2:30pm Update
Paddler’s Alert!
Last night the Peshtigo River watershed saw an estimated 2-5″ of rain, and there are big storms up there again right now. Last night they had flood advisories out for the watershed. There is no question that the Peshtigo will have good rafting and rising water levels this weekend. Call Kosir’s and get in on some great summer rafting.
The flood advisory from my Facebook post last night..
“ESTIMATES BASED ON RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY GAGEN… ARGONNE… LAONA… AND CRANDON. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL…ESTIMATED AT NEARLY 5 INCHES…FELL MID-WAY BETWEEN CRANDON AND ARGONNE.”
Here are last night’s radar estimates.
That is pretty good, but here is the current radar, and the storms are going across the watershed like they are on a train track. This will be great for weekend paddling.
Overnight Update
Greetings and welcome!
Thank you for all of the compliments on the desktop background last week. I liked that one too and it is still my background. For you photographers.. I did it at a F22, 1/5th of a second at an ISO100. In short, it was a slow shutter speed and a steady hand.
So it looks like I didn’t need an ark this week. The really heavy rain went to the southern 1/3 of WI and the northern 1/3 of IL. One friend from northern IL suggested that he should sell his house quickly since lakefront property brings a higher price.
It was a tough pattern to call. The whole region was in warm wet air, and it was just a question of where some convection would get started and bring storms.
We did get some rain. We had close to an inch last Friday morning. There was a good downpour yesterday (Tue) morning that developed pretty much right over us. I could hear it on the roof before it showed up on radar. Tonight (Wed) we had a good line of storms come through that even had a few cracks of thunder with it. Between the three we are close to an inch and a half of rain for the past week.
A lot of people ignored the soggy weekend forecast last weekend and headed up north. They were well rewarded. In my travels we only had a few sprinkles Saturday afternoon, and those only lasted a minute or two. That is why I tell you to not change plans over a forecast. Be prepared for the rain, but don’t cancel on account of a forecast. I have seen a lot of nasty sounding weekends turn out great.
The warm and sticky weather is just about over. We have another day of high dew points, and after that we should be in for a very comfortable weekend with temps in the mid-70s. We have a chance of rain Thursday and Friday, and a 40% chance Saturday. I am not expecting a lot out of Saturday’s rain, in theory, the atmosphere will be pretty well worked over by then from the Thursday and Friday rain. Sunday looks nice.
The 4th of July lands on Thursday of next week. As always there are a lot of events going on with it, but with the mid-week placement, they are scattered across the week and two weekends.
I spent a few hours tonight scouring papers and web sites to bring you a comprehensive event list. If I missed anything, leave a comment and I will add it. Here we go…
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Friday June 30
Marinette County Breakfast on the Farm. Sunday, June 30, 2013. Church service at the farm 7:00a.m. Event 7:30a.m. – Noon. Mark & Dawn Carviou farm, W3201 County Road G, Marinette, WI. Petting zoo, face painting, balloons, kids bouncy play area, viewing of barns & cattle, wagon rides, music
Saturday June 29th
***Mountain 4th of July Celebration-Softball, Horseshoe, and Pool tournaments, biunce house Fireworks at dusk
Red Arrow ATV & Snowmobile Club Family Fun Day_Birch Hills Resort in Townsend-Club meeting 9am, trail ride 10am-1pm, fundraiser 1-5pm- Meat raffles, DJ- Fundraiser benefits Townsend Christian Fod Pantry and 2 Wabeno HS scholarships
4H Brat Fry to benefit the Grover-Porterfield VFD- 10:30am-1pm at the Porterfield Pit Stop
July 3&4
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4th of July Celebration at Zippel Park in Gillette
Tractor pull, Horse Pull,4×4 Truck Pull, Live Music
PARADE starts at 2:00 PM & FIREWORKS at dusk
Classic antique car show 9:00 AM –4:00 PM at Zippel Park
– See more at: http://www.ocontocounty.org/events/?i=4th-of-july-celebration-2013-07-03&d=2013-06&view=l#sthash.iYMNzUD3.dpuf
Thursday July 4th
### ***Crivitz 4th of July Parade and Celebration – Thursday July 4th @ 11:00am, Farmers & Flea Market After the Parade at John Shaffer Pavilion… Food by VFW Post #2063 – Beverages & DJ Music by American Legion, Free Horse Drawn Wagon Rides & Bouncy Houses Fireworks at 10pm
Friday July 5th
Fundraiser Street Dance at Goodman Fire Hall 7-11pm -grilled burgers n brats, Bucket Raffles, music by Duct Tabe (Cest La vie
July 5th-7th
Crivitz Adult Men’s Slow Pitch Softball Tournament will be held at baseball field at intersection of Louisa Street and Hall Avenue on Friday evening and all day Saturday. To register your team contact Dale at (715)927-1909 or Alex at (715)927-3181.
Saturday July 6th
***Friends of Chute Pond Celebration at Everbreeze Resort Music by Renage Band 3-7, fireworks at dark
***Goodman 4th of July Family Fest at Township Park on Hilbert Lake-10a-7pm- Bucket Raffles, games and face painting for the kids, 1pm flag retirement ceremony, Fireworks at dusk, bring a non-perishable food item for the food pantry.
Goodman Armstrong Creek Rescue Walk/Run-8am, starts at Ranger Station west of Goodman
Wausaukee Rec Assn Firecracker 5K run- Benefits area youth sports programs. Info on Wausaukee.com
###Wausaukee 4th of July Celebration- Parade at 1pm, food, trout pond, music, beer garden, crafters and vendors
***Twin Bridge Water Ski Show & Fireworks at Stephenson Town Park on High Falls Flowage 6:30pm
***Crivitz Ski Cats Water Ski Show & Fireworks at Lake Noquebay County Park 6:30pm
Kid’s Fishing Tournament at Birch Hills Resort
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When I went for a sunset ride last night there were plenty of deer. There were numerous E stops as they ran out in front of me. I was ready for it and didn’t bump any.
There were also more than a few birds along the road shoulder. I am not sure what they were, but their eyes reflected in the headlights, and they could fly pretty fast when they jumped. My guess is that they were woodcocks. The second guess was whippoorwills, but there was no trademark song, and usually they are pretty vocal.
When I was driving home in the heavy rain last Thursday night I saw at least a half-dozen paper plate sized or bigger snapping turtles up on the road on a journey to lay eggs. I have seen three or four since, but they were all smaller. One was a little puzzling, he was at least a mile from the closest pond/creek/river/lake. That is a long way at turtle velocity.
The warm weather has brought time to get wet at the beaches and tubing down the river. Now the lakes and rivers are much warmer after the recent warm spell that went into the high 80s a few times. Time to jump in!
I always like to exit on a high note, and I have a good one today. From what I am seeing in the news, gas prices should be in the $3.50- $3.60 range over the holiday. That is still a dollar too high, but it is about 50 cents a gallon better than it was last week. It’s a start.
Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB