Lake Superior last froze over in 2003. It has now, again, frozen over. The frequency of freeze overs has historically been around once every 20 years. Now, in the last decade, we have seen two freeze overs.
The picture below is a beautiful satellite photo of Lake Superior from yesterday. With the well below freezing temperatures seen over the region Thursday night (-20 F), any isolated open water could have frozen.
The NWS in Marquette MI writes:
Due to the recent cold spell and below normal temperatures for much of the winter of 2008-2009, ice covers nearly all of Lake Superior. Only small areas of open water remain. This image was taken on Tuesday, March 3rd. If arctic air does not return in the next couple of weeks, it is likely that this will be the day of maximum ice cover on Lake Superior for this winter as warmer weather and periods of stronger winds through the end of this week will cause open water areas to expand. Click on the image to view a higher resolution satellite picture (image is large — just under 1mb).
Source:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mqt/?n=lake_superior_ice
h/t to Kevin Klimek
AGW Irish Wish
May the seas fall to leave you high and dry.
May the wind always blow up your skirt and chill your cheeks.
May sun shine…okay, forget sun shine…
the snow fall soft into your dread locks,
and until we meet again
may Gaiai (or whatever the hell her name is) hold your feet to the icecube for mocking her.
May Old Man Winter not be such a perv when he blows you ladies skirts up!
Pamela the Poet wrote:
“AGW Irish Wish
May the seas fall to leave you high and dry.
May the wind always blow up your skirt and chill your cheeks.
May sun shine…okay, forget sun shine…
the snow fall soft into your dread locks,
and until we meet again
may Gaiai (or whatever the hell her name is) hold your feet to the icecube for mocking her.”
HA HA HA HA I WAS IN MY OFFICE READING THIS AND I LAUGHED OUT LOUD.
BUSTED!
Surfing the net during work…but i needed that. Thanks Pamela.
😉
Pamela the Poet:
I laughed my Irish … off on that one!
(may the sun shine….ok, forget sun shine…)
I want to blatantly steal this to amuse the crowd on St. Paddy’s Day. — with proper attribution, of course…