U.P. Snow totals Jan 28/29

Snowfall has been pretty light over the last week but the winds were really whipping the last few days, even with the warmer temps it still felt cold. Today we saw temperatures reaching into the low to mid 30s along with a nice day of sunshine. It is always nice to have a few days each month during the winter where we see a full day of sunshine and slightly warmer temps, it just brings up your spirits and puts smiles on peoples faces.

The temperatures look to be up and down for the next 7 day, warmest day looks to be Sunday, reaching back into the 30s again. with wind gusts reaching into the 40mph range again late Sunday night. Most days through the next 7 days there is a slight chance of snow nothing more than a couple inches at a time, but Sunday may yield 2-4 inches across the Keweenaw. It is nice to see a few fresh inches of snow every few days to keep the xc ski trails and snowmobile trails fresh.

Snow has been a plenty in places like Munising, Newberry, and the Soo. Those areas are seeing a higher than normal snowfall year. Places like the Keweenaw are seeing about normal to slightly lower than normal, and out in the western UP near Bergland and Ironwood, slightly lower than normal snowfall. There is a lot of winter yet, we still have our coldest part of the year arriving the next couple weeks into early March and we all know we can see some big snow events in March and sometimes see some decent snowfalls in April.

I took a ride out to Agate Beach today to watch the end of the sunset with clear skies, it was orange and yellow, very nice after many days of dark and gloominess.

I walked out onto the ice and explored some ice mounds and enjoyed the last little bit of light for the day. It was really peaceful and quiet out there but I could hear the ice shifting and cracking out from where I stopped at on some ice mounds.

I don’t recommend going on the ice at anytime, don’t follow what I do. You have to treat all ice as unsafe at all times, I have been exploring the lakeshore ice mounds, ice caves, and ice volcanoes all my life and have lots of experience, but even with that it can still be dangerous.

Snow Totals for Jan 28th and 29th below.