drawn south behind this front and strong winds, wind chills will again be an issue across the region tonight. The coldest air will remain over northern Minnesota, with moderation in temperature as the air moves southward. With forecast low temperatures tonight between -20 and -30, NWS Duluth has issued Wind Chill Warnings for inland northern Minnesota for wind chills between -40 and -50. These wind chill temperatures will be capable of freezing exposed skin in less than five minutes!

Wind Chill Advisories cover the rest of northern Minnesota and the far northwest county of Wisconsin (Douglas)... this includes the cities of Duluth and Superior.

Lake-effect snows will impact the shorelines of the U.P. of Michigan where various Snow, Lake-effect Snow, and Blowing Snow Advisories are in effect. In addition, the Keweenaw Peninsula has a Blizzard Warning. More information can be found at NWS Marquette's page.

Lake-effect snows could briefly bring some overnight accumulation to Wisconsin's south shore of Lake Superior, but is not expected to be a significant event. NWS Duluth is highlighting the Wisconsin Snow Belt to receive 1 - 4" of snow in tonight's Weather Story.

Currently at 17:45:

Temp: 17.5
Dp: 9.7
Baro: 29.90 "Hg rising fast
Winds: 5-10 gusting to 20 mph from W
Chill: 11
Wx: overcast with blowing snow

Yesterday's low/high:

8.8 / 18.1

Cool and quiet.

Sunday was cool but quiet, today (Monday) is turning out much the same but a little warmer.

The Upper Midwest has been under the influence of polar high pressure for the several days, but a clipper that is currently centered just north of North Dakota will slide our way tonight. Moisture is locked to our south by the southern branch of the jet stream and a developing storm across the Plain States. NWS Duluth only mentions some scattered flurries or light snow and forecasts the winds to be westerly behind the system, which would not provide for a lake-effect snow event.

The map (to the right) current surface weather conditions and frontal positions from The Weather Channel (TWC). The high pressure centered over western Illinois (1028mb) will be pushed eastward across the Ohio River valley and reach the coast by late Tuesday. Brief high pressure will build in behind the first clipper before a second clipper moves across the area on Thursday. Snow accumulations look possible with the second clipper, though the Gulf Of Mexico remains closed by cold fronts.




We finally have a break in all the snow we've been receiving across the Upper Midwest the last several weeks. A low pressure system organizing over the Southwest will kick out along the southern branch, tap into some Gulf moisture, pull in some of our cold air, and produce an ice storm from the Texas panhandle to Indiana. The map (to the left) is from Accuweather.

The second map is from TWC and better shows the locations expected to receive freezing rain and highlights were the heaviest ice may occur.

Weekend's Low/High Temps

Yesterday's temps: -0.8 / 10.9
Day-before's temps: -0.8 / 7.4

Normal-for-date: 10.9 / 28.0
Range: -24 to 38 / -4 to 55

Currently at 12:00:

Temp: 16.1
Dp: 7.7
Baro: 30.28 "Hg and falling
Winds: light from the ENE
WChill: not a factor
Sky: clear and sunny

And finally, a screenshot of my pressure for the last seven days. It's a little choppy, which may indicate that my weather station needs a firmware update, and ignore the little zig Thursday night... I re-calibrated elevation & sea-level pressure.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and now today -- we've been above 29.90 "Hg, maxing out at 30.588" Hg on 12/8 (Sat) at 21:15.

Web Cams across the region.

Northwoods web cams.

This is probably a page better placed into a website, but I wanted to write a post out concerning all the web cams across the region.

I have placed a number at each location that I have found a web cam. Lower down will be a numbered list of web cam locations, each name will be a weblink to the website of the cam -- just click on the location to go there.

Numbers 0-8 are located in Minnesota, 9-33 are across northern Wisconsin, and 34-45 are found across the western U.P.

Minnesota

0. Moose Lake (BWCA entrance)
1. Lake Vermilion
2. Grand Marais
3. North Branch
4. Duluth canal-cam
5. Duluth aerial lift bridge-cam
6. Duluth harbor-cam
7. Duluth lake-cam
8. Duluth Tower-cam

Wisconsin

9. Mt. Valhalla (west of Washburn)
10. Ashland - updated 1/10/10
11. Hayward
12. Cable - updated 1/1/10, thanks to Namakagon Chief for the update!
13. Lake 5 (Clam Lake area)
14. Amery
15. Bloomer
16. Osceola
17. Spooner
18. Boot Lake (Springstead area)
19. Minocqua
20. Mercer
21. Prentice
22. Presque Isle
23. Iron Belt
24. Pence
25. Hurley
26. St. Germain
27. Eagle River
28. Phelps
29. Lake Lucern
30. Pickerl
31. Spread Eagle
32. Athelstane
33. Highbridge

U.P. Michigan

34. Wakefield
35. White Pine
36. Black Jack Mountain (Ski Resort in Bessemer)
37. Lake Gogebic (north end)
38. Mass City
39. Twin Lakes
40. Hancock
41. John Dees (www.johndee.com)
42. Calumet/Laurium
43. Mohawk
44. Copper Harbor
45. South Range

A lot of these web cams are compiled on two websites, from which I pulled some locations and websites:

John Dee's Northwoods Camera Network (NCN)
UpNorth Info Web Cams

And I found two cams on:

Wunderground WunderCam Directory

If any links appear broken, or if you have a web cam in the region and would like it added, please email me. If a web cam isn't updating or seems off-line... not my problem.