It’s a bright February morning! Grab your sunglasses and enjoy. Today we’re bringing you an update on the renovation of the trap net boat Joy. The new paint is the same kelly green as the original; it fades after years of exposure to the sun. The painting is made possible by the warmer weather, since the indoor temperature must be at… Read more »
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A dark get-up, which has been the routine this month. Sky opened up shortly after noon, but you can see on the horizon for the weather to arrive in the early morning tomorrow… Rain!… Which will mix with snow later in the day. Weather watch for Tuesday calls for snow. The Leland Report/Leif Spork Snow Gauge contest is closed. We had… Read more »
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Woke up this morning to four more. This El Nino winter was supposed to be different, but it’s not much different from any other winter as far as I can see, it’s cold and snowy out. I stopped by Nick’s shop to check on the JOY and it looks like it’s coming along nicely. Below is the road I… Read more »
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Another day with snowflakes to wake up to. Granted they are just flakes but never the less, they are snowflakes and I’m tired of snowflakes. The Leland Report/Leif Spork Snow Gauge contest is closed. We had a total of 47 entries. We will report the final tally on 4/30/16!
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A nice beginning with little or no overnight snow. The trip home from St.Wenceslaus at 9:15 was a total whiteout, visibility zero, had to depend on the center rubble strip to stay on the road home. Not a system snow, it’s a lake effect snow. It’s winter. The Leland Report/Leif Spork Snow Gauge contest is closed. We had a total of… Read more »
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Visibility at sunrise was as far as you could see, a couple of hundred feet was about all for the past week. Forecast calls for warming to somewhere in the 30’s and rain mixed with snow. Walking in other peoples foot deep footprints, I made it down to Fishtown and much the same at Van’s Beach over a big drift. I… Read more »
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Last nights weather forecast for the overnight snow fall was 6 to 12 inches. We woke up to an inch. The sky at sunrise showed signs of opening up and Big Blue was calm. And then by 10:30 am the wind started blowing and the sky started snowing. Gusting to over 30, whiteouts. All the schools are closed and this system is… Read more »
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Today, Monday, the wind has subsided. However, with temps hovering in the teens, we continue to celebrate winter. Yesterday’s onshore wind made the fishing nets dance around, made the harbor flag point directly toward shore, and created whitecaps in the harbor and river. I stood in the lee of the Fishtown shanties and then in the lee of the Manitou… Read more »
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Winter found it’s way back home! A blustery return with northwest winds gusting to over 35 mph. Our Leelanau Road Commission plows had the roads cleared before 7am for the go to church folks, God loveum. Biscuit and I tried to get down to Van’s Beach, but the wind and corn snow drove us back. The Leland Report/Leif Spork Snow… Read more »
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Another gloomy beginning, dark and dreary. The early afternoon no different. Snow was forecasted to fall around four, it began falling at two. The snow is falling along with the temperature and winter is returning. The Leland Report/Leif Spork Snow Gauge contest is closed. We had a total of 47 entries. We will report the final tally on 4/30/16!
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