Don: Its inevitable that winter will arrive, no matter how late. We will probably have our first day with a high below freezing this week, and temperatures in northern MN are predicted to fall well below freezing, so that the lakes will have ice in about two weeks. But this will be the first time for the sled dog operators that I know, that sled dog vacations in the Boundary Waters wilderness will not begin by December 1st.
During El Nino winters the arctic air from Alaska often loses it punch before reaching Minnesota--they aren't predicting anything like you describe here any time soon, and our mean temperatures in winter are slightly colder than yours in Anchorage. Lee DON BERTOLETTE wrote: > Lee- > Careful what you wish for! We've had snow and sub-freezing temps > (highs less than 10 degrees, lows just below 0 degrees) for several > weeks now, that after an unusually long summer! > -Don > > Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:49:47 -0600 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [ENTS] Weather in Ely, MN versus Big Piney, WY > > > > Bob: > > > > Its not winter yet in Minnesota. There is no lake ice or snow pack yet > > anywhere in the state (there is a little ice in shallow marshes, but > > warm weather predicted for Monday and Tuesday will probably melt that). > > In fact, there is no snow going north from Ely until 50 miles north of > > Lake Winnipeg, or going NNE from Ely, there is no snow all the way to > > Hudsons Bay. I believe this is the first time we will have reached > > December 1st without snow cover or lake ice in northern Minnesota. > There > > are still a few roses in bloom in Minneapolis. > > > > Lee > > > > Bob wrote: > > > Lee, > > > > > > I'm on another weather kick. The temperature in Ely is currently > > > 25 degrees. In Big Piney it's 26. Thought you'd like to know. I plan > > > to track there two cold spots this upcoming winter on my trusty > > > iPhone. Way cool. > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > > Send email to [email protected] > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. Sign > up now. > <http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/%0Ahttp://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/> > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
