2020

Friday 6-19-2020

Greetings and happy Friday!

The weather has been interesting lately. Last Friday night we got down to 33 degrees. This week we have been in the mid and upper 80s. Now the NWS has at least a chance of rain for the next 7 days.

It does look like a soggy weekend starting with some showers or storms this afternoon. It is not supposed to rain the whole time this weekend, but by Monday we could see 1-3″ of rain. I guess that fire danger won’t be a problem.

The yellow daisies have been coming on strong this past week and some fields are totally painted with them. The cottonwoods are dropping seeds, so it looks like it snowed in some places.

There is live music at the Caldron Falls Bar Saturday night.

The whitewater rafting and lazy river tubing by Kosir’s will be good again this weekend. The river still hasn’t gone down to zero (-not empty, but rather the normal summer water level) yet this year.

The grass has been growing fast and needs cutting again.

Saturday is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. We will have 15 hours 40 minutes and 45 seconds of daylight. It is all downhill from here. We will lose 6 hours, 58 minutes from now until the December Solstice. Enjoy it while you can!

Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!

RJB

Friday June 12, 2020

Greetings and welcome!

Well we survived the tropical depression this week. The storm prediction cone that they use on hurricanes and such showed the path of the low going about 2 miles west of my house in Silver Cliff.

In the end we had a couple of inches of rain and some very windy days. The NWS radar returns didn’t follow the storm long enough without resetting to get a storm total out of it. The USGS gauge by Kosir’s shows about 2″ of rain from the storm itself, and 2.25″ for the week. The wind didn’t do much damage, I have a couple of small branches down from it.

The Peshtigo River went from about +6″ to about a +18″. Whitewater rafting this weekend will be exceptional. Call Kosir’s at 715-757-3431

Between waves of rain I took the dog out for a walk mid-week. I made it about 50′ before I doubled back for some Repel. The wet year is not lost on the mosquitoes or ticks. The former were really plentiful and quite hungry. Bring Repel, and I use the 40% stuff.

I can’t tell you how the fishing is yet, I have been so busy that I haven’t even started work on the boat. It should be about prime right now. Maybe next week.

There is some live music in the area this week. Saturday afternoon there is live music outside at Rustic Inn, and Saturday night at Caldron Falls Bar.

We have a nice weekend ahead, but bring some warm gear for the evenings. The NWS says that we could have a high of 62 Saturday and 69 Sunday. The forecast for here is for a low of 37 tonight and 39 Saturday night, but the frost advisory says that some areas could see upper 20s to low 30s. Remember when I warned about planting stuff before June 10th? Sometimes even that is a little early. Welcome to life north of the 45th parallel.

There have been some absolutely incredible sunsets in the past week. Go on FaceBook under Crivitz Area Talk, there are a lot of pictures there.

Time to go and get on that to-do list. Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!

RJB

Tuesday June 2, 2020- Weather Watch

Severe Weather Watch

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Greetings and welcome!
As I get ready for my day I found some weather information that you should be aware of.

The 90+ and humid day will not be very enjoyable.

What I am concerned about is the potential for severe storms later this afternoon. Looking at the CAPE and DCAPE values there is a good chance of severe weather this afternoon into tonight. There is a slight tornado risk but a good chance of big hail, damaging winds, and torrential rains. Right now it looks like the main focus is from Green Bay and south, but on the grand scale of things we are close enough to be concerned.

Keep an eye on the sky this afternoon.

RJB

Friday May 29th, 2020

Greetings and welcome!

The week has been a wet one thanks to a storm that really was moving slow. We are finally out of the rain and into pleasant weather. We had some heat and humidity along the way, and some really spectacular cloud formations and sunsets. Now that the cold front has passed we are looking at low 60s Saturday and low 70’s Sunday. A heads up, tonight the low temperature could be in the upper 40s, and Saturday night could go into the low 30s. Bring some warm gear.

In total we got someplace between 1.5 and 3″ of rain, depending on how many of the thunderstorm cells hit your particular area. The puddles and low areas are very full, and so are the creeks and rivers.

Radar Precip Est From 06:30 PM CDT Wed May 20 2020 to 05:06 PM CDT Fri May 29 2020

The whitewater rafting this weekend will be spectacular on the Peshtigo River. The rains this week hit that watershed pretty good. Right now my guesstimate is that it is running at about a +18″.  That water level is just a blast. It isn’t uncommon to see that big of water in April and early May when the snow melt feeds the river. It is a treat when you can get it above 60 degrees. Call Kosir’s @ 715-757-3431.

Last week was wet too and with this week’s rain the green world has really taken off. The grass that didn’t need cutting last Sunday is now very high, and half way to my knee in spots. Once it dries out a little more I will be starting that task.

Also high on the list is working on the small lakes fishing boat. It is probably about time to get some of that premium early summer fishing before the weeds and lilly pads get too heavy.

That is it for now. Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!

RJB