Our first meetup of February gave us a 33F lake and an outside air temp of 31F – a huge bump from earlier in theRead More
Author: Steve
The polar vortex came in with a vengeance over the weekend, giving us an 8F air temp at 7:15am. But, miraculously, the lake did notRead More
The forecast called for south/southwest wind, so I was expecting the lake to be fairly clear of ice close to the short. However, we hadRead More
Our first official winter meetup took place at 7:10am. And while we didn’t really get much swim time in the lake, it was worth theRead More
The good news this morning was that the 95% humidity forecast didn’t translate into drizzle – just heavy fog. So we didn’t have to worryRead More
We lucked out with the lake temp still out of the cellar (40F) and the air temp an even more balmy at 42F . TheRead More
We knew it wouldn’t last, but wouldn’t it have been nice for Lake Michigan to still be in the 50Fs at the start of December?Read More
When I arrived at L1 just around 6:50am, I was expecting a cold and turbulent lake. But the lake came in at 52.2F with justRead More
With the 12mph forecasted winds, I was expecting a very choppy lake at 6:30am. Fortunately for us, the weatherman was wrong again and the lakeRead More
The good news was that the lake came in at an unseasonably warm 57F lake temp, which more than made up for the 50F airRead More