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Snowing and blowing down here, gales coming. I think winter has finally made it!

Good mornin' from Tx Panhandle 44°

Lots of wind in NW Wis. but just a trace of snow so far.

60 degrees at my home yesterday. Annual snowmobile part of friend's Christmas gathering today put on major hold. Had all that snow on Mon & Tues. disappeared. Maybe I'll rake instead!

our first sunday without dimebag darrel.

Mishawaka IN here. Winter is upon us. We have a winter advisory in effect from 6pm today to 6pm tomorrow. A possible 2 to 3 inches of snow with winds of 25 to 35 mph and gust up to 50 mph. I believe winter is here.

The weather channel said you are going to get some bad weather. It's a little cool here, but no snow for the Holidays......poor us. Have fun on those snowmobiles.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING. THIS WARNING HAS REPLACED THE SNOW ADVISORY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. A NORTH WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
In the UP:

BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH MONDAY EXPECTED TO BE OVER A FOOT IN SOME PLACES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE MONDAY NIGHT AS THE SNOW AND WIND BOTH DIMINISH.

Congratulations on your snow! Hope it stays below 32 for you now.

Here in Commerce we got 2 or 3, but it is supposed to be mixed with rain this afternoon. mush and slush!

Ore boat about to drop anchor in Bete Grise. Too hazy to make her name yet. Bet she'll be here for at least 24 hours.

Both ANDERSON and TRAGURTHA were plying Superior yesterday.

Saw the CANADIAN TRANSPORT's anchor splash at 12:55, and monitored their transmition stating that they were in "bith griss bay".

Boat nerd: I love your posts!

The wind in Minnesota is blowing all my Christmas decorations down and around the yard. I thought some crazy person had taken our glass table and chairs. Found them down the hill.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!! Just got back from an hour walk in it. Don't have to dream about a white Christmas anymore. From some snow junkies.

Oh Yay!!! The snow has arrived. Now I can at east look at the bridge cam every day and feel Christmasy!!! Today I made 4 gallons of Caramel Corn. Wish we could have a Caramel Corn Party!

Another oreboat arriving at Bete Grise joining the CANADIAN TRANSPORT.

Suspect that it may be the CHARLES M. BIGLEY, as the TRANSPORT's Captain was asking the Marquette Coast Guard to let the BIGLEY know that there was plenty of anchorage here.

I'm wondering when someone's going to get a webcam going at Bete Gris! It would be so cool to see the big boats taking refuge. Ah well, might have to wait and do it myself after I win the lottery.

Charlie how moch for a Bete Grise camera..?

Is there still a camera in the lighthouse up there some where?

My snowplowing neighbor came in this afternoon for the first time this winter. I had shoveled a 2 foot high snowbank away to get the car off the road after we got home from church. Wind is really blowing tonight here in Cornell. Light snow falling, temp. is 34°. Just before dark it was 26° so I dumped the water (ice covered) from the birdbath. Suppose it'll snow more since it has warmed up. Heavy, wet, slippery snow. Doncha just love it? (The mower deck is still on the Cub Cadet.) :o(

We used to maintain the webcam at the Mendota Lighthouse, along with a weather station which showed the current conditions. Then about four years ago the owner of the lighthouse abruptly discontinued the operation and stopped updating his website.

We would love to get a webcam going again looking out over Bete Gris. The live stream would be much easier now, as we are serving Pasty.NET's wireless broadband right down to the beach (and beyond).

Speaking of live webcams, John Schneiderhan and I were up in the steeple of St. Anne's church in Calumet this afternoon, making preparations for a new webcam soon to be hosted by Main Street Calumet. Stay tuned!