Greetings and welcome!
Winter is hanging on in Silver Cliff. As of 8:30pm we are heading toward the 2″ mark, and it is snowing heavily. The forecast is for 3-5, and it looks like we will be in the higher amounts based on the radar.
It has been seasonably cold, and sometimes, like last night, in the mid-teens. I have been wanting to turn off the heater in the well house, but it just isn’t time yet.
People are anxious to put the snow and cold behind them, but that isn’t looking good. I looked ahead on the GFS forecast model, and I don’t see any big warm-ups for a while.
Reports have some lakes open. I have not seen the flowage yet to see if the bigger bays are open.
The thawing has certainly slowed down. The really sheltered spot in the road that was soft a few days ago is frozen up again.
There is another smaller storm expected for late week. That could bring a little snow, as well as cold temperatures for the weekend. The NWS has us for mid-teens Friday night and low 30s Saturday.
RJB
Once again, if only…………………………………….
i guess el nino years tend to flip the seasons—-colder autumns and springs, and lame winters…..
personally i love snow, NO MATTER WHEN it comes down…. if i were living up there, i’d have my xc skis out every day, and if i had a sled, i’d be hitting the forest roads, conditions permitting… and if the ski resorts are still open, i’d hit them too, time permitting….
so, with that, i say embrace the snow, no matter when it comes… yeah, it’s kinda a slap in the face by mother nature (why didn’t this happen 2-3 months ago?!?!?), but the rivers will always be there, and the paddling will still go on……
as for the winter, like us cubs fans say: “wait till next year….”