Greetings and welcome!
We had a line of thunderstorms come through this morning that had some heavy rain and really close and very active lightning. That gave way to a partly cloudy 55 degree day. Tomorrow we are expecting more rain and a possible high of 65 degrees.
Then the bottom falls out.
Behind the Thursday/Thursday night storm is a big push of cold air from Canada that is shown lasting at least to the end of the 16 day GFS forecast model outlook. For the weekend we are looking at high temperatures around 32 and low temperatures in the upper teens.
That cold air will likely bring some lake effect snow to the U.P. Around here I am more concerned with freezing plumbing.
Over the years I have been able to avoid turning on the heat in the well house as long as the daytime high temperature gets into the mid-40s and the overnight temperature doesn’t go below about 20. Most years I can skate by until about Thanksgiving. Not this year. We are going to remain below both of those values starting on Saturday.
We will also see the ground start to freeze, and eventually the lakes.
We have been having a nice warm fall, and recently we have had near record high temperatures. I have been warning my friends not to get used to it, when the cold comes it will be like driving off of a cliff. Here we are.
I have a few overlooked things to winterize, so I am off to work on that before I am doing it in freezing temperatures.
Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB