At the beginning of last week, the weather finally clawed back up to average temperatures...and then it went beyond the average to the extraordinary. There was sun, there were hat-less heads, and there should have been golf as air soared above 70°F all the way into the weekend.
As the warm melted away the snow and other bits of frozen from the previous weeks, inflows celebrated a mini Spring renaissance.
Unfortunately, the warm did not extend to the lake water.
Removing items from the lake (rafts, piers, boat lifts) is best done when the lake is calm and the water is warm. The lake was angry most of the week, but the calm came back to the lake on Thursday. It was further observed that the water wasn't going to get any warmer. The time to get the last of the stuff from the lake had arrived.
Warm. I had not planned on typing that word for 7 or 8 months, but here we are. Technically, 72°F occupies the gray area on the cold/warm comfort spectrum, but after more than a little snow and an 11°F morning, anything over 50°F is considered a win. The results of this late season fair weatherness is being felt by those ice-in candidates with an early date having their path to victory narrowed. Still, it could happen sooner rather than later. Don't put away those hats just yet.
-Nemo believes the lake will freeze over, just not today.
