UPDATE - Entire Great Lakes System - Now Reportedly 87.3 percent Covered with Ice Feb. 12, 2014

Feb. 8, 2014

Great Lakes ice cover update: 87 percent frozen, could set record next week

Feb.12, 2014

http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2014/02/great_lakes_ice_cover_update_t.html

 

Lake Superior set a NEW Record for Ice Cover this week at 92%, breaking the old record of 91% on Feb. 5, 1994.  More ice and snow coming in the next week. Read more below in this story......

Great Lakes ice cover spreading rapidly; see which lake set a new record

http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2014/02/great_lakes_added_11_percent_i.html

 

Great Lakes ice cover approaching highest levels for twenty years

http://ktwop.wordpress.com/2014/02/08/great-lakes-ice-cover-approaching-highest-levels-for-twenty-years/

This shows the general water temperature and areas that have ice cover on them. The areas with color shows water temperatures above that magic 32° line where ice can form. Areas without color have water temperatures cold enough to support ice that is continuing to grow and thicken. For a closer look at the ice on Lake Superior, check out the picture below.