Munising conditions. How bad is it?

sandmanmike1

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Me and 7 of my friends are heading to au train this weekend but reports are sounding grim. What has everyone else heard about this? I don't want to drive 470 miles one way for crap conditions.

Forecast and Conditions for Au Train, Michigan
Updated: 9:57 PM EST on January 08, 2006
Observed at Gwinn, Michigan
Temperature 28 °F / -2 °C
Windchill 25 °F / -4 °C
Humidity 86%
Dew Point 25 °F / -4 °C
Wind NE at 4 mph / 6 km/h
Pressure 29.76 in / 1008 hPa
Conditions Overcast
Visibility 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
Clouds Overcast (OVC) : 6000 ft / 1828 m

Yesterday's Maximum 30 °F / -1 °C
Yesterday's Minimum 21 °F / -6 °C
Normal high 23 °F / -4 °C
Normal low 5 °F / -14 °C
Sunrise 08:29 AM (EST)
Sunset 05:18 PM (EST)
Moon Rise 12:51 PM (EST)
Moon Set 03:03 AM (EST)
Moon Phase

Forecast as of 9:45 PM EST on January 8, 2006

Overnight
Light snow or flurries...then scattered snow showers late. Snow accumulation less than one inch. Lows around 26. East winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
Monday
Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers. Highs around 30. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
Monday Night
A few flurries in the evening. Partly cloudy. Lows 12 to 17 inland to around 20 at the shore. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest.
Tuesday
Partly sunny. Highs around 34. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows around 24. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday
A chance of snow and patchy drizzle in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 37. Chance of snow 30 percent.
Wednesday Night
A chance of snow or patchy freezing drizzle. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 32. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain or snow. Highs around 37.
Thursday Night and Friday
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Lows around 31. Highs 27 to 32.
Friday Night through Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Lows around 24. Highs around 27.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Highs around 31.

Copyright © 2006 The Weather Underground, Inc.
 
that weather is for Gwinn, HUGE differance. That is the same as the forcast for Negaunee.... "observed at Gwinn Michigan"... I think Munising has a bit more snow than Gwinn or us. I am in Negaunee. Trails between here and Big Bay were OK, but by the end of the weekend really beat. Not enough snow to handle the traffic. No first hand knowledge of Munising tho...
 
just talked to a buddy last night , he was up in the up all week , he said trails have a really hard base and things a pretty slick in the corners , he said plenty of base but it is hard and slick , good thing is , the trails dont get whooped out, but you better have good carbides ...
 
My wife an I rode from gwinn to autrain saturday. Trails were actually in decent shape.

We also rode the trail from gwinn to Arnold on sunday. Fresh groomed but not to many people ever ride that way, they think theres not much snow down there but the trails that way were beautiful, just a lil slick coming out of a few corners.
 
A little further east than Munising, but I talked to the owner of Hilltop Cabins in Grand Marais yesterday... he said the same thing... base is hard and a little thin/slick in places but nice and smooth. He told me many of the trails are so smooth you'd think you were riding down the highway. This is for the Grand Marais/Seeney area though... South of Seeney is pretty much unridable. We are headed to G.M. this weekend...
 
you couldn't pay me to go to the UP this weekend.

1) crapy snow
2) MLK weekend - this means that every autoworker and gov't employee is on a three day weekend.
3) icy corners
4) no snow in any other state means everybody is headed there.

Went up there 2 year ago on this same weekend with the same condition, what a goat rodeo.

anybody headed up there please be extra careful, tons of idiots and low snow = lots of accidents.
 
I would fall into the auto worker category. I am enjoying a 3 week layoff right now with 95 % of my pay. I go to work for 1 week at the end of the month then I am off again for 3 more weeks. Warren Truck assembly plant for chrysler.
 
I would fall into the auto worker category. I am enjoying a 3 week layoff right now with 95 % of my pay. I go to work for 1 week at the end of the month then I am off again for 3 more weeks. Warren Truck assembly plant for chrysler.
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Enjoy it while you can, cash cow is going to the sloughter house soon!
Can you say MADE IN CHINA? Gee.. I wonder why vehicles are so high priced, and auto makers are hurting? M2C
 
While I'm not an auto worker or UAW member, they are the reason I have Monday off. Gotta ride when you can... and I'm usually not in a hurry just out to have fun.
 
It is raining in Negaunee right now... I am sure Munising is very similar :( My sleds are going back in storage and the jeep is coming back out...
 
yeah this weather is so damn depressing. The next couple of weeks looks to be the same garbage with maybe a couple of cold days w/snow, but mostly wet and mild :o|

I think I'm going to stop thinking about riding and act as if it's April!
 
JeepTherapy said:
It is raining in Negaunee right now... I am sure Munising is very similar :( My sleds are going back in storage and the jeep is coming back out...
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I know whatcha mean chris, Had to test out the new 40's on the s10 last week, my woods is still passable..

Leaving on the sleds today, hopefully get some better snow quick!
paradise for 2 days, munising for 3, ontanagon for 2, houghton for 3. :Moon:
 
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