RangerJoe
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39F today. Saw some folks out playing tennis yesterday. Tomorrow 40F. Schweet. You know its a tease. Then, wham.... Winter is coming - example 1
You should look up some pictures from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for snow. Especially Sault Saint Marie, MI, USA: quote:
Greatest Amount of Snow in One Day: 26.6in. — The one-day record snowfall for Sault Ste Marie, Michigan was recorded on December 10th, 1995 as seen in the chart below. . . . Greatest Snowfall in One Season: 208.8 inches – The greatest cumulative snow fall for Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. This occurred during the year that ended December 31st, 1995. This was surely a banner year for snowplow contractors! Marquette had close to 300 inches for that year! quote:
Under the Köppen climate classification, Sault Ste. Marie has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with cold, snowy winters and warm summers.[17] Sault Ste. Marie is one of the snowiest places in Michigan, receiving an average of 120 inches (3.0 m) of snow per winter season, with a record year when 209 inches (5.3 m) fell. 62 inches (1.6 m) of snow fell in one five-day snowstorm, including 28 inches (71 cm) in 24 hours, in December 1995.[18] Precipitation measured as equivalent rainfall, Sault Ste. Marie receives an annual average of 33 inches (840 mm). Its immediate region is the cloudiest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, having over 200 cloudy days a year.[citation needed] Temperatures in Sault Ste. Marie have varied between a record low of −36 °F (−38 °C) and a record high of 98 °F (37 °C). Monthly average temperatures range from 13 °F (−11 °C) in January to 64 °F (18 °C) in July.[19] On average, only two out of every five years reaches 90 °F (32 °C), while there are 85.5 days annually where the high remains at or below freezing and 26.5 nights with a low of 0 °F (−18 °C) or colder. Average monthly precipitation is lowest in February, and highest in September and October. This autumn maximum in precipitation, unusual for humid continental climates, owes to this area's Great Lakes location. From May through July (usually the year's wettest months in most of the upper Midwestern United States, away from large bodies of water), the lake waters surrounding Sault Ste. Marie are cooler than nearby land areas. This tends to stabilize the atmosphere, suppressing precipitation (especially showers and thunderstorms) somewhat, in May, June and July. In autumn, the lakes are releasing their stored heat from the summer, making them warmer than the surrounding land, and increasingly frequent and strong polar and Arctic air outbreaks pick up warmth and moisture during their over-water passage, resulting in clouds and instability showers. In Sault Ste. Marie, this phenomenon peaks in September and October, making these the wettest months of the year. Also noteworthy is that in Sault Ste. Marie, the year's third wettest month, on average, is November, and not any summer month. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault_Ste._Marie,_Michigan#Geography_and_climate So you can see why the Edmund Fitzgerald had some problems that one day . . .
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