Ice Conditions, Weather Reports, and More!

Expect splendid travel around the Bay, except for areas where you’ve been previously. That path is going to drift over deeper than it was on your way out. Winds have calmed to a steady 10 mph breeze, with gusts up to 20 mph now and then. Trucks are moving around well, but be advised that…

It’s a Little Bay de Noc kind of day out there. The weather here at the shop, specifically the wind, doesn’t give a clue as to what is happening out on the open ice field. It’s 9 o’clock on Monday night. Winds are strong but nothing compared to this morning until this afternoon. Snow whipping…

The continual snowfall from Friday morning until now has provided a tranquil weekend on the Bay. A nice 6-inch blanket of fresh powdered snow covers the ice. Snow accumulation that didn’t blow away has really helped fill the voids in the slush ruts, making it a smoother ride than it has been lately when getting…

Snowflakes are falling gently through the air, like a snow globe at the shop downtown in Kipling. That’s not the case out on the Bay. Snow is blowing sideways out of the south, likely piling up at the top of the bay somewhere. This winter wonderland will continue over the weekend with minimal accumulation expected.…

Landings are a gauntlet of rough, frozen slush ruts. Once traffic disperses onto the bay, it’s mostly smooth wind blown ice. Any snow remaining is in drifts amongst the slush ruts or towards the top of the bay. There is a chance for a dusting of snow over the next couple of days. A couple…

10 o’clock eastern time and 35° to end the more than 24 hour warm spell. Standing water on the ice will be hard as a rock in the next 6 hours. Temperatures are forecasted to drop to 26° by midnight and bottoming out to 16° tomorrow morning at sunrise. Winds of 15 mph sustained and…

.  A temperature of 20°, brilliant sunshine, and a bright blue sky greeted Little Bay de Noc on Monday morning. Friday’s rain and Saturday’s snow created a real mess of the thoroughfares leading from landings onto the bay. This morning’s low temperature resulted in rock-hard slush ruts from weekend traffic that can certainly test your…

Just short of an inch of rain doused the Bay last night. The snow is gone, leaving water on top of the ice. The wind and the water made travel downright awful today, soaking wet right from the get-go. And the predicted wind advisory? Forecasters hit the mark on that one. Most of the afternoon,…

On the home stretch of this extended period of time above 32°. But not without a night of rain, 20 MPH sustained wind with 40MPH gusts are starting around 9 tomorrow morning and wrapping up later in the afternoon. It’s pouring now so it’s seems as though we will have a saturated bay until later…