Tuesday 5-26-2015

Just a quick update before work..

Greetings and welcome!

It looks like it was a 50/50 weekend. Saturday was nice, and so was Sunday up until about 4pm. That is when the rain started here, and it didn’t stop until noon Monday. There were a few stray showers later Monday, along with some gusty winds.

The USGS gauge by the Peshtigo River at Kosir’s collected 1.75″ of rain Sunday into Monday. I would have been surprised if it was any less.

Apparently there is a round two of heavy rain in the works for today. We are expecting heavy rain and maybe even some thunderstorms that the HPC QPF says could bring another inch or inch and a half. .

Even 6 or 8 hours out it isn’t all that clear where it will hit. A hundred or hundred and fifty miles could make the difference between 0.75″ and 1.5″ of rain. Either way we are expecting significant rain.

Whitewater rafters & paddlers might want to call in sick this week. The weekend rain shot the Peshtigo River up from about a +2 to over 12″, from 300cfs to over 700. That is just the local water between about here and Goodman Park. The big water in the watershed up north won’t hit for another day or two. That additional water, combined with today’s rain, should make for some outstanding whitewater all week and into next weekend.

All of this rain will definitely benefit green things, and get the grass really growing. The grass grew fast last week, and it looks like another big week. Count on cutting grass at the cabin next weekend.

Repel will be a hot commodity up here too. I wasn’t the only one that found an ample supply of gators (mosquitoes) last weekend, and I found a few wood ticks too. The weekend rain will give the gators ample puddles to breed in. At that point Repel should be on the shopping list.

Looks like it is time to start another work week. Have a good week and thank you for visiting!

RJB