Category: 2011

  • May 8, 2011

    May 8, 2011

    A 9 am photo from our dock, the ice is out.

  • May 6, 2011

    May 6, 2011

    Picture taken from Green Airways. The ice should be gone from Howey Bay on Monday or Tuesday, sooner if the wind blows. It is best if the ice just melts. When the wind blows, the ice often does serious damage to docks.

  • April 29, 2011

    April 29, 2011

    The ice is much darker. The high temperature today was 70 F. The forecast for tomorrow is warm with about half an inch of rain.

  • April 24, 2011

    April 24, 2011

    Most of the snow has melted but Howey Bay is still pretty white. We had six inches of snow a week ago and the nice fresh snow reflects the sunlight back, delaying the ice melting. We have had insufficient rain to get the ice dark enough to really help with the melting. First…

  • March 28, 2011

    March 28, 2011

    As you can see is this picture of Howey Bay, there has been no melting of ice in Howey Bay. The forecast for the next two weeks is for cool temperatures just barely melting during the day and freezing at night.

  • January 25, 2011

    January 25, 2011

    The picture at left was taken January 25 from the ice in front of Green Airways. The truck in the foreground is arriving in Red Lake from Cochenour, only a couple of miles away in the winter.