Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Mallard paddling on the creek. Gray sky, droplets in the air, the ground wet. A dozen skiers exercising on roller skis.

Saturday, November 12, 2016

Blue sky, strong breeze from the south. Coots and one bright bufflehead foraging off the southern shore. Small canoe with two fishermen; more fishermen on shore near the band shell; fishing boat off the northern shore.

Current conditions at
Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°NLon: 93.23°WElev: 840ft.
Fair
53°F
12°C
Humidity 45%
Wind Speed SW 15 G 24 mph
Barometer 30.14 in (1021.1 mb)
Dewpoint  32°F (0°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Wind Chill 48°F (9°C)
Last update 12 Nov 2:53 pm CST

Friday, November 11, 2016

Blue sky, pink-amber light; large, blue-and-white gibbous moon rising. Clusters of coots and mallards around the southeast inlet; scores of geese idling near the western shore; an isolated pair of pied-bill grebes close to shore; hundreds of pink gulls gathered on and above the middle of the lake; a loon diving off the northern shore.

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft.
Fair
46°F
8°C
Humidity 46%
Wind Speed Calm
Barometer 30.46 in (1032.1 mb)
Dewpoint  26°F (-3°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 11 Nov 4:53 pm CST

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Blue sky, a few high cirrus streaks tinged with amber. Coots and mallards around the southwest inlet; a pair of pied-bill grebes off the western shore; fishing boat farther north.

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft.
Partly Cloudy
57°F
14°C
Humidity 47%
Wind Speed SW 8 mph
Barometer 30.17 in (1022.1 mb)
Dewpoint 37° F (3°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 9 Nov 4:53 pm CST

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Blue sky towards sunset, half moon rising in the east. Bald eagle flying north along the eastern shore. Many coots near the southwest shore, a pair of grebes, flock of crows overhead, one gull on the water. A few mallards pecking at the northern shoreline. 

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft.
Fair
54°F
12°C
Humidity 42%
Wind Speed NW 7 mph
Barometer 30.38 in (1029.3 mb)
Dewpoint  31°F (-1°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Wind Chill 52°F (11°C)
Last update 8 Nov 4:53 pm CST

Saturday, November 5, 2016

Golden sun, blue sky, breeze from the south. Fishing boat and fishing canoe on the water, kayak and inflatable canoe; fishermen on the shore and a fisherman on the anchored floating dock. Hundreds of gulls settled in the center of the lake; many coots near the southwest shore, a few mallards near the southwest inlet. Paths busy, a few people at the southeast beach.

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft.
Fair
71°F
22°C
Humidity 35%
Wind Speed SW 7 mph
Barometer 30.19 in (1022.5 mb)
Dewpoint  42°F (6°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 5 Nov 4:53 pm CDT

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Clear sky, hazy at the horizons; little breeze. Solitary pied-bill grebe off the southern shore; coots around the southwest inlet and farther north; gulls bright in the middle of the lake. Fishermen on the shores; paths increasingly busy.

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W lev: 840ft.
Fair
64°F
18°C
Humidity 41%
Wind Speed N 7 mph
Barometer 30.29 in (1025.9 mb)
Dewpoint  40°F (4°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 3 Nov 4:53 pm CDT

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Creek moving quickly. Large streaks of cirrostratus dimming the sunlight. Fishing boat on the water. Two pied-bill grebes off the southern shore; mallards around the southwest inlet, coots farther north. Large flock of gulls around and on the wooden dock anchored off the northern shore. Paths busy, many joggers, many dogs.

Current conditions at Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)
Lat: 44.88°N Lon: 93.23°W Elev: 840ft.
Mostly Cloudy
56°F
13°C
Humidity 62%
Wind Speed W 5 mph
Barometer 29.96 in (1014.8 mb)
Dewpoint  43°F (6°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update Nov 5:53 pm CDT