Ok so who else is pumped up that is the Friday of a holiday weekend? Golly I’m like a 6 year old on his third Red Bull.
Let’s start with weather. The high pressure that gave us bluebird weather all week is moving to the east. That will give us southern or southwest winds, and a warm weekend. We can expect the heat and humidity to be increasing as the weekend progresses toward Sunday.
Sunday, or second Saturday as we call it, looks ok to start. The HPC has us rain free until noon, and then from noon to 6pm we are bordering the 0.01-0.1 and 0.1-0.25″ bands for possible rainfall.
After 6pm Sunday it looks wet. The storm that will be coming for Sunday night and Monday has some energy and moisture from the tropical storm that went through the Gulf of Mexico, so it could bring heavy rains.
So, we will start out the weekend today in the low to mid 80s. Saturday looks like mid to upper 80s, and Sunday looks like more upper 80s or maybe a 90.
That is a pretty nice forecast for a holiday weekend, and if Sunday’s rain holds off another half of a day it would be even better.
Second Saturday? Yep, that is what we call it. A lot of people have Monday off with the holiday, so Sunday is like a second Saturday. Second Saturdays are usually pretty fun with people giving it their last yee-ha and partying like it is 1999.
The people coming to Kosir’s to raft will have fun this weekend. The Peshtigo River is still almost double it’s median flow for today, running 452cfs up from the normal 250. It is falling and will keep on falling, but it should stay plenty fun for the weekend.
The Menominee River is still running strong too, with the low of 1,000cfs and peaking on either side of 2,000 the last two days.
Either one of those rivers is better than usual for this weekend, so go rafting if that is what does it for you.
Also at Kosir’s this weekend is some exceptionally good live music. The DarkHorse Band is coming, and bringing special guest Tommy Greywolf on violin/fiddle. The Darkhorse guys are great on their own merits, playing country that even I like.
Tommy Greywolf is just amazing. He has played with Brooks & Dunn, on the AMA awards, Leno, Letterman, with guys from Kansas, Poco, and Loggins & Messina, and so many other people.
Go to his web site and check out his video. He is really an extreme talent, and the ladies are more than just a little bit partial to him as well. Beyond all of that, he is a genuinely nice guy. I have met and seen him a 3 or 4 times, and he is a huge talent and a great guy.
I have played music for a long time. I listen to and play stuff like Steely Dan, Yes, old Genesis, Kansas, Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, and guys like Junior Brown and Andrew Winton. Tommy G could sit in with any of those greats, plus all of the country greats too. I know good music. Come see what I am ranting about. Saturday night, July 3rd, Rapids Resort.
Added to the last minute event list is live music at the Curve in Sunday night.
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I think that is about it for the last minute updates. Have a fun weekend, be safe, and thank you for visiting!
RJB