Well the Arctic Blast has done a number on the Lake so far. Water levels are way down in the Western Basin and ice is forming in nearshore areas protected from the wind. Western Basin lake info (NOAA) stations have stopped posting water temperatures, so I assume that means it's ice at those stations. Cleveland station says water temp is 39.2, down from 42 a few days ago, which is a big change in a short time for the deeper Central Basin.

The real high winds are obviously cooling the water much faster. If they lay down at some point during the remaining arctic temps this week, we could see ice formation near shore. We'll see what happens the rest of the coming week.