Sunshine and blue sky bless the Bass Islands today, and, oh, what a splendid feeling it is!  An afternoon jaunt around Put-in-Bay reveals a brilliant environment that makes up for an unbelievably long stretch of cloudy, gray days.

Though the high temperature only made it to  20.5°F at 1:35pm, soaking up some vitamin D generates a cheerful, inner warmth.

The National Weather Service reports the following:  High pressure continues to build over our region through mid to
late this week. This will provide the bulk of the area with calm and clearing conditions. Radiational cooling will allow lows tonight across NW Ohio to dip down into the single digits.

Put-in-Bay Harbor ice formation captures considerable attention during the winter.  This is especially true this year as Lake Erie water temperature around the Bass Islands only briefly plummeted to conditions necessary for the “good ice” required for ice fishing, ice boating, and skating.!

It is interesting to note, according to an education resource, “The density of ice is less than that of liquid water. Therefore, ice floats on the surface. The ice layer at lower temperature floats over the water below it. Due to this, the freezing of water into ice occurs continuously from the top towards the bottom.”

Meanwhile, as we appreciate the “art of ice,” as in the mosaic pictured, temperature measurements at Marblehead Station continue above freezing.