Looking at the upcoming info, I see that Saturday (tomorrow) is apparently the last day for the foreseeable future that will be both sunny and above-freezing. Saturday night we start to get some accumulating snow in here, and Sunday we have a light snow event - I'm thinking 3 inches as an average right now.
Monday is sunny but 20s in the wake of the storm, probably windy too, at least in the morning.
Tuesday into Wednesday we get snow-ice-rain, with more snow up north and more rain south. I wouldn't be surprised if the rain/snow line got hung up farther south than forecast. That's because I've noticed warm fronts have been having a hard time getting through recently, but don't bet too much on that yet -- just be ready for that potential.
In the wake of the midweek storm it looks like we're going back into the "cool and unsettled" pattern we had for much of the summer except this time around we'll be "cold and unsettled." Instead of rain showers, we'll have snow showers. As was the case in summer, we'll have sun thrown in each day as well. Looks like the temps will be in the 20s with lows in the teens.
Whatever you want to get done outside, Saturday looks like the last truly great day to get it done for a while. After that, you'll be fighting various forms of winter weather.
Side note: The lake water temp at
Black Cat Island Weather Station is now down to 40 and continues to drop. Snowfall early in the week followed by cold air at the end of the week should push it down to 37 or 38. It will be within reach of freezing at that point, given the right conditions. Bear in mind, we always have to wait for just the right conditions: Usually a very calm, cold night followed by a cold, not-too-windy day.