Apocalyptic wall of icy fog above Lake Superior

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10 years ago

Residents of Duluth Harbor, Minnesota, were witness to a spectacular phenomenon Sunday, as a wall of ‘steam’, hundreds of feet high, rose from Lake Superior.

Created by warmer lake waters evaporating in the -18 degree air, the churning cliff of fog was stunning but harmless.

However, it was a sign of much harder times to come for the state and its neighbors, which will find themselves suffering dangerous blizzard conditions when a powerful winter storm hits on Christmas day, AccuWeather reported.

Airline delays may occur on Christmas Day as winds pick up from the southern Plains to the Canadian border, and out east as far as the Great Lakes region.

That will also pose a threat to lightweight cars and tall vehicles on motorways.

And that’s not to mention the blizzards that will spread up from the Rockies to the northern Plains, likely resulting in portions of the I-80, I-90 and I-94 being shut down.

Outside of the core blizzard area, heavy snowfall will still occur all the way across to northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, with a wintry mix hitting the middle and southern areas of those states.

All of those states have already been hit hard so far this winter, although heavy snowfall in Green Bay, Wisconsin proved an attraction as much as an annoyance for some.

Packers fans flooded the stadium on Thursday to clear the pitch of snow ahead of Saturday’s game, WBAY reported.

Fans were given shovels and $10 per hour to clear the way for the team, but many would likely have done it for free.

Fan Rob Wartick turned up extra early because, he says, he got turned away early last year.

‘I didn’t get in, I didn’t get a chance,’ he said.

‘I wanted to come that much earlier this year so I made sure I was one of the people who got to shovel,’ Rob said. ‘With the playoffs looming for the Packers, I wanted to be part of the atmosphere.’

That atmosphere will likely be warm Saturday, but come Sunday – and the snowstorms – it will be a different matter entirely.