Temperature Change

Crossing Big Mac Bridge around 11 am Eastern Time

Yesterday's travel started at Mackinac City. We drove across the Mackinac Bridge and drove in snow all the way across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. U.S. 2 was snow covered all the way.

Ed walks toward snow covered Chevy Volt at Manistique

We saw snowplows and salt trucks. Stopping to have lunch at Manistique, we realized that the entire back end of the Chevy Volt was covered with an inch thick layer of packed snow. The temperature hovered around 15 degrees and it was cold.

Sunset along U. S. 41 north of Oshkosh

By the time we reached Escanaba and headed south, the snow had stopped. The roads were clear and the temperature began to rise. We reached Lomira, just south of Fond du Lac, by suppertime. It was a balmy 40 degrees outside and the car's snow covering had totally melted.

So, in one day's drive, we came through a 25 degree temperature change. That's like experiencing a summer storm where the temperature starts out at 90 and drops to 65 when a cold front arrives.

One wonders if the temperature changes were that extreme in years past. Or, is this kind of weather an indicator of climate change? 

Copyright 2013

Wanda Hayes Eichler