Date: 04/09/1998

Number: 1

After 2-3 days of strong northeast winds, most of the ice has blown off of Chequamegon Bay along the Wisconsin south shore of western Lake Superior. Only the head of the bay has retained some ice, and even there it is spartse. Normally, southeasterly winds would be responsible for the clearing of ice, pushing it out of the bay to break up among the Apostle Islands and beyond on the open lake, but the northeast winds have caused much of the ice to pile up like boulders along the shoreline at the head of the bay. Mountains of crumbling ice 10 to 20 feet high stand along the water's edge beside the highway and at the beach. It is a strange way for us to become "ice-free," but the ice mounds are an interesting sight! The lake itself is brown with the dirt and sand that have washed into it from the streams, but this has not stopped the gulls from hovering over the waves to look for fish.

Ashland, WI

Latitude: 46.5 Longitude: -90.9

Observed by: Ted
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