Greetings and welcome!
The big deer hunting season is only 48 hours away and people are getting geared up and moving for it. It might prove to be an interesting season weather-wise.
The first weekend looks like it starts out ok, but by afternoon on Saturday we could see some rain. Later into the evening that rain will likely change to snow before moving out.Right now it doesn’t look like too major of a snow storm for us. The folks west of about Rhinelander can expect 2-4 or 3-6 Saturday night.
Sunday looks a little better with the snow clearing out and a little wind behind the storm. Look for mid to upper 30s both days, and lows in the mid-20s overnight.
Behind that we could see some light snow about Monday. The rest of the week looks a little above normal for temps, and clear for precip. Look for a hi/lo of 40/25 for most of next week, though it could go a little warmer if I am reading the model right.
The GFS is showing another storm for the second weekend. That one looks like it will start out as rain Saturday and change to snow for Sunday. As shown, it could snow pretty good up here the second Sunday.
It is traditional around here to start deer hunting week with some bake sales. Here are the ones that I know of.
| Nov. 18 | Jungle Jim’s Pub Silver Cliff |
Hunters Bake Sale – 9:30 am Baked goods and booyah will be offered Sponsored by the Silver Cliff Fire & Rescue Auxiliary |
| Nov. 18 | Nimrod Inn Athelstane |
Hunters Bake Sale – 10 am Sponsored by American LegionAuxiliary Unit 66 of Athelstane/Silver Cliff |
| Nov. 19 | Cornerstone Assembly of God Church Corner of C & A – Athelstane |
11th Annual Athelstane Fire Dept. Aux. Craft Fair & Bake Sale 9:30 am to 2:30 pm Food & Beverages – Door Prizes & Raffles |
Tuesday of deer hunting week brings the FREE buffet and raffles at Rapids Resort. Yes you read that right, free. Hopefully folks buy a few drinks with dinner and they have a mountain of stuff to raffle off.
Rapids is also having a Thanksgiving dinner buffet. They are in good company with Jungle Jim’s, Peshtigo River Resort, The Twin Bridge Rescue Squad (11am-2pm), Hilltop, and Twin Bridge Resort.
The does dancing for dollars thing is going on for deer hunting too. Look for that on weekends at the Curve Inn, Thornton’s, Green Lake Tap in Mountain, and a new place up in Townsend called Beaver’s Bar.
So far my unheated well house hasn’t been a problem. I will probably go out there later today and set up a light bulb to offer at least some heat. There were a couple of nights that got me a little nervous, but so far so good.
Today has my attention because the daytime high will only be around freezing, and tonight it could go into the low 20s. Usually as long as there is a warm day between the cold nights we are ok. Today doesn’t look very warm, though the sun will help. Sometime next week I will go to work on setting up the heater and plugging in heat tape, along with the insulation on the well house itself. Usually we are OK through deer hunting, but after that all bets are off.
This week took me toward Lakewood and I was surprised how much more snow that they had from last week’s storm. They actually had to plow side roads and parking lots, and there are snow piles already. There is only patchy snow in the woods, but at one point I’d guess that hey had 4-6″ plus based on plow piles. Rumor has it that Antigo saw 9″. Considering how wet and heavy the snow was, that had to be ugly.
That is about it for this visit. Have a fun time at deer camp and be safe.
RJB