| Observation Date |
Observation Time |
Precipitation |
Snowfall |
Snowfall SWE |
Snow Depth |
Snow SWE |
Notes |
| 10/1/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/2/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.22 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/3/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/4/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/5/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/6/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/7/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/8/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/9/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/10/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/11/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/12/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/13/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.17 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/14/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/15/2010 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/16/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/17/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/18/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/19/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/20/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/21/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/22/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/23/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/24/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.24 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/25/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.70 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/26/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.26 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
light rain |
| 10/27/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.42 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Very windy with light snow |
| 10/28/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.08 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/29/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/30/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/31/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/1/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/2/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.07 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
We have had snow flurries twice now, with scant accumulation on the leaves that are still on the ground, which melts rapidly. the lakes of any size are still completely open, but small ponds have thin skims of ice, which may go with the 50+ F degree temps that are forecast for the next few days. The ground is not stiff yet, except in deep shade with wet soils. I left the last accumulation of snowmelt in the gauge to see if it would remain frozen, since no precip was forecast (and none fell) and it did remain frozen. I removed the gauge and funnel on November 1, which was a good idea as it turned out. We built a new woodshed on the site of where I did snow depth measurements last winter, so this year I will not have a very good snow measurement area, since our lots are so close to the lake (and we are on the windy shore) and they are so heavily wooded. But I will do my best to get as accurate snowfall and snowpack totals as I can. Last year I also did snowpack totals under deep coniferous cover, to give some notion of how much snow can be diverted from the ground by wind eddying around deep coniferous cover, and also by coniferous tree branches and trunks accumulating snow and frozen snowmelt. hope you found this data interesting, annecdotal and totally unscientific as it is. |
| 11/3/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/4/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/5/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/6/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/7/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/8/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/9/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/10/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/11/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/12/2010 |
7:30 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/13/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.10 |
1.6 |
M |
1.5 |
M |
first snow accumulation of the season--snowing moderately heavily at 8 AM. Snow has quite a bit of moisture in it, but not excessively so. |
| 11/14/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.53 |
M |
M |
1.5 |
0.24 |
The weather has been extremely variable, with actual precipitation totals difficult to measure. We had heavy snowfall yesterday morning and rain began at 11AM. By 4 PM, an icy mix was falling. At one time yesterday morning, I measured 3 inches of snow on the ground, but with rising temperatures and rain, much of the snow has melted, and depths on the ground range from 1 to 2.5 inches. At present, about 75% of the ground has snow cover, and this is rapidly diminishing. A light snow is falling. |
| 11/15/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/16/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/17/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/18/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.18 |
1.5 |
0.15 |
1.5 |
0.15 |
All the snow depth is for new snow because the snow we had before melted except for scattered patches in the woods. About 10% of the forest floor held snow before this latest snowfall. |
| 11/19/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/20/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
T |
M |
1.5 |
0.06 |
The snow depths on the ground are extremely variable at the beginning of the winter snow season. I measured .5" under conifer cover, and from 1.5 to 2 inches in the open. I believe that one of the more difficult to quantify reasons for this is the temperature variation between different surfaces at this time. the deeper depth was measured on my snow measuring board, which has cold air flowing beneathe it, and the 1.5 inch depth was measured on open ground. There was a certain amount of snow melt on thte ground, which is still comparatively warm. The lake is beginning to ice, it is about 30 feet from shore, but we are expecting a warming trend, and rain, so this may melt. |
| 11/21/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/22/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.09 |
0.1 |
T |
1.0 |
0.22 |
Light snow falling at time of measurement. precip in cylinder clear ice, no snow. snow on ground dense, granular, and water-filled. icy mix fell all yesterday afternoon and evening |
| 11/23/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.15 |
T |
M |
1.0 |
M |
There is less than a quarter inch of very fluffy dry new snow. It rained yesterday-- sometimes a wintry mix and sometimes a surprisingly heavy cold steady rain. Now, temps are falling. I remembered to keep drying off the doors on the big Ford, but of course, the neglected patio slider is frozen shut. The tropical-like storm that the continental US experienced in October broke many large trees up here in the dense forest. with lowering temps the men are able to get out and finish gleaning the wood-- two huge downed trees will yield us enough wood for almost two winters. High winds frequently have a "cleaning effect" on big old trees that are beginning to lose vitality-- their loss makes way for new growth, and keeps many of us up here warm on our 30 degrees below zero nights... |
| 11/24/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
1.5 |
M |
|
| 11/25/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.31 |
1.9 |
M |
2.5 |
M |
|
| 11/28/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/29/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/30/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.19 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
1.0 |
0.19 |
We have had warm temperatures-- 40 degrees or so--for two days now. the precip all fell as rain, and it did not get below freezing last night. the lake is still frozen, but covered by snowmelt water. all the snow has melted on the banks above the lake, but there is still snow cover in the woods-- the snow is dense and waterfilled and tannins from the leaves are wicking upward into the snowpack. It is very difficult to get accurate snow depths and water contents under these conditions. Frequently, the percolating snowmelt and rain water have worn a cavity where the snow rests on the ground, so that there is a void at the bottom of the measurement. my total snow measurement water was dirty--water on the surface can create a thin slurry layer that gets taken up in the cylinder. |
| 12/4/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/5/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.08 |
2.1 |
M |
3.0 |
0.44 |
New snow is extremely fluffy and lightly packed on the measuring device. I deliberately took snow on the ground core measurements from two areas, both in the open (not under tree cover) that illustrate the inconsistency of this data type at this time of the year. Yesterday's measurement was 0.09 inches, today's measurement was 0.44 inches. Due to vagaries of melting during last week's warm weather, and rain fall patterns, the first area became bare of snow last week, and the second area did not. Averageing these two measurements would be a worthless piece of data. Instead, I take many, many snow depth measurements, and record the measurement that is by far the most common. I know by my experience last year that this disparity disappears as the winter progresses. |
| 12/6/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.06 |
1.8 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/9/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/12/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.12 |
3.7 |
0.23 |
8.5 |
M |
depth of snow under deep hemlock cover: 7.5 inches. Melted core measurement from snowboard: 0.23 inches. Obviously, the wind was driving hard enough during the snowstorm that it caused the cylinder catch to be low by about 50%. the snow was very fine, but it mounted up to a somewhat respectable showing. It is snowing on and off very lightly today, but the storm has passed us by and the sky is lightly overcast, and we are supposed to have sunny skies behind the last of the storm event. Some major state and US roads in North/Central Wisconsin are listed as "impassable" on NOAA weather radio as of 8 AM December 12, but here just across the stateline the plow has already been past our house on the back of a remote lake, so the roads in Watersmeet township are obviously lightly snowcovered. The heaviest snowfalls are clearly quite a ways to the south, and possibly the north, west and east of us. I have been involved with Cocorahs for a year and a half now, and it often seems we are in a rain and snow anomaly-- everybody around us gets more, or we get the most and everybody around us gets much less. interesting. I have no idea why this is, but one thought is our geographic position relative to the uplands to the north and west in the UP, and another is our position relative to the Lake Superior snowbelt and the Lake Michigan Coast/Green Bay. |
| 12/13/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.05 |
0.9 |
0.05 |
8.5 |
0.83 |
I took yesterday's measurement at 1:30, when the snowstorm was winding down. This snow all fell before nightfall (5 PM) yesterday. |
| 12/14/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.1 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/15/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
M |
M |
|
| 12/16/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/17/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/20/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/21/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.08 |
0.6 |
0.09 |
8.5 |
1.10 |
Due to early season snowmelt and lack of snow since then, snow depths on my catchment area are much more variable than last year. today I took many measurements, and they varied between 7.5 and 9 inches in depth. On the areas that I felt had the most accurate depths, the depth was 8.5 inches, so that is the measurement I chose. |
| 12/22/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.13 |
2.6 |
M |
10.3 |
M |
|
| 12/23/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
T |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/24/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
M |
M |
|
| 12/25/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.03 |
0.1 |
M |
M |
M |
Part of this new snowfall was drizzle frozen to the inside of the cyclinder. |
| 12/26/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.5 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/27/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/28/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/29/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/30/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
the snow is melting. we are forecast to have a high today of 38 with rain, with a warmer high tomorrow. I will measure the existing snow on Saturday when temps return to more seasonable norms. |
| 12/31/2010 |
8:00 AM |
0.25 |
0.0 |
M |
6.0 |
1.34 |
All this precipitation fell as rain which did not freeze overnight. the snowpack has decreased markedly-- the bank is bare again and drifts have disappeared from around the house and on the decks. |
| 1/1/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 1/2/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
M |
M |
What little snow came down yesterday was carried by 20 to 30 mile per hour winds. It actually looked like it was snowing upwards at times as the wind carried it up the bank from the lake. a trace was on the measuring board, a trace was in the gauge. I guess the rest is somewhere deep in the woods. |
| 1/3/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 1/10/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
10.0 |
1.66 |
snow on ground is granular and icy, but not densely packed |
| 1/11/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.11 |
0.5 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 1/12/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
1.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 1/13/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
0.5 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 1/16/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 1/17/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.09 |
0.5 |
0.05 |
12.5 |
1.96 |
the catch and the core are really different today, which is unusual. I watched lots of snow blowing out of the trees yesterday afternoon, and some it may have been caught by the gauge. the blowing snow from the trees was at the same angle as falling snow often is around here. |
| 1/18/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.03 |
1.9 |
0.13 |
M |
M |
Once again, here is a difference in the new SWE in the gauge and in the core. Obviously, the core is more accurate, given the snowfall. |
| 1/19/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
M |
M |
|
| 1/23/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 1/24/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.5 |
0.01 |
12.0 |
2.07 |
the wind was really blowing from the west all night-- the snow is very packed and wind driven this morning. I took many measurements of the total snow on the ground, and they varied from 10.5 to 13 inches in depth. 12 inches was the most frequently encountered value. The new snowfall on my board (which is in a relatively protected place) was very fluffy with large flakes, hence the low SWE. |
| 1/25/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.3 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 1/26/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.2 |
M |
M |
M |
the new snowfall is extremely dry and fluffy. when i measured it, the measurement of the warm water i put in the cylinder did not change when I measured it the second time. |
| 1/27/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.3 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 1/28/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.1 |
M |
M |
M |
there was 0.005 inches of melted snow in the gauge |
| 1/29/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.22 |
4.4 |
0.24 |
M |
M |
Finally some snow |
| 1/30/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.4 |
M |
M |
M |
The snow is large crystals that are very fluffy and lightly packed |
| 1/31/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
14.5 |
2.43 |
|
| 2/1/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.07 |
0.5 |
0.07 |
M |
M |
|
| 2/2/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.2 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/3/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/4/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/5/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/6/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
It was in the low thirties yesterday and should be in the high twenties today, then get cold again. we have probably lost inches of snow but not inches of water content. we will see tomorrow |
| 2/7/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.6 |
0.01 |
14.5 |
2.44 |
Driving wind last week and temps hovering around freezing this past weekend mean that the snow is has a dense top layer. Not a hard glassy crust, but 3-4 inches of dense snow on the surface that will impeded deer movement and tire them. |
| 2/8/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.3 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/9/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/10/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/11/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/12/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/13/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.1 |
M |
M |
M |
Accumulation of new snow is barely measureable-- it is a very light covering on the board. It is warm already, but overcast. |
| 2/14/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.08 |
0.2 |
0.20 |
12.5 |
2.28 |
We had light rain last night, and most of the precip in the gauge fell as rain and froze on the inside of the gauge. snow depths were extremely variable, from 11 inches to 13.5 inches. Snow on the ground is coarse and granular. |
| 2/15/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
The snowbank on our balcony is eroding fast. We have lost 3/4 of it in two days. The temps are warm today, with strong gusty winds and bright overcast sky conditions. This means that snowmass will be lost to solar evaporation. We were at least hoping for melting and percolation into the soil. Our lakeshore has a steep southwest facing bank, and it is mostly bare. |
| 2/16/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/17/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
7.5 |
1.80 |
a light misty drizzle fell early this morning. There are dark areas in the ice out on the lake. The banks on the lakeshore near our house are completely bare of snow. Areas near the house, where the snow was barely dimpled around the tree trunks on Monday, are now completely bare of snow. I took the total snow and ice measurement very close to where I took Monday's sample. today's sample was very granular with many crystals of clear ice. Since Monday's SWE measurement, I have lost .48 inches of water equivilent at this location, and 5 inches of snow depth. I took a lot of snow depth measurements, and they ranged between 6.5 (all too common) and 11 inches (where the snow had been wind driven into drifts). Some of the snowmelt, obviously, percolated deeper into the snowpack, and I did observe runoff downslope towards the lake. but with two days of brilliant sunshine and extraordinarily warm temps (the thermometer on the deck, which is in a sheltered location out of the sun, registered 56 degrees yesterday afternoon), we had to lose snowpack to evaporation. very sad. our groundwater and our lake are just like CocoRAHS-- every drop counts. |
| 2/18/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/19/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/20/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/21/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/22/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/23/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 2/24/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/1/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/2/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.1 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/3/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
6.0 |
1.42 |
|
| 3/7/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
1.1 |
0.04 |
6.5 |
1.64 |
A very fine snow is falling as I take the measurements. Haven't had snow falling this fast here in what seems like ages. The snow on the ground is extremely icy and variable in depth, due to thaws that occured over most of the winter. This is the best I can do at this time-- it will get easier in a few weeks to accurately assess what remains, hopefully. Much of our lot in front is bare, just the new snow of today. |
| 3/8/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.06 |
2.3 |
M |
M |
M |
the new snow obviously has large crystals-- it is fluffy and packed very lightly on the ground. but it makes great snowballs-- it is wet, even so.
Is there any programs out there calculating snow storage on the coniferous forests of the Rockies? Snow melts or is blown rapidly out of the conifers here, and at any rate, never gets very deep. It seems to me, with the fir species, for example, individual branches, as a aggregate on each tree, would hold more than an individual tree would be calculated to hold, using basal area as the only indicator. |
| 3/9/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.1 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/13/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.07 |
0.5 |
M |
M |
M |
some icy sleet mixed with snow fell yesterday |
| 3/14/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/15/2011 |
12:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/16/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/17/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/18/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
50+ degree temps yesterday. the snowpack is going very fast. |
| 3/19/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/20/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.30 |
3.6 |
M |
M |
M |
the snow is heavy and wet. it is still coming down |
| 3/21/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.42 |
M |
M |
Snow fell most of Sunday morning, heavily at times. The snow changed over to rain, also heavy at time, about noon. A wintry mix developed in midafternoon, and lasted through the afternoon and into the evening. I did not take a new snow measurement because the rain had caused the snow to melt quite a bit. It would have been a useless measurement. Most of the west and south facing banks of the lakes up here were bare before the latest snowfall. Snow has melted off these areas two or three times already this late winter. snow depths, as I have written before, are extremely variable. All the precipitation caught in the gauge was as clear frozen water. |
| 3/22/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.1 |
M |
8.0 |
3.43 |
a trace of icy snow fell in the overnight hours.
The area around my house is at the top of a precipitous southwest facing lake bank. I have realized that my remaining snow totals, 0-3 inches, are not truly representative of the local area. I walked far into the woods today, to the northwest of my house, and took many measurements and a core sample. The snow depths vary from 5 to 11 inches. Our local topography is undulating glacially derived landforms, and hummocky from previous logging activity. We have lost duff around here due to the earthworm invasion, so mineral soil is commonly at the surface of the soil. On high points in the forest, the snow depths are the same as exist around my house-- 0 to 3 inches in depth. snow depths, in other words, are extremely variable. |
| 3/23/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.1 |
M |
M |
M |
We were braced for the forecasted 10 inches of snow-- we could hardly wait, actually. Well, we got 1/10th. the snow was south of us. |
| 3/24/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
The snow that we were projected to get shifted 50 miles to the south-- 12" in town in Rhinelander at our house there. |
| 3/25/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/26/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/27/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/28/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/29/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
4.0 |
1.23 |
The SWE samples taken at my sampling point are not representative of the area. My house is on a southfacing grassy lot above a lake, with patchy tree cover. I walked forward into the woods(a well-stocked hardwood sawtimber stand) across the road for aobut 300 feet on a transect, taking many snow depth readings, and the average depth in the forest where I was is 6.5 inches, with a SWE of 2.43 inches. At this time there are a few areas deeper than this, mainly in remnant drifts around logs and hummocks (this is hummocky glacial terrain). Frequently, even deeper in the woods, areas on knolls and in the prism of woods roads are bare of snow-- it is at least much shallower than 6.5 inches. Overall, the snow is composed of large ice crystals, and has an ice layer next to the soil surface that is extremely difficult to dislodge. the surface of snow that remains in open areas around my house has has sun-weathered into sharp peaks, and must be less dense, given the SWE values of the two samples I collected. |
| 3/30/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/31/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/1/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/2/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Precipitation fell as rain. |
| 4/3/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.03 |
0.7 |
0.07 |
M |
M |
Snow is falling now. Much of my lot was bare before this storm event began.
storm information
8 AM 0.7 inches
9 AM 0.5 inches
10AM T
11Am 0 inches
12AM 0 inches
1 PM 0 inches
The snow on the board now measure 1.5 inches. The snow is melting and settling. |
| 4/4/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.20 |
1.2 |
0.13 |
1.0 |
M |
this morning, the snow sample that I measured yesterday after the snow stopped had compressed from 1.2 inches to 0.8 inches. The .07 inches difference between the gauge catch and the melted core amount must represent the rain that fell sporadically yesterday afternoon. The inside of the gauge was covered with frozen rain.
Most of the areas around my house, where I usually obtain samples, are bare of snow or have a thin covering of slush. I am the only person doing this for miles and miles around, so a reading right at my house, on a lakeshore, is not worth much to anybody wondering about snowpack. It shows that roadside cutbanks in the sun and lakeshores are bare but they have been bare for a couple of months already. So at this time of year I walk out into the woods for 200 feet on a transect and take depth readings and a SWE sample.
Today, depths ranged from 1-3 inches on northfacing or sunny areas to 6 inches on north facing slopes. Bowl shaped depressions are holding rain and meltwater. I sampled a northfacing slope, with a 6 inch snow depth. the SWE of this sample was 1.69 inches of water. |
| 4/5/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.10 |
0.2 |
M |
M |
M |
It snowed all day yesterday, sometimes quite heavily. the snow melted when it reached the ground. the precip on the measuring board this morning was frozen slush. the precip in the gauge was frozen water, no snow. the ground is very wet under the snow cover-- standing melt water next to the soil surface. |
| 4/6/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.2 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/7/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/8/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
snow cover continues to melt. my lot is now 75% bare. |
| 4/9/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/10/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.57 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
All precip fell as rain-- thundershowers late in the evening and after midnight. From where I can see into the forest, 90% of the snow is gone. Icy granular snow lingers in depressions and hollows. The snow still covers the mossy surface of the swamps, where there is low coniferous cover. There is a light ground fog this morning |
| 4/11/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.10 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Showers last evening, but no thunderstorms here-- they were to the south and west. Lake ice is darkening, and it is opening up along the shore, with the rain of the last two days. high winds after 10 PM last night as the front came through.
Snow is gone except for remnant snowbanks along the road and in some swamps under dense, low conifer cover and in deep woods on north and east facing slopes. |
| 4/12/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/13/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
|
| 4/14/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/15/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/19/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/20/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
0.4 |
M |
M |
M |
the heavier snow was to the south. it is still snowing. |
| 4/21/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
2.0 |
M |
the precip fell as snow but it all melted on the measuring board, so the catch is the only measurement. snow is going fast on the ground-- it is supposed to be near 50 degrees today so it should be all gone tomorrow most likely. |
| 4/22/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/23/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.48 |
2.4 |
M |
2.5 |
M |
the snow is very heavy and water-filled (as you can tell from the water content of the snow catch). It is wonderful outside this morning-- snow and slush raining down from the trees. we need all the moisture we can get, even though just to the south of us they have had a lot of precip this winter. Most of the snow of earlier in the week had melted by the time snow began falling late last evening. |
| 4/24/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
1.0 |
M |
there is about 70% snow cover. It should be gone by late this afternoon. it is supposed to be warm and sunny today. |
| 4/25/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
the snow that fell last week melted away yesterday afternoon in the warm sun. |
| 4/26/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/27/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.69 |
0.5 |
M |
0.5 |
M |
It began raining yesterday at 9:15 AM, and rapidly the precip became a rain/snow mix. It turned over to all snow about noon, and continued falling steadily until 6:15 PM. The total precip accumulation for this event was 0.65 inches of rain and melted snow. A little more snow fell over night, bringing the 24 hour total to 0.69 inches.
the snow is melting away fast. it did not cover the ground uniformly-- most of the snow that fell yesterday melted on contact with the ground. |
| 4/30/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/1/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.15 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/2/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
A small trace of snow pellets was in the bottom of the gauge |
| 5/3/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/4/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/5/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/6/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.08 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/7/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/8/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/9/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/10/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.09 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/11/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.28 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
A strong thunderstorm went past just after 3 AM. |
| 5/12/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.32 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
We had a thundershower yesterday, and later, a period of light to moderate rainfall. The rain during the thundershower was light, for a thundershower. 0.20 inches of rain fell. I have recorded the times for this thundershower in the Duration Informaton section.
We had a second period of rain, which began with gusty breezes, the strongest of which measured 12 mph on the Kestrel at ground level. This rain shower began at 5:25PM and ended at 6:10PM and yielded 0.12 inches of rain. |
| 5/13/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.74 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/14/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.09 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/15/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/16/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/17/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/18/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/19/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/20/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.08 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
the rain fell as light to moderate steady rain on the morning of May 19. |
| 5/21/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/22/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.74 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Rain fell as gentle showers during the day on May 21 and as one brief thunderstorm in the overnight hours. |
| 5/23/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.46 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
During the thunderstorm, 0.30 inches of rain fell
This storm was brief and fast moving, but the lighting was very active while the storm lasted |
| 5/24/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Rain fell as brief gentle showers during the day May 23 and in the overnight hours |
| 5/25/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/26/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/27/2011 |
6:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/28/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
gentle showers fell in the overnight hours |
| 5/29/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.12 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
the rain was in the form of a gentle shower in the morning on May 28 and a thundershower around 3 AM on May 29. |
| 5/30/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
The rain fell during two mild thundershowers in the early evening of May 29. There were a couple of low muttering thunder rumbles and a brief shower of rain and that was it. |
| 5/31/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
We got a light shower of rain during a brief thundershower in the early evening on May 30. |
| 6/1/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
The rain fell as a very brief, but heavy thunderstorm downpour around 1 PM on May 31. the wind blew very strongly all night. |
| 6/2/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/3/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/4/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/5/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/6/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/7/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.07 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/8/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/9/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/10/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/11/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.36 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Rain fell as gentle showers in the overnight hours. |
| 6/12/2011 |
6:30 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
There is a heavy fog over the lake this morning--must have lifted over the land before I woke up. Very lovely. |
| 6/13/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/14/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/15/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/16/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
The precipitation fell as very gentle brief rainshowers in the evening and over night hours |
| 6/17/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
A trace of rain fell late last afternoon. It was cloudy all day. |
| 6/18/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/19/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.29 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/20/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.76 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
the rain fell as light steady downfall during the morning and afternoon hours on June 19. |
| 6/21/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
A thunderstorm began right about 8 AM as i was taking the measurement. Nice! As of yet, the rain is moderate and the thunder occasional. |
| 6/22/2011 |
8:00 AM |
1.80 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
This is the first time since I started with CoCoRaHs that I had over an inch in catch. Pretty exciting! We had steady rains the morning of June 21, and also through most of the night and early morning of June 21 and 22. |
| 6/23/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.74 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Precipitation fell as steady moderate rainfall during the overnight hours. Heavy fog over lake this morning. |
| 6/24/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Precipitation fell as very light misty rain in the late evening and overnight hours |
| 6/25/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/26/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/27/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/28/2011 |
7:15 AM |
0.09 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Precip fell as gentle rain in the late evening and overnight hours |
| 6/29/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/30/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/1/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/2/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/3/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/4/2011 |
6:30 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/5/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/6/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/7/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/8/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/9/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/10/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/11/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
The precipitation fell in less than one minute from the leading edge of a cloud that passed over the house on the morning of July 10. |
| 7/12/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/13/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/14/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/15/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/16/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/17/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/18/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.14 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/19/2011 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/20/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.14 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/21/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/22/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/23/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/24/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.14 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/25/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/26/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/27/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.21 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Currently raining |
| 7/28/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/29/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/30/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/31/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.76 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
This rain resulted from a very large thunderstorm that occurred on Saturday afternoon |
| 8/1/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/2/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.30 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
the rain fell in overnight thundershowers. It is raining lightly now. |
| 8/3/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.49 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
the rain fell as moderate rainfall during the morning of August 2 |
| 8/4/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/5/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/6/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/7/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.10 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/8/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/9/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.10 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
rain fell as gentle multiple showers in the overnight hours |
| 8/10/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/11/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/12/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/13/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/14/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/15/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/16/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/17/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.10 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
The rain fell around 11 PM as a line of showers moved through from MN |
| 8/18/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/19/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.11 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Started raining at 0755 |
| 8/20/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.09 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/21/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/22/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/23/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/24/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.09 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/25/2011 |
6:30 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/26/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/27/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/28/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/29/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/30/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/31/2011 |
7:15 AM |
0.08 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
very light misty rain is falling at the present time |
| 9/1/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Rain fell as brief gentle showers the morning of August 31. |
| 9/2/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/3/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/4/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.17 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
All the precip fell during a heavy thundershower (of about six minutes duration) that occurred in the early evening of Sept 3. |
| 9/5/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.12 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
The rain fell as light showers in the morning and evening of Sept 4. |
| 9/6/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/7/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/8/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/9/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
warm sunny dry days--lovely early fall weather but the lake level is dropping.... |
| 9/10/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/11/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/12/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/13/2011 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
As we rode our bicycles last night about 6 PM, we were pelted with a few stray raindrops, but that was the extent of the rain. The news was the stong gusty winds that blew smoke from the wildland fires in the Arrowhead Region of MN into our area. Around 8:30 PM, the smell of forest fire smoke (Nick has fought many forest fires-- he knows the smell of a burning forest) came into the house stronger and stronger-- I had to shut the doors against its intensity after awhile. We called the Tribal Police in Watersmeet about 9 PM to see if a fire had been reported, and were told that this smoke was from Minnesota. |
| 9/14/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/15/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.18 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sleet fell briefly at 3:15 pm September 14th. |
| 9/16/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/17/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Frost during the overnight and early morning. |
| 9/18/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/19/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.19 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Precip fell as light rain in the evening and overnight hours. |
| 9/20/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/21/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
the precipitation fell as one brief shower around 11:30 AM on Sept 21. |
| 9/22/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.30 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Misting at present |
| 9/23/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.14 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
precip fell as brief light showers |
| 9/24/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.07 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/27/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.27 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
light drizzle |
| 9/28/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
dense fog |
| 9/29/2011 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/30/2011 |
8:00 AM |
0.66 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|