8:30pm
Greetings and welcome!
We have our first real snow of the season on the ground and actively falling. We are indeed under a winter storm warning.
I woke up to about an inch down this morning. It accumulated on cold surfaces like the car and porch railings. As far as the roads there was a little slushy accumulation where the trees shaded the road from the sun. For the most part the roads were just wet.
That held true as I came home from Lakewood at about 3:30, but it looked like it was just starting to accumulate in non-shady spots.
I checked the weather a little while ago and was surprised by the winter storm warning. We were only expecting an inch or two. There is a particularly heavy band of snow coming off of Lake Michigan and Green Bay that is reaching from about Green Bay up to roughly Hwy W and Crivitz. The winter storm warning said that they could see 4-6. From the looks of the radar the stretch of highway between Green Bay and Crivitz is probably getting ugly.
I have probably 4″ or so on my deck railing, but much less accumulated on the driveway and grass. The ground is just starting to freeze. Between that and the 34 degree day less snow accumulated on the ground than on the porch railing.
Edit-Added at 9:20pm
As I mentioned, the ground is just starting to freeze. I saw in Townsend where someone had plowed last night’s snow and the got some gravel. The ground was definitely not frozen. Likewise when I went by Waubee Lake it was wide open. The cold is coming hard and fast, but it is just getting started. There is very minimal frost in the ground.
The weekend forecast looks cold. Look for highs in the upper teens to mid 20s and low temperatures in the singe digits. That will make some ice.
I am going to get a head start on the weekend and next week.
Thanksgiving buffets are available at Rapids Resort, Jungle Jim’s, Hilltop, and Nimrod Inn. There is also a carry-out Thanksgiving dinner with the Twin Bridge Rescue squad.
The Firelane Bar opened back up today. They had an electrical fire early this summer and have been rebuilding. Their efforts looked pretty nice. At any rate they will be open this week and for deer hunting.
That’s it for now. Have a good week and thank you for visiting!
RJB