black ice for western challenge?

Buffalo Lake, Buffalo Minnesota
Sunday, 30 Nov 2003
Lake Buffalo,
Buffalo, Minnesota

There is about four inches of black ice (measured at the start of the first band of smooth ice).

Ice fisherman have been going out for a couple of days.

The weather
http://www.wunderground.com/US/MN/Minneapolis.html
from the weather underground is looking good for the week. No big storms forecast and no big heat wave. Of course no big cold spells either...

To really move into the comfort level it would be nice if there was some net gain in ice-making days this next week.

Temperature
http://www.wunderground.com/US/Region/US/pxTemperature.html

Satelite
http://www.wunderground.com/US/Region/US/pxIRSatellite.html

JetStream
http://www.wunderground.com/US/Region/US/JetStream.html

all look favorable.

And Saturday is a full moon too..
bring your regulation tri-lights for the rogue full moon best of five.. ;-)