The Leelanau Almanac
Fall Color Report (Oct 6): I think we might be at 50% color. There are some stretches with more advanced color - yellows, oranges, reds - and others that are still very much green. We should see peak color beginning Columbus Day Weekend (that's this weekend) but barring some nasty weather, it should continue to be very nice through at least next weekend.
It's 48 degrees under mostly sunny skies with moderate south winds at 8:30 AM at our Leland office. The barometer is at 1026 millibars (30.3 inches) with a relative humidity of 76%. We had a beautiful weekend - plenty of sun and not too chilly. The forecast for today calls for sun, southeast winds and 10-20+ and a high near 70! There's a chance of rain tonight and Wednesday with highs tomorrow in the mid 60s. The outlook for the rest of the week is for a good deal of sun with highs near 70 into the weekend. Time to plan that Columbus Day Weekend trip to Leelanau!
October 2, 2008: Partly sunny, windy, scattered showers and 50s (57/42)
October 3, 2008: Mostly cloudy, light rain & 50 (52/39)
October 4, 2008: Mostly sunny & 50s (55/36)
October 5, 2008: Sunny & 60 (60/33)
October 6, 2008: Sunny & low 60s (63/46)
Photo: A nice day for a ride in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore by cyoas55
Coming Events
Fiber Festival 2008 (Oct 10 & 11), Fall for Art in Leelanau Gallery Tour (Oct 10-12), Election 2008: Leelanau Candidate Forums (in October). Check the Leelanau Calendar.
Looking back, comments, etc.
Click for the Leelanau news archive from October 2007 and share the Leelanau stuff you find over at Beachcombing: October 2008.
Weather Resources
Bouy 45002 in Lake Michigan is located halfway between North Manitou Island and Washington Island in Lake Michigan. It provides wind and wave data. Also check out Michigan Sea Grant Coastwatch for water temps (the "early evening" images in their archive will give you a better idea of actual temps during peaks swimming hours ... in seasons where you might actually want to swim!).
Weather Underground is just about as old as the internet (the first net weather service) and is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sometimes the above banner will show personal weather system data from Leland and sometimes it comes from a vineyard on Old Mission (it tells you which in the top left of the page it links to).
