First big winter storm??

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW
ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LOCALLY MUCH HEAVIER STORM TOTAL SNOW
AMOUNTS FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE
BAYFIELD PENINSULA AND THE GOGEBIC RANGE FROM MELLEN TO
HURLEY.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...
REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITY...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND ALONG HIGHWAY
2.

Where is the snow and cold?

Where is the snow? There is a bit in the U.P of Michigan but nothing in the Bayfield area. It's 46 degrees right now in Bayfield the day after Christmas. Odd? Just a bit, it's been a full decade since this has happened. Matter of fact December might set a record for average warm temperatures. But of course we have a few days left in the month. Looks like the record is secure however. The National Weather Service better revise their previous forecast for a snowy cold winter? Or not? Will see won't we!

Merry Christmas

Hanging the stocking on Christmas Eve was a big deal in 1961. Happy Holidays and a good
2012.

Here comes Santa!

Get down to the Bayfield Lakeside Pavilion tomorrow! Between 11:30am and 1pm Saturday.
Santa will arrive on the Ferry at about 11:30am and then be seeing children at the Pavilion.

Where did the snow fall?

It wasn't in Duluth or along the shore of Lake Superior! It was inland in a swath thru Wisconsin:

Wisconsin
•8 inches - Montreal
•7 inches - Gile
•7 inches - Butternut
•5.8 inches - Sarona
•5.5 inches - Park Falls
•5 inches - Hayward
•4.1 inches - Winter
•4 inches - Stone Lake
•3 inches - Cornucopia
•3 inches - Shell Lake
•2 inches - Poplar
•1.5 inches - Maple
•1.5 inches - Bennett
•1.2 inches - Superior (7 miles SE)


Minnesota
•2 inches - Sawyer
•0.9 inches - Holyoke
•0.5 inches - Duluth
•0.2 inches - Alborn

Holiday Season in Bayfield

The tree has been lit and starting tomorrow the December Holiday season begins. First Friday on Dec. 2nd stores are open in the evening for Christmas shopping. Spend your weekend shopping and enjoying the lights around town. You can also dine in local restaurants and get into the holiday mood.
http://bayfield.org/festivals_events_hometown_holiday.php/
The tourist season used to end with Apple Fest but that is no longer true. Bayfield is open for the holidays of course.